The Interior Department couldn’t protect national parks from vandals during the government shutdown, but it managed to fund meetings for its Arctic drilling agenda. Speak out now to help save the Western Arctic. The administration wants to allow more fossil … Read More
Trustees and its clients will play the legal waiting game this fall while waiting for several District Court decisions. These rulings could improve the health of our lands, waters and communities, or trigger ongoing litigation to defend against the threats … Read More
Today Trustee’s attorneys presented oral arguments before the U.S. District Court detailing how the U.S. Bureau of Land Management unlawfully conducted lease sales in the Western Arctic. “The Trump administration is in such a rush to give away our public … Read More
Industry spin causes peril in the Arctic The story of “Alaska” holds a lot of power over people. It conjures up images of harsh weather and environments—of people doing tough things and getting tougher doing them. Extraction industries have coopted … Read More
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s Western Arctic lease sale Trustees for Alaska filed a lawsuit today that challenges the Department of the Interior and Bureau of Land Management’s 2017 offering of more than 10 million acres of oil and gas leases in … Read More
The Bureau of Land Management is trying to use its 2017 oil and gas lease sale to undermine protections to the Western Arctic, including vital calving and breeding grounds for caribou and shorebirds. By doing so, BLM puts drilling before … Read More