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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 MoreConocoPhillips’ Willow Oil Development Proposal Threatens Landscapes, Communities and Our Climate
Imagine a place about the size of Maine, with a breathtaking expanse of open tundra, countless lakes and sparkling ponds, meandering rivers and coastal lagoons, and the majestic Brooks Range rising in the distance. The western Arctic is a boundless wilderness that stretches our imagination to a time when buffalo freely roamed across the Great Plains.
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 MoreChatting “Newtok” and climate justice with Patagonia
Join us for an extra special Geography of Hope conversation with the filmmakers behind the new film “Newtok.”
Read MoreDiscovering myself while finding true north
Molly Rettig is the author of “Finding True North,” a journey back in time to discover what Alaska was like before the gold rush, and the ensuing resource booms that reshaped Alaska forever.
Read MoreYou can’t drill for oil without insurance
A major insurer is stepping away from risky fossil fuel projects that threaten sacred and pristine Arctic land.
Read MoreIPCC Report, Part II: The climate crisis is here — so now what?
Overshadowed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on February 28, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the second part of its Sixth Assessment Report.
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