FCAC recently joined with other Alaskan organizations in the submission of a petition to the Department of the Interior to expedite the planned Dismantlement, Removal, and Restoration of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. Read on for our full statement.

On Friday January 26th, the Biden administration announced that they were temporarily halting approvals of LNG exports (after approving AK LNG exports nearly a year ago). This is a major, and long overdue win for grassroots activists across the country who have been putting pressure on the Biden administration and previous administrations to recognize the dangerous impacts of LNG production and consumption.

While we wait for an AK Supreme Court decision in the City of Valdez case on whether Hilcorp can keep its financial information secret from Alaskans, the state announced yet another Hilcorp related spill last week–this time involving a pipeline that was part of the BP-Hilcorp deal.

On Saturday, a group of about 50 community members gathered in Golden Heart Plaza to demand stronger climate action on all levels of government. The event, organized by FCAC’s Keep it in the Ground Working Group, was planned in concert with events happening worldwide ahead of the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit.

We are calling on the Biden Administration and the Department of Energy to stop violently enabling the climate crisis and to instead reconsider and reverse their decision to approve the export application for the proposed Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline Project. Read more and take action at bit.ly/NOAKLNG