Statement: Biden administration moves Western Arctic Willow project forward
Proposed arctic drilling project on federal lands contradicts Biden’s goals to curb climate change
Ellen
Montgomery
Director, Public Lands Campaign, Environment America
Started on staff: 2001
B.A., Oberlin College
Ellen runs campaigns to protect America’s beautiful places, from local beachfronts to remote mountain peaks. Prior to her current role, Ellen worked as the organizing director for Environment America’s Climate Defenders campaign. Ellen lives in Denver, where she likes to hike in Colorado’s mountains.
Posts by Ellen Montgomery
EPA finalizes protections for Bristol Bay from the Pebble Mine
The EPA released a final determination protecting wild Sockeye Salmon headwaters from a proposed gold and copper mine
What is the roadless rule and what does it mean for the Tongass?
President Biden has restored "roadless rule" protections to the Tongass National Forest. What does that mean and will they last?
Insurance companies should not insure new fossil fuel development
What are examples of the type of proposed projects that the insurance industry should be avoiding? To start, it should not be insuring new drilling in Alaska’s arctic.
Oil companies are pulling out of the Arctic Refuge. Let’s make sure they never go back.
There are no more oil companies with leases in the Arctic National Wildlife refuge. And Knik Arm Services is out, too. That leaves AIDEA as the sole leaseholder.