Oil

The Latest On: Oil

May 3, 2021 | Press Release

Biden’s U.S. Army Corps Formally Opposes Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown

Asked to state a position, agency sides with DAPL

May 3, 2021 | Legal Document

U.S. Army Corps DAPL status report, May 3 2021

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Biden formally opposed a court-ordered shutdown of DAPL.

April 28, 2021 | Case

Defending the Arctic Refuge from Oil & Gas Drilling

Earthjustice is working with a broad coalition of partners to oppose reckless attempts to hand over the publicly owned wilderness of the Arctic Refuge to the oil and gas industry.

April 28, 2021 | In the News: Detroit Metro Times

Could an ancient, submerged cultural site stop Enbridge's Great Lakes pipeline?

Christopher Clark, Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: "The pipeline presents a terrible risk, a calamity, that will deeply affect resources the tribes have protected by treaty."

April 28, 2021 | Press Release

Tribal Nation Challenges Pipeline Permit Approval

Michigan State Agency approved a permit for the Line 5 Pipeline replacement in the fragile Straits of Mackinac before required analysis was completed

April 28, 2021 | Press Release

Earthjustice Applauds Lawmakers for Voting to Restore Methane Pollution Standards

The Senate passed a Congressional Review Act resolution to repeal a Trump-era rule limiting EPA’s ability to regulate methane pollution

April 27, 2021 | Legal Document

Conservation Groups Motion to Intervene - Louisiana

Earthjustice, Healthy Gulf, Center for Biological Diversity, Cook Inletkeeper, Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Oceana, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, and the Natural Resources Defense Council filed the motion in response to a lawsuit in Louisiana by 14 states that seeks to end the pause and force the government to immediately offer federal lands and waters for lease.

April 27, 2021 | Press Release

Groups File Third Intervention Defending Pause on Federal Oil, Gas Leasing

Motion responds to 14 states challenging the leasing pause

April 26, 2021 | Case

Challenging the Willow Oil & Gas Project in Alaska’s Western Arctic

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

April 26, 2021 | Legal Document

Petition for Contested Case

The Bay Mills Indian Community has challenged a permit issued to Enbridge Energy by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) that would allow Enbridge to build a massive tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac to house a new segment of its Line 5 pipeline.