Seal pups can become easy prey if matted oil interferes with flipper movement.

Arctic animals face a new threat that could severely exacerbate habitat stresses caused by climate change. In recent years, oil companies have targeted vulnerable waters in Alaska’s Chukchi and Beaufort seas, hoping to create a new frontier for oil drilling. Read more

44K Area in Wyoming

Credit: Dave Showalter

This year your support helped pull 44,700 acres of western Wyoming’s beautiful Bridger-Teton National Forest lands off the oil and gas chopping block, but now we must report to you that our victory is being threatened — and could even be reversed — by the powerful oil and gas industry. The announcement came after complaints from the oil and gas industry — and political pressure from the Congressional Western Caucus. Region:  Central Rockies Read more

Twelve short months ago, most Americans knew very little about offshore oil drilling and its dangers. Then, in a tragic accident that was both sudden and drawn out, the Deepwater Horizon unexpectedly exploded killing 11 crew members and beginning the worst oil spill disaster in U.S. history.  Region:  Alaska Read more