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The Biden Administration Protects Millions of Acres of Arctic Alaska

Latest NewsAlaskaJenny Shalant
The new Special Areas Rule in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska could boost biodiversity and empower Indigenous Peoples to defend the lands they’ve relied on for generations.
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“Forever Chemicals” Called PFAS Show Up in Your Food, Clothes, and Home

ExplainerUnited StatesMolly M. Ginty, Courtney Lindwall
These toxic chemicals are so common in consumer products and manufacturing that they’re everywhere—including inside our bodies.
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In Planning for Climate Change, Native Americans Draw on the Past

ExplainerUnited States, CanadaTim Vanderpool
Across North America, Indigenous tribes and nations are consulting their traditional ecological knowledge to help prepare for a warming world.

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Congress Responds to the Biden Administration’s Commonsense LNG Decision

Expert BlogUnited States, International, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, TexasAlexandra Adams

Not long after the administration’s pause on permits, the fossil fuel industry—and its supporters in Congress—pulled out all the stops to oppose the decision and spread misinformation. 

Dire IPCC Report Confirms Folly of Offshore Drilling

Expert BlogInternationalAlexandra Adams
Offshore drilling is basically a double blow to our oceans—increasing the risk of spills and pollution in the marine environment while fueling climate change impacts.

The Fight Against Offshore Drilling Goes On

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
We need to continue to work with elected leaders from both sides of the aisle to pass legislation to protect our coasts and oceans from offshore drilling for good.

Is Your Delegation Doing Enough to Stop Offshore Drilling?

Expert BlogFranz Matzner, Alexandra Adams
We must protect all of our oceans for all Americans. If our elected officials are serious about protecting beaches, local economies, and their region’s whole way of life, they are going to have to join together—in numbers—to reject Trump and…

BREAKING: Trump Spares NO Coast, Every State at Risk

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
Secretary Ryan Zinke released the proposal which is the most extreme offshore drilling plan that any administration has proposed, designed to exploit every last U.S. coast for the benefit of the oil industry.

Time Is Ticking for Our Coasts

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
This summer the Trump administration began the process of scrapping the existing Five Year Offshore Oil and Gas Leasing Program that should have been the final word on drilling off our coasts through the year 2022.

House Republicans Propose Oil Industry Wish List

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
In their zeal to support the fossil fuel industry and the Trump administration’s assault on America’s public lands, waters and public health, Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee have just floated a draft bill which, if enacted, would eliminate…

Opposition to Offshore Drilling Comes in Bipartisan Wave

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams, Franz Matzner
The communities, people and businesses that rely on healthy coasts will defend their way of life against the federal government’s shameful readiness to put oil industry profits over people yet again.

Trump Admin Tears up Drilling Plan: Eyes Opening our Coasts

Expert BlogAlexandra Adams
The Trump administration has announced that early next week it will launch the planning process for a new Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program, with the goal of effectively tearing up the Obama Administration approved program…