Twenty-two years ago on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez ran aground at Bligh Reef in Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The tanker spilled 11 million gallons of oil into the water, fouled 1,500 miles of Alaska’s coast and killed...

Earlier this week, it was reported that a polar bear swam in open water in Alaska's Beaufort Sea (where Shell wants to drill this summer!) for nine days in order to reach pack ice. She covered 687km/427 miles, lost 22 percent of her...

As you read this, Shell Oil is doing everything they can to secure plans to drill for oil in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea. The proposed oil drilling location is twelve miles off the coast of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in an area...

UPDATE: we are now over 22,000 comments sent to the Department of the Interior! Just three days ago, we asked our supporters to help save the polar bears. The timeframe for public comment was tight, so I was nervous about the...

On November 30, BP announced it was once again delaying drilling at its controversial “Liberty” project on Alaska’s north coast.  This is great news for the fragile Arctic Ocean ecosystem and the wildlife and communities it supports,...

In September, the sea ice in the Arctic plummeted to its third lowest level in recorded history, following an alarming trend of decreasing summer sea ice caused by global warming. Polar bears can’t survive without their sea ice...

It’s our time to speak up for the Arctic. The Department of Interior is currently taking public comments on a new five-year oil and gas offshore leasing program until March 31st. Your comments are so important because the plan...

Thanks to you I've got very exciting news from Alaska. Shell’s CEO just announced that the company will not be drilling offshore in Alaska’s Arctic waters in 2011 . This announcement comes just days after BP said that they were...

BP just announced that drilling at their controversial Liberty Island site in the Arctic’s Beaufort Sea has been postponed "beyond 2013."  While this is good news because the dangerous drilling has been delayed, we are disappointed...