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Trump Administration Invites Oil Industry to Desecrate Sacred Arctic Refuge

Agency is ignoring impacts to people, climate and wildlife, and relying on flawed science in its rushed, secretive process

Trump Administration Attempts to Fast-Track Destructive Seismic Testing in the Arctic Refuge

Today, the Trump administration announced the beginning of a 14-day comment period on a proposal to allow destructive seismic exploration on 450,000 acres of the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Gwich’in & allied groups sue Trump agencies for illegal lease program in Arctic Refuge

ANCHORAGE (AK)— The Gwich’in Steering Committee and allied groups took Trump’s Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management to court today for finalizing an illegal leasing program that would hand over the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the oil and gas industry.

Trump Administration Continues Rushed Push to Drill in the Arctic Refuge

Today, the Department of the Interior is expected to take the next step toward holding a lease sale in the delicate coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Bureau of Land Management’s “record of decision” will reportedly make the entire coastal plain available for leasing.

Multinational Banking Giant Deutsche Bank Will Not Fund Arctic Drilling

Multinational investment bank and financial services company Deutsche Bank released an updated energy policy today that rules out funding for new oil and gas drilling or exploration in the Arctic.

Big Oil to Face Pressure During Shareholder Meetings Not to Destroy the Arctic Refuge

As Exxon and Chevron face shareholders tomorrow for their annual general meetings, they will face pressure from shareholders and activists to rule out drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

With New Morgan Stanley Policy, Bank of America Is Only Remaining Major US Bank Without a Commitment Not to Fund Arctic Drilling

Today, multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley released an updated energy policy that rules out direct financing for oil and gas exploration and development in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

As Major Banks Rule out Funding for Arctic Drilling, Bank of America Risks Getting Left Behind

As Bank of America faced shareholders today for its annual general meeting, the bank refused to rule out funding for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

BREAKING: Citigroup is Latest Major US Bank to Rule Out Funding for Arctic Refuge Drilling

Today, multinational investment bank Citigroup released an updated energy policy that rules out financing for oil and gas exploration, development and production projects in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Big Banks to Face Pressure During Shareholder Meetings Not to Fund Arctic Drilling

This week, as major banks face shareholders for their annual general meetings, they will face pressure from shareholders and activists to commit to ruling out financing for any new drilling in the Arctic, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Following Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase Announcements, Wells Fargo Rejects Funding for Arctic Drilling

Wells Fargo has released an update to its environmental policy ruling out funding for oil and gas projects in the Arctic region, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Trump Administration’s Arctic Refuge Boondoggle Delayed Once Again

Washington, DC -- Today, the Trump administration’s Interior Department confirmed that it will not be able to update its assessment of any existing oil and gas reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge until 2023. The administration has not yet set a date for a lease sale in the refuge, and if a sale is held without new seismic data, then companies will be bidding blind.