WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Jan. 7, 2025: ANCHORAGE, Alaska-- The Department of the Interior published a decision today denying an extension of offshore oil and gas leases for the Liberty Unit in the Beaufort Sea. The leases were held by Hilcorp Alaska, which had been trying to develop the leases under the Liberty Project. Today's denial of a "Suspension of Production" request means Hilcorp's Liberty Unit leases will now expire.  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 7 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * Biden Bans Offshore Oil and Gas on 625 Million Acres Written by Sarah Montalbano With just two weeks left to go in his presidency, President Biden today issued an offshore drilling ban in 625 million acres of Atlantic and Pacific ocean. While the Gulf of Mexico will be largely unaffe  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: El presidente Biden invoco su autoridad bajo la Ley de Tierras de la Plataforma Continental Exterior (OCSLA, por sus siglas en ingles) para retirar areas vulnerables del oceano de futuras concesiones para desarrollo de petroleo y gas. Los retiros incluyen 625 millones de acres de aguas publicas frente a las costas del Atlantico, el Pacifico, Alaska y el Golfo, incluida una zona en el G  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 6 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice issued the following news release: President Biden invoked his authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to withdraw vulnerable areas of the ocean from future oil-and-gas leasing. The withdrawals include 625 million acres of public waters off the Atlantic, Pacific, Alaska, and Gulf coasts including an area in the Eastern Gulf that President Trump temporarily withdrew until 2032 under the same authority  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters issued the following news release: In response to the Biden Administration announcing protections off the coasts of the Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf of Mexico, and Alaska's Northern Bering Sea by withdrawing 625 million acres of offshore waters from future oil and gas leasing, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, Tiernan Sittenf  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSres) -- The Association of American Medical Colleges issued the following news: The number of first-year enrollees (matriculants) in U.S. MD-granting medical schools rose 0.8% in the 2024-25 academic year. Matriculants from groups historically underrepresented in medicine (American Indian or Alaska Native; Black or African American; Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish Origin; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander*) declined, most by a percent change in the double digits,  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Oceana, an international advocacy organization dedicated solely to ocean conservation, issued the following news release: * * * Oceana celebrates the permanent protection of the East Coast, West Coast, and eastern Gulf of Mexico from offshore drilling * * * President Biden permanently protected the East Coast, West Coast, and eastern Gulf of Mexico, and areas off Alaska, from offshore oil and gas drilling today. These coastlines are now off limits to offshore d  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSres) -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued the following news release: * * * State Has No Evidence Strafing Brown Bears Increases Caribou Calf Survival * * * The State of Alaska wants to continue a controversial program of aerial gunning bears and wolves for a third year even though its own internal assessment concedes that it may not have the desired effects. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) advocates that the state end th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Today, the White House announced new protections for millions of acres of U.S. ocean from all future oil and gas leasing. The memorandum withdraws 625 million acres from leasing, including the entire eastern Atlantic coast; the eastern Gulf of Mexico; the U.S. Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington; and portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska. These new protections will safeguard  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the White House announced new protections for millions of acres of U.S. ocean from all future oil and gas leasing. The memorandum withdraws 625 million acres from leasing, including the entire eastern Atlantic coast; the eastern Gulf of Mexico; the U.S. Pacific coast of California, Oregon, and Washington; and portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska. These new protecti  more

BRONX, New York, Jan. 7 -- The Wildlife Conservation Society issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: * * * President Biden's Announcement to Prohibit Oil and Gas Drilling of 625 Million Acres of Ocean, Includes Protecting the Hudson Canyon off the US Eastern Coast; and the Remaining Portion of the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area in Alaska--Both Vital Waters for Wildlife and Coastal Communities "Today's announcement is great news for ocean wildlife, our marine resources  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The Wilderness Society issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2025: * * * Lack of interest illustrates illegitimacy of Arctic Refuge leasing program. * * * Today the federal Bureau of Land Management announced that no bids were submitted in response to a second legally mandated oil and gas lease sale for the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, proving the sale to be an even bigger failure than the first. No companies - including a state-owned cor  more