August 19, 2021
Trump administration approvals for ConocoPhillips to conduct oil and gas drilling in the Alaskan National Petroleum Reserve have been vacated after a federal judge determined the environmental analysis of the project failed to take into account broader greenhouse gas impacts.
February 02, 2021
An Alaska federal judge rejected an Iñupiat Peoples environmental group's expedited bid to undo the approval of ConocoPhillips' massive oil and gas drilling project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve, since environmental groups did not demonstrate "irreparable injury" to polar bears.
November 17, 2020
A massive oil and gas project in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve was approved despite evidence pointing to its dangers to Indigenous communities and endangered polar bears and that approval must be vacated, environmental groups told a federal court on Tuesday.