arctic national wildlife refuge

Goldman Sachs Is First U.S. Big Bank to Divest From Arctic Oil and Gas

Goldman Sachs Is First U.S. Big Bank to Divest From Arctic Oil and Gas

Goldman Sachs, one of the world’s largest investment banks, gave a minor victory to the divestment movement by declaring that it will not fund an new arctic oil explorations, as CNN reported. Citing the importance of the Arctic’s fragile ecosystem and its importance to indigenous populations, the investing giant said it will decline investing in […]

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    Grassroots Fighters for the Arctic Refuge Take the Case to DC

    Grassroots Fighters for the Arctic Refuge Take the Case to DC

    By Rebekah Ashley Even though our day-to-day existence may be far removed from Arctic Alaska, we must stand for the protection of the Arctic Refuge and ask our representatives to do the same. Most Americans oppose drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In fact, a majority of us “strongly oppose it.” This broad public […]

    Trump: ‘I Never Appreciated ANWR’ Until Oil Industry Friend Called

    Trump: ‘I Never Appreciated ANWR’ Until Oil Industry Friend Called

    The political battle over whether to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ( ANWR) for oil and gas exploration has raged for decades. Despite the majority of Americans opposing drilling in ANWR, pro-drilling Republicans have tried more than 50 times open up the pristine wilderness to energy development. But President Trump was apparently indifferent to […]

    Zinke Moves to Build Road Through Alaska Wilderness Area

    Zinke Moves to Build Road Through Alaska Wilderness Area

    By Sam Schipani While the world was distracted by the government shutdown last Monday, Jan. 22, Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke signed a land-swap agreement with the King Cove Native Corporation to trade 500 acres of federal land in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, on the southern tip of the Alaska Peninsula, for tribal land of […]

    A Climate Resistance Game Plan for 2018

    A Climate Resistance Game Plan for 2018

    By Jamie Henn Let’s talk for a moment about how the climate movement is going to fight back in 2018. But first, a public service announcement. This Jan. 31, movement leaders like the one-and-only Bernie Sanders, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus, Jacqueline Patterson of the NAACP, and more, […]

    GOP Tax Bill: How the Environment Lost

    GOP Tax Bill: How the Environment Lost

    The Republican tax bill, which is likely headed to President Donald Trump‘s desk in the next few days, has major repercussions for our precious environment. While the electric vehicle industry and the wind and solar sector can breathe a little easier that the sweeping legislation preserves their tax credits, fossil fuel producers are likely cheering […]

    GOP Tax Bill Sneaks Plan to Drill Arctic Refuge

    GOP Tax Bill Sneaks Plan to Drill Arctic Refuge

    The pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) faces a looming threat from oil and gas drilling. The little known provision, proposed by Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, was quietly included in the House and Senate Republicans’ compromise tax bill. The bill “contains the single most important step I believe we can take to strengthen our […]