Sovereign Inupiat for a Living Arctic et al v. Bureau of Land Management et al

  1. March 27, 2023

    Alaska Joins Effort To Let Willow Oil Project Proceed

    The state of Alaska is the latest intervenor to back the Willow oil and gas project against environmental groups fighting the development in northern Alaska, joining the federal government, oil company ConocoPhillips and other intervenors in urging an Alaska federal judge to deny the groups' bid to block project construction.

  2. March 24, 2023

    Alaska Wants In On Suit Challenging Willow Oil Project

    The state of Alaska is the latest in a growing line of intervenor defendants wanting in on an environmentalist lawsuit fighting the development of the Willow oil and gas project in the northern part of the state.

  3. March 22, 2023

    Alaska Native Corp., Borough Back Oil Project Amid Challenge

    The number of defendants fighting back against environmental groups' challenge to the Willow oil and gas project in northern Alaska is expanding as an Alaska Native corporation and local borough have thrown support behind the oil drilling plans, saying their local perspective is needed in the litigation.

  4. March 17, 2023

    Plaintiffs In Alaska Oil Suit Seek To Block Construction

    A group of environmental advocates that sued the U.S. Department of the Interior for allowing oil drilling in a section of Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve asked a court to impose a preliminary injunction to block construction of a gravel mine and roads.

  5. March 15, 2023

    ​​​​​​​ConocoPhillips Wants To Intervene In Alaska Drilling Suit

    Fearing that its plans to drill for oil in the National Petroleum Reserve in northern Alaska could be in peril, a ConocoPhillips subsidiary asked a federal court this week to allow it to intervene in a lawsuit that environmental groups filed to block government approval of the project.

  6. March 14, 2023

    Enviros Blast Biden Admin. Over ConocoPhillips' Drilling Plan

    The Biden administration authorized ConocoPhillips' massive Willow oil and gas project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, despite knowing it would harm Arctic communities, wildlife and the climate, the Sierra Club and five other environmental groups alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Alaska federal court.