Shell's ongoing oil spill battle in the North Sea is disturbing, but it is made even more disturbing given that Shell recently received conditional approval to move forward with dangerous drilling plans in Alaska's Arctic waters next summer.
Read the Joint Statement from The Wilderness Society, Natural Resources Defense Council and Defenders of Wildlife on the two-part House Natural Resources Committee Hearing on “roadblocks" to wind and solar development on public lands by clicking on the link below.
Eastern Utah’s famed Desolation Canyon is well known as many things: rafter’s playground, archeological treasure trove, icon of the Old West. Now this emphatically rugged stretch of the Green River adds conservation history to its lore.
On July 30, after years of negotiation, conservation groups, led by our partner the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, resolved a long-running struggle over natural gas drilling around Desolation Canyon, one of the wildest stretches of river land in the U.S. West.
This document is a letter of support for the Cleanfields Investment Act (S. 3374), which would provide $50 million in grants to clean up brownfield sites for the purpose of renewable electricity generation.
This document is a letter of support for the Cleanfields Act (S. 3329), which would amend the Renewable Electricity Standard to reward utilities for choosing to site renewable energy projects on brownfields.
Proponents of oil development in Alaska have been making promises, and breaking them, for decades. More than thirty years of industrial activity in Alaska have demonstrated that oil production is inherently a dirty business. Despite the industry’s best intentions to minimize impacts, environmental and social effects are accumulating and resulting in lasting harm to ecosystems and indigenous cultures. This report calls attention to the many gaps between promise and reality, casting doubt on the reassurances being made by drilling proponents and their allies.
America’s western public lands harbor a wealth of beauty, wildness, and open space. They protect our clean air and water, provide habitat for wildlife, and offer us places to escape the pressure, noise, and congestion of everyday life. These places are our national birthright and our children’s heritage.
In October 2007, Wyoming’s US Senator John Barrasso introduced legislation that would protect the Wyoming Range from future oil and gas drilling. The Wyoming Range Legacy Act builds upon efforts initiated by Senator Craig Thomas prior to his death and is supported by a wide coalition of homeowners, sportsmen, government officials, conservationists, and small businesses across Wyoming. This document answers common questions about the Act.
