Posts Tagged ‘National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska’
Video: Alaska Wilderness League Calls on Biden to Stop Climate Disaster
“If you care about climate, then you need to care about Willow,” video call-to-action declares.
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 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 MoreWilderness and traditional Indigenous beliefs
Indigenous people had no word for Wilderness. What are the implications of this increasingly noted fact?
Read MoreAn Alaska energy transition from oil is needed…and soon
Alaska’s lands and waters have provided for its people since time immemorial, and this can continue, but only if we take a sustainable approach to how we treat our public lands and waters.
Read MoreJoe Biden supports 30×30. He should start in Alaska.
Recently we’ve been seeing great news for the environment coming out of Washington, D.C.
Read MoreHouse spending bill includes wins for Alaska conservation
Last week saw some huge conservation wins as the U.S. House of Representatives passed its 2021 Interior and Environment spending bill.
Read MoreWestern Arctic land use plan sacrifices wildlife protections
[This piece originally appeared in the Anchorage Daily News. Cover photo: Caribou calves in the Utukok River Uplands, National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. (Patrick Endres)] By Pat Pourchot The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released its final land-use plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska in Alaska’s Western…
Read MoreAlaska must play a key role in America’s climate solutions
Alaska is undoubtedly one of the wildest places left in the country, one of the places most impacted by climate change, and one that must play a key role in addressing the global climate crisis.
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