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Oil Giants and the Incoming Trump Administration Hope to Spark a Drilling Boom on Alaska's North Slope

The controversial Willow Project may be just the start if Trump gets his way

By Adam Federman December 9, 2024

In this story: arctic

Aerial view of a sprawling muddy tundra and oil infrastructure in Alaska

The World's Most Famous Polar Bears Are Struggling to Adapt to Climate Change

Researchers say Churchill's polar bears are headed toward extinction if warming continues

By Robert Annis September 4, 2024

In this story: polar bears, arctic, climate change, climate adaptation, saving wild places

Two polars wait for the ice to form on the edge of Hudson Bay.

NASA Project Helps Researchers Understand How the Arctic Is Responding to Climate Change

Data from the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment could help inform future policy and conservation measures for northern latitudes

By Saima Sidik January 14, 2024

In this story: arctic, climate change, science

The face of the Hubbard Glacier meets the sea in Seward, Alaska

A Line in the Arctic Tundra

It's time for a moratorium on all oil and gas leasing in the US Arctic

By Ben Jealous December 12, 2023

In this story: arctic, dirty fuels

A shallow river with many tributaries runs through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The Caribou Are What Make Us Neets’ąįį Gwich’in

A plea against oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Raeann Garnett November 26, 2023

In this story: arctic, indigenous communities, national parks

This Mining Road Would Fracture the Western Arctic Caribou Herd

The Ambler Road would be a disaster for Arctic Alaska—it’s your chance to help stop it

By Benjamin Alva Polley October 19, 2023

In this story: Alaska, arctic

What Happens Next With Oil and Gas in the Arctic?

Conservation groups welcome canceled leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge but fear more could be on the way

By Lindsey Botts September 19, 2023

In this story: arctic, saving wild places, wildlife, indigenous communities, animals

Herd of caribou in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge

Protecting a Way of Life and the Planet

The Biden administration protected an entire way of life when it moved to shut down drilling in the Arctic

By Ben Jealous September 15, 2023

In this story: arctic, public lands

Having Breakfast With Caribou in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

A short history of the Sierra Club's solidarity with the Gwich'in Nation

By Brandon Keim September 14, 2023

In this story: public lands, indigenous communities, arctic

A man stands near four tents in an Arctic Refuge valley meadow with snowcapped mountains in the background.

Ben Jealous in Conversation With Chris Hill

The Sierra Club executive director gets ready to visit the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

By Ben Jealous June 13, 2023

In this story: arctic, wilderness, saving wild places

(left): Portrait of Ben Jealous, wearing a dark fleece jacket with woods in the background. (right): Chris Hill wears a baseball cap and smiles, looking off to the right.

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