Posts Tagged ‘Gwichin’
Chubb Insurance Bans Underwriting Arctic Refuge Drilling
Chubb insurance company officially signed a new policy prohibiting the underwriting of oil and gas extraction projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (as well as other government-protected conservation areas).
Read MoreActivists Travel to Hartford for the Arctic Refuge
On November 10, Alaska Wilderness League supporters joined many of our Arctic National Wildlife Refuge partners at a rally in Hartford, CT calling on Travelers Insurance to adopt a policy against insuring oil projects in the Arctic Refuge. The well-attended rally included a crowd of more than 50 listening to speakers before walking together over…
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 MoreThe slide show that changed history
On the anniversary of President Biden halting all oil and gas activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, author Finis Dunaway revisits the unlikely activist who helped build a grassroots protection movement one slide show at a time.
Read MoreWilderness and traditional Indigenous beliefs
Indigenous people had no word for Wilderness. What are the implications of this increasingly noted fact?
Read MoreThe battle over the Arctic Refuge is about more than oil
Drilling in the Arctic Refuge would have devastating impacts on wildlife, beginning with caribou.
Read MoreMic Crenshaw on Operation ROAM: The Arctic Refuge
Love is King and Operation ROAM made its inaugural expedition to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Read MoreThe Gwich’in and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A fight against oil development in the Arctic.
Read MoreFighting for what’s sacred in the Arctic Refuge
“Caribou is our way of life, just like the buffalo is to the Plains Indians. It’s our song, it’s our dance, it’s our story.” — Neets’aii Gwich’in leader Sarah James.
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