Climate Change Docket
It is critical that we work to stop climate change and protect wildlife and ecosystems from its impacts.
Oil Shale on BLM Lands
Challenge to the Bureau of Land Management's decision to amend existing land management plans in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah to allow wide scale leasing and development of oil shale deposits, and its concurrent adoption of new regulations governing the oil shale leasing process.
Polar Bear Litigation
Defenders has brought suit to challenge the polar bear special 4(d) rule exempting the species from take protections, while also intervening to defend the listing from challenges brought by the State of Alaska and numerous industry and hunting groups.
Chukchi Sea
Litigation filed against the Minerals Management Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding MMS's decision to offer approximately 29.4 million acres of public lands on the outer continental shelf of the Chukchi Sea for oil and gas leasing.
