Protéger la vie sauvage en Alaska

Great news! You joined thousands of others when you signed the petition "Protect millions of wildlife before Sept. 27 - we need you!" and your collective voices made all the difference.

The Teshekpuk Lake portion of the oil and gas lease sale within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA) has been CANCELED.

A U.S. District Judge found that the Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed to consider the cumulative environmental impact of widespread oil and gas drilling in the NPRA. The judge rejected the BLM's decision and sent the matter back to the agency for further analysis.

The last few months have been witness to some egregious behavior on the part of Big Oil, yet industry and their allies in Congress are still pushing for legislation that would open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, protected waters offshore, and the fragile wildlife habitat of Teshekpuk Lake in the Western Arctic.

The oil industry has access to 95% of Alaska's North Slope, and more than 80% of all offshore oil and natural gas resources lie in areas open to drilling.