Look West: Public lands and energy news from the Center for Western Priorities
** Patagonia urges Biden to protect the Arctic from extraction
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Monday, November 27, 2023
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ([link removed])
Patagonia recently launched a campaign ([link removed]) urging President Biden to protect three ecologically sensitive areas of the Alaskan Arctic from drilling and mining. The areas include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), and the Brooks Range.
The campaign ([link removed]) is urging individuals to submit public comments calling for increased protections for the three areas. Patagonia is encouraging the public to oppose the Ambler Road Project in the Brooks Range, which is a proposed 211-mile road intended to facilitate open-pit copper mining and transportation. For the NPR-A and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Patagonia is calling on the public to submit comments opposing future oil and gas leasing to protect biological and ecological values in these areas.
Protecting the three areas from extractive industries would help the Biden administration make progress toward its goals ([link removed]) of achieving a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“My sense is the Biden administration recognizes the opportunity they have here,” said ([link removed]) Corley Kenna, a spokeswoman for Patagonia, in an interview with The Washington Post. “But we want to be helpful in getting a really broad coalition to support these protections.”
** Quick hits
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The potential to build affordable housing on federal land grows
Telluride Daily Planet ([link removed])
As groundwater dwindles, powerful players block change
New York Times ([link removed])
On the headwaters of the Klamath River, water shortages test Tribes, farmers and wildlife
Arizona Republic ([link removed])
US prepares wave of methane rules on oil and gas industry
E&E News ([link removed])
Two years with America's elite firefighters
New York Times ([link removed])
Rancher, conservationists reach deal to preserve 100,000 acres for native Colorado bighorn herd
CBS News ([link removed])
New life for old coal: Minelands and power plants are hot renewable development spots
Colorado Newsline ([link removed])
Wild turkeys are disappearing, but no one is sure why
Washington Post ([link removed])
** Quote of the day
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” There's not enough money on the planet to compensate for what's happened here.”
—Klamath Tribes Chairman Clayton Dumont on the Klamath River, Arizona Republic ([link removed])
** Picture This
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@NatlParkService ([link removed])
You’re so vain. You probably think this sign is about you. 🦬🪧
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