Posts by Kristen Miller
Press Release: Reconciliation bill promises climate progress, misses opportunity to protect Arctic Refuge
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 28, 2022Contact: Kristen Miller | Tel: 202-210-8760 | Email: kristen@alaskawild.org Reconciliation bill promises climate progress, misses opportunity to protect Arctic RefugeAlaska Wilderness League exploring every option to repeal failed leasing program in final bill Washington, D.C. – The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, recently announced by Senators Schumer and Manchin, comes as…
Read MoreAlaska Wilderness League Supports Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management
Alaska Wilderness League strongly supports the long overdue nomination of Laura Daniel Davis as Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management.
Read MorePress Release: President Biden’s Climate Action Must Include Alaska
President Biden will address how the United States will take urgent action to solve the global climate crisis through executive branch leadership. Positive climate action and approving the Willow drilling project are incompatible.
Read MorePress Release: Arctic Drilling Proposal Tests Biden’s Climate Commitment
Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to analyze the impacts of ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Reserve).
Read MoreArctic Alaska won’t solve high gas prices, but it can help the U.S. achieve its climate goals
This piece originally appeared on The Well News.
Read MoreThe League says goodbye to an old friend
We were deeply saddened recently to learn of the passing of longtime friend and colleague, John McComb.
Read MoreRepealing Arctic Refuge oil program makes fiscal sense
The fight over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has been raging for decades, and during that time, Republicans have attempted to use budget reconciliation five times to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling, finally succeeding through the 2017 Tax Act.
Read MoreLorraine Netro awarded Glen Davis Conservation Prize
On behalf of the staff and board of Alaska Wilderness League, I was thrilled last week to congratulate our board member Lorraine Netro on winning the Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize.
Read MoreAlaska Wilderness League mourns the loss of Adam Kolton
Alaska Wilderness League is deeply saddened to share that our executive director, Adam Kolton, passed away the morning of Monday, April 26, 2021.
Read MoreA new day in Washington, D.C., a new day for Alaska
Cover photo: Caribou blanket the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Peter Mather) On January 20, on his first day in office, President Joe Biden made good on his commitment to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, placing a temporary moratorium on all oil and gas leasing activities on its coastal plain.
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