The good news, and the bad, for Alaska’s Arctic
While the Biden administration promises climate action and clean energy, and Alaska’s...
Alaska Native people have lived and thrived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Alaska’s Arctic region provides key habitat for wildlife, including caribou, polar bears, waterfowl, and an array of animals that rely on it for food, protection, and as the birthing, nesting and nursery grounds for their young.
Oil and gas drilling, mining, and industrialization pollute the land, water, and air, disrupt migration routes, degrade wildlife habitat, diminish people’s access to traditional foods and activities. Drilling for and burning fossil fuels accelerates the climate crisis in a region where sea ice and permafrost are melting faster than ever.
Trustees for Alaska fights to protect the Arctic by providing free legal counsel to clients and strategic leadership for coalitions to defend the health of the region and its resources. This work includes holding public agencies accountable to their obligations under the law.
Our latest Arctic work:
While the Biden administration promises climate action and clean energy, and Alaska’s...
The Biden administration confirmed through legal briefs filed in court May 26...
In our work, we sometimes talk about going on the defensive. For...
In his first days in office, President Biden temporarily protected sacred and public lands in...
It’s hard to believe it has been a year since we first...
Things look far rosier now than a year ago when it comes...
Despite four years of intense arm-twisting by political players and industry insiders...
We got good news when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted...
We went to court in December to stop ConocoPhillips from doing road...
Right after the Inauguration, President Biden signed an executive order directing the...
Sharing the same space really matters. It helps us understand each other...
We filed a motion in U.S. District Court requesting a preliminary injunction...
We sprinted to court this week to stop the outgoing administration from...
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced today that it will issue...
We’re taking the Interior Department, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and U.S....
The National Environmental Policy Act, affectionately called NEPA in the alphabet soup...
Our office manager Ashley Boyd talks about how ranch life taught her...
Our August lawsuits charge Interior and federal agencies with derailing public input,...
We went to court again—the second time this week--charging the U.S. Bureau...
The Gwich’in Steering Committee and allied groups took Interior to court today...
Like a lot of you, I feel a sense of chaos and...
We’re proud and thrilled that two of our senior staff attorneys have...
The Trump administration adopted a devastating leasing and drilling plan that gives...
We sued the Trump administration to challenge its illegal approval of the...
Trump agencies have become conveyor belts for moving public lands into industry...
No, the "discrimination" of oil companies is not a thing You might have...
As communities shut down and all Alaskans hunker down to stop the...
The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority used the Covid-19 crisis to...
We’ve all heard the old sayings, “There’s a sucker born every day”...