Press releases
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2023
- Dec. 19, 2023: Ninth Circuit Court lets ConocoPhillips continue construction on Willow despite ongoing litigation
- Dec. 4, 2023: Groups ask Ninth Circuit Court to pause construction of the Willow project pending appeal
- Nov. 9, 2023: Court ruling allows ConocoPhillips to plow ahead with destructive Willow project
- Sept. 6, 2023: Indigenous leaders, environmental organizations applaud Biden administration announcement to cancel Trump issued oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
- Aug. 7, 2023: Gwich’in Steering Committee wins in court
- Aug. 7, 2023: Court upholds Interior’s authority to suspend oil and gas leases in the Arctic Refuge
- July 18, 2023: UAA professor to present research showing that killing more bears and wolves does not increase the number of moose that hunters harvest
- April 19, 2023: Ninth Circuit Court ruling allows ConocoPhillips to continue gravel mining and road building on Willow oil and gas projects despite lawsuits challenging its approval
- April 4, 2023: Groups appeal to U.S. Ninth Circuit Court to stop gravel mining and road building on the ConocoPhillips’ oil and gas project
- March 16, 2023: Groups seek preliminary injunction to stop ConocoPhillips’ harmful construction of the Willow oil and gas project
- March 14, 2023: Groups take Biden administration to court for breaking multiple laws when approving the new ConocoPhillips Willow project in the western Arctic
- March 13, 2023: Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic press statement: Biden administration’s approval of the ConocoPhillips Willow project abandons its climate promises and fails to protect nearby communities
- March 13, 2023: Dozens of Alaska and national groups respond to Biden administration’s approval of the Willow project, locking in drilling for decades, driving the climate crisis, and causing harm to Arctic communities
- March 6, 2023: Supreme Court declines to hear case that upheld Fish and Wildlife Service authority to prohibit brown bear baiting in the Kenai Refuge
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