Federal Fossil Fuels

The Latest On: Federal Fossil Fuels

December 21, 2020 | Legal Document

Complaint Challenging Willow Project

Earthjustice filed a complaint challenging a massive oil and gas drilling program proposed by ConocoPhillips, known as the Willow project.

December 21, 2020 | Press Release

Lawsuit Challenges Large Fossil-Fuel Project Proposed in Alaska’s Arctic

Willow Project would mark major expansion for oil, gas extraction in Western Arctic

December 15, 2020 | Press Release

Conservation Groups Ask Court to Stop Imminent Oil Activities in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Interior is rushing to sell leases and permit industrial seismic surveying in the Refuge in the next few weeks

December 15, 2020 | Legal Document

Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Halt Oil Activities in Arctic Refuge

Conservation groups represented by Earthjustice take legal action to halt the oil industry’s imminent advance into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, by asking the Court to put a freeze on oil leasing and seismic activity that would permanently mar the landscape while an existing legal challenge is underway.

December 15, 2020 | Feature

Northern Fights

By land and by sea, America’s Arctic is under attack. Earthjustice is fighting on multiple fronts to protect this irreplaceable region and keep the Arctic’s fossil fuels in the ground.

December 7, 2020 | Case

Challenging the Liberty Offshore Drilling Project in the Arctic

Challenging the Trump administration’s approval of the Liberty project, the first offshore drilling development in federal Arctic waters.

December 7, 2020 | Press Release: Victory

Federal Court Rejects Trump’s Approval of Offshore Oil-drilling Project in Arctic

Administration’s OK of Hilcorp’s Liberty Project violated federal law, ignored climate change

November 18, 2020 | Update

Trump Administration’s Final Push to Drill the Arctic Refuge: What Comes Next?

In its waning days of power, the Trump administration is attempting to open the Arctic for oil and gas drilling in sacred and irreplaceable Alaskan wilderness.

November 13, 2020 | Press Release