As major financial institutions and oil companies gathered over the last six weeks for their annual general meetings, they faced questions and protests from shareholders and activists urging them not to engage in or give financial support for drilling in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. According to recent comments by Department of the Interior official Joe Balash, the Trump administration aims to hold the first lease sale in the coastal plain before the end of this year.
As Chevron executives and shareholders gather for the company’s annual general meeting, activists plan to rally outside to call on Chevron to pledge not to drill in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Aberdeen, Scotland -- At BP’s annual meeting this morning, shareholders passed a resolution calling for the company to lay out a business strategy consistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The resolution was supported by BP’s board and passed with 99% of the vote. A second resolution that would have required the company to set targets for reducing emissions from the use of the oil and gas it produces and sells did not pass.
Activists rallied this afternoon outside BP’s US headquarters to call on the oil company to pledge not to drill in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The rally took place as the company prepares to face shareholders at its annual meeting in Scotland and in the wake of new reporting on BP’s lobbying efforts to see the delicate area opened to destructive drilling.
Ahead of BP’s annual shareholders meeting, activists plan to rally outside the oil company’s American headquarters in Denver on Monday, May 20 at 12pm to call on BP to pledge not to drill in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Washington, D.C. -- In response to today’s U.S. House Natural Resources Committee vote on the bipartisan Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act, Alaska Wilderness League, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society, Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges, Defenders of Wildlife, Environment America, Trustees for Alaska, Earthjustice and National Audubon Society issue the following joint statement:
Last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field office removed approximately 2,500 acres in the Greater Chaco region from a lease sale that was held last week that allows multistage horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking in the region and in southeastern New Mexico.
Today, Tribal leaders from across the country were joined by members of Congress to mark the 58th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stand with the Gwich’in Nation in opposition to destructive drilling there.
On Tuesday, December 11, Tribal leaders from across the country will be joined by members of Congress to mark the 58th anniversary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stand with the Gwich’in Nation in opposition to destructive drilling there.
The Department of the Interior has announced plans to review the management of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska with the goal of opening up more land to oil and gas drilling and pipelines.
The Department of the Interior has announced plans to review the management of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska with the goal of opening up more land to oil and gas drilling and pipelines.
Today, the Department of the Interior received limited industry interest in yet another offshore drilling lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The sale offered up all available, unleased areas of the Gulf for oil and gas leasing and received bids on just 1 percent of the tracts up for auction. Today’s sale is the third in a series of similarly lackluster sales.