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The Inuit Circumpolar Council becomes the first Indigenous Peoples organization to gain permanent consultative status at the International Maritime Organization
This week, the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) gained permanent consultative status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO)- the first Indigenous Peoples organization to be granted this statu…
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Ninth Circuit Deals Setback to Willow Oil Project in Alaska
A federal court ruled that the Department of the Interior unlawfully approved ConocoPhillips’s massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska’s Western Arctic.
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Indigenous Leaders, Environmental Organizations Support Biden Administration Announcement Soliciting Feedback on Expanding and Strengthening Protections for Special Areas in the Western Arctic
DOI’s announcement is an important step, but the agency must establish additional safeguards to prevent the irreversible environmental harm that oil and gas projects like Willow pose to our climate an…
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The Verdict on the Arctic’s Heavy Fuel Oil Ban: Good, but Not Nearly Enough
While the HFO ban is welcome, much more needs to be done to honor and safeguard the Arctic.
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Conservation Groups Defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Decision on the Proposed Pebble Mine
Friends of the Earth is proud to fight alongside our environmental, fishing, and Indigenous allies at every stage to ensure that Pebble Mine remains a distant memory
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Court orders Fish and Wildlife Service to fix regulation allowing oil companies to harm polar bears
Fish and Wildlife Service is rightly being sent back to the drawing board to recalculate important factors that could make-or-break the struggling polar bear population on Alaska’s North Slope.
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Alaska Native Tribes, Southeast Alaska Businesses and Forest Advocates Defend Tongass National Forest’s Roadless Rule
A broad coalition of forest advocates is seeking to defend last year’s reinstatement of National Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska through several lega…
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Alaska District Court Rules Willow Oil Project Can Proceed; Conservation Groups Plan To File Appeal
Environmental groups intend to challenge today’s federal court ruling that the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska’s Western Arctic can proceed.