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Alaska LNG is a Corrupt, Costly, Catastrophic Carbon-Bomb

The Trump Administration’s so-called summit for Alaska LNG ended without binding commitments from potential investors in Asia. Read More

Groups Sue to Protect Critically Endangered Gulf Rice’s Whale from Oil and Gas Impacts

Four conservation groups filed suit today in U.S. District Court to challenge a government plan that fails to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups

Interior violated NEPA and failed to adequately consider the harms that drilling would have on climate change and on the critically endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale. Read More

As Republicans Prepare Tax Giveaway Package, Oil and Gas Companies Try to Avoid Corporate Minimum Tax

It is simply outrageous that the Republican party is using its trifecta to create yet another fossil fuel subsidy. Read More

Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approvals for New Oil, Gas Drilling on California Public Lands

Today’s filing is part of a long series of lawsuits against the BLM for greenlighting more oil and gas activity in California's Kern County. Read More

Trump’s 14 New LNG Export Facilities Will Cause U.S. Energy Bills to Rise, Emissions to Skyrocket

President-elect Donald Trump may be on the verge of approving exports of liquified methane from 14 planned export facilities, which have been striking deals to sell their output to gas buyers worldwide. Read More

Biden Administration Finalizes Rule for Clean Electricity, But Threats Remain

This rule is an important step towards the Biden Administration’s commitments to address power sector emissions. Read More

DOE’s Long-Awaited LNG Export Analysis Makes Clear Case for Biden to Reject Pending Permits

The Biden Administration’s DOE released its long-awaited, critical analysis of the impacts of liquified natural gas (LNG) exports, which shows clear evidence of LNG’s climate, economic, national security, and public health dangers. Read More

Conservationists seek to defend basic federal oil and gas fiscal reforms from industry complaint

Conservation groups filed a formal legal request to intervene in an industry lawsuit and defend the Biden Administration's oil and gas leasing rule, which contains much-needed reforms regarding bonding and royalty rates for drilling. Read More

Court orders government to protect rare Gulf whales, sea turtles, and imperiled marine species from damaging effects of offshore drilling

The court’s ruling affirms that the government cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the widespread, persistent harms that offshore oil and gas development inflicts on wildlife. Read More