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Green group eyes infrastructure bill as vehicle for Arctic refuge reversal Rachel Frazin © istock Green group eyes infrastructure bill as vehicle for Arctic refuge reversal The Sierra Club sees congressional Democrats' expected infrastructure package as a possible vehicle for reversing a controversial 2017 decision to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) for drilling. The group, which opposes drilling at the Arctic refuge, argued in a list of policy priorities issued Monday that if Democrats choose to pass their infrastructure agenda through reconciliation, th...

Great Falls, MT — Today, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe and environmental groups filed their opening brief today challenging the Biden administration’s decision to defend a Trump-era policy continuing coal leasing on public lands. Former Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke reversed an Obama-era moratorium barring companies from future leasing of most federal lands for coal exploration or extraction. In 2019, Earthjustice, on behalf of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Citizens for Clean Energy, Montana Environmental Information Center, Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, W...

For Immediate Release, May 18, 2021 Contact: Michael Saul, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 915-8308 msaul@biologicaldiversity.org Thomas Young, Sierra Club, (719) 393-2354, thomas.young@sierraclub.org Environmental Groups Head to Court Against Biden Administration’s Defense of Federal Coal Leasing GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Tribal and environmental groups filed their opening brief today challenging the Biden administration’s decision to defend a Trump-era policy continuing coal leasing on public lands. The brief argues that the Trump administration unlawfully t...

“She said her name was Deb Haaland,” Warren recalled. “I’d never heard of her.” Haaland was volunteering for the presidential campaign of a senator named Barack Obama, and she wanted Warren to travel to the Laguna Pueblo, the Native American enclave Haaland hailed from, to speak to locals about the election’s importance. When Warren arrived, he found potluck food and 20 people. Haaland apologized for the low  turnout. He waved her off, impressed by the unknown activist's embrace of grassroots politics and tireless work ethic. Fast forward since then and the number of people ...

Out of all the Biden administration’s suite of executive orders on climate signed on Wednesday, advocates in California have latched on to one in particular: a promise to halt new oil and gas lease sales on public lands and offshore and to review existing leases. Some of them hope that the move could inspire similar action by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration, which has so far approved more than 8,000 oil and gas permits on private and state lands. The president’s order, which directs the secretary of the interior to pause on entering into leases, will itself not have a huge...