16 de mayo de 2023
El Sierra Club y Earthjustice han solicitado una revisión de la decisión del Departamento de Energía (DOE) de otorgar la aprobación de exportaciones del proyecto de gas fósil licuado de Alaska.
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February 1, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior issued a key environmental assessment regarding ConocoPhillips’ oil and gas operation in the Western Arctic, commonly called the Willow project.
January 6, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, the Trump administration held the first-ever lease sale to sell off the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge - known to the Gwich’in people as “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins” - for oil and gas drilling.
January 6, 2021
Washington, DC -- Today, just two weeks before leaving office, the Trump administration held the first-ever lease sale to sell off the delicate coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling. The sale attracted a tepid response from bidders, bringing in only $14.4 million in revenue. When Congressional Republicans pushed through a rider opening the Arctic Refuge for drilling as part of the 2017 tax bill, they claimed that two lease sales in the Refuge would generate $1 billion of revenue
September 16, 2019
Seattle, WA -- Today, the Seattle City Council joined cities across the country in committing not to do business with any company that seeks to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The vote comes in the wake of historic, bipartisan action in the U.S. Congress to protect the Refuge from drilling.
August 29, 2019
Houston, TX -- Today, local environmental and Indigenous activists will seek answers from BP following its announcement that it would be selling its entire Alaska portfolio to Hilcorp Energy. Following this, the activists went over to Hilcorp’s offices calling on them not to drill in the Arctic Refuge. A previously announced rally for today has been canceled following the news BP sold its Alaska portfolio.
August 27, 2019
Anchorage, AK -- Today, BP announced that it was selling its entire Alaska portfolio, just ahead of a planned lease sale in the Arctic Refuge.
December 20, 2018
Washington, DC -- Today, the Department of the Interior released a draft environmental impact statement on its plan to hold a lease sale for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, moving one step closer to drilling in one of America’s last wild places.
August 30, 2018
Juneau, AK -- In a notice published today to the Federal Register, the U.S. Forest Service announced that it is moving forward with an Environmental Impact Statement and public review process to develop an Alaska-specific version of the Roadless Rule, which currently safeguards 58.5 million acres of pristine National Forest System lands across 39 states from destructive logging and road building.
July 23, 2018
Washington, DC -- The Trump administration is now officially considering a proposal to allow an oilfield services company to conduct destructive seismic exploration across nearly the entire coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Beginning as soon as December of this year, the testing would occur ahead of a planned lease sale for drilling in the coastal plain.
December 7, 2017
Anchorage, AK -- Yesterday, what the Trump administration had billed the “Largest Ever” lease sale for fossil fuel development on public lands, covering 10.3 million acres, generated minimal interest. Only seven bids were made, covering less than 1% of the proposed sale.