News Releases:

Senate Votes To Protect Arctic Refuge 12/21/05

Senate Narrowly Passes Budget Bill With Arctic Language 11/3/05

Report Exposes Arctic Refuge Drilling Myths 9/27/05

ConocoPhillips Drops Out of Arctic Power 1/5/05

House Leadership Pulls Arctic Refuge Drilling Provision 6/16/04

More Than Nine Percent of ConocoPhillips Shareholders Vote in Favor of Arctic Refuge Resolution 5/5/04

BP Announces Arctic Drilling Not Part Of Current Business Plan: More than 6% of Shareholders Vote for No-Go Zones Resolution 4/15/04

BP Investors File Special Resolution On Oil And Gas Drilling In Protected And Sensitive Areas 3/4/04

Another Senate Win For Arctic Refuge 3/4/04

PIRG Calls On BP To Live Up To Its Environmental Claims And To Stay Out Of The Arctic Refuge 11/13/03

City Of San Francisco Unanimously Passes Resolution In Favor Of Protecting The Arctic Refuge 10/8/03

Senate Goes On Record For The Third Time Against Drilling In The Arctic Refuge 9/17/03

BP Shuts Down Badami Oil Field Underperforming Oil Field, the North Slope’s Easternmost, Borders Arctic Refuge 7/10/03

BP Announces Sale Of Acreage In The National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska And North Slope Foothills 5/1/03

Senate Votes To Protect Arctic Refuge, Rejects Backdoor Attempt By Oil Industry, Bush Administration To Allow Drilling In America's Arctic 3/19/03

New Report Documents Lack Of Economically Recoverable Oil From Arctic Refuge 3/18/03

Statement of Athan Manuel, Director, Arctic Wilderness Campaign, On The House Budget Committee Mark Up 3/14/03

Statement of Gene Karpinski, Executive Director On the Introduction of the Senate Arctic Wilderness Bill 3/5/03

No Drill, No Spill! Save The Arctic Refuge: Statement of Gene Karpinski, Executive Director on the introduction of the Mo Udall Arctic Wilderness Bill, HR 770 2/13/03

BP Drops Out of Arctic Power, Stops Lobbying To Drill in Arctic Refuge: Company Responds to PIRG Campaign Urging BP to Stay Out of America's Arctic 11/25/02

Anthropologists Call On BP's John Browne To Respect Gwich'in Way Of Life, Support Wilderness Designation For Arctic Refuge 10/10/02

Berkeley Passes Selective Purchasing Resolution In Support Of Protecting The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 9/13/02

California City Passes Resolution In Support Of Protecting The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 7/25/02

Groups Target ExxonMobil For Their Support For Arctic Drilling, Opposition To Kyoto Global Warming Protocol 6/6/02

Phillips Conoco Shareholders Join Growing Chorus of Investors Opposed to Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 5/6/02

Phillips Conoco Shareholders to Vote on Arctic Refuge Resolution at Annual General Meeting 5/3/02

Senate Rejects Arctic Refuge Drilling Amendment Turns Back Attempt By Oil Industry, Bush Administration To Allow Drilling In America's Arctic 4/18/02

Shareholder Support For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Continues To Grow: Eleven Percent Of BP Shareholders Support Arctic Resolution 4/18/02

Senate Should Reject Murkowski Arctic Drilling Amendment 4/16/02

Fact Sheet: The Economics Of Drilling In The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 3/8/02

New Study Casts Doubt On Potential For Oil In The Arctic Refuge: U.S. PIRG Analysis Finds False Profits In Coastal Plain 2/6/02

Investors Call On BP To Assess Risk To Shareholder Value From Drilling In Environmentally Sensitive Areas Such As The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1/23/02

Arctic Talking Points: The Arctic And National Security 10/01

FTC Approval Of Chevron - Texaco Merger Is Bad News For Consumers, Democracy And The Environment 9/6/01

Arctic Talking Points For The American Petroleum Institute Jobs Study And The Small Footprint Argument 8/31/01

Proponents Of Drilling In The Arctic Refuge Side With Polluting Campaign Contributors 8/3/01

House Energy Legislation Is Dirty, Dangerous And Doesn't Deliver For Consumers 7/24/01

Coalition Targets ExxonMobil On International Day Of Action 7/11/01

Union Members Oppose Drilling In Arctic Refuge: Poll Shows That Opposition To Drilling Is Stronger Than In Non-Union Households 6/25/01

Record Number Of Exxon Mobil Shareholders Support Arctic Resolution 5/30/01

Two Of The Nation’s Largest Pension Funds Announce Support For ExxonMobil Shareholder Resolution On Arctic National Wildlife 5/18/01

A BBC News Forum: Drilling For Oil In Alaska: Richard Lister Quizzed (Featuring State PIRG's Athan Manuel) 5/10/01

Shareholder Support For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Continues To Grow: Record Number Of Chevron Shareholders Support Arctic Resolution 4/25/01

Human Rights Coalition Calls On Major Oil Companies To Stay Out Of America's Arctic, Respect Human Rights Of Indigenous People 4/24/01

BP Shareholders Support Climate Change Resolution Urge Company To Go “Beyond Petroleum” 4/19/01

Dirty Four Told To Stay Out Of Arctic Refuge: Report Refutes Claim Of ‘Small Footprint’ From Oil Drilling, Details Pattern Of Pollution And Environmental Irresponsibility 3/22/01

U.S. PIRG Praises Reps. Markey And Johnson, And Sen. Lieberman For Introducing Arctic Wilderness Bill 2/28/01

Murkowski Energy Bill Labeled “Nightmare” For Health And Environment 2/26/01

Groups Target BP Amoco With Arctic Shareholder Resolution 1/30/01

Robert Kennedy Jr. And 650,000 Americans Urge President Clinton To Designate Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain A National Monument 12/14/00

Here We Go Again: Proposed Chevron Texaco Merger Will Lead To Higher Gas Prices For Consumers, More Political Clout For Big Oil 10/15/00

ExxonMobil Shareholders Reject Legacy Of Valdez Oil Spill, Record Number Vote In Support Of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 5/31/00

Record Number Of BP Amoco Shareholders Support Arctic: 13.5% Vote In Favor Of Canceling Drilling Plans 4/13/00

Divestment of ARCO Holdings in Alaska is Good News for Environment, Consumers, Alaska 3/15/00

FTC Stands Up For Consumers, Democracy, And Environment — Blocks Proposed BP Amoco - ARCO Merger 2/2/00

FTC Urged to Stand Up For Consumers, Democracy, And Environment And Block Proposed BP Amoco 12/2/99

Wake Up John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil Is Back! Statement of U.S. PIRG's Athan Manuel On The Federal Trade Commission's Approval Of The Exxon-Mobil Merger 11/30/99

Caribou Joins Members Of Congress To Call On BP Amoco To Save America's Arctic 11/19/99

Report Exposes BP Amoco Greenwashing: Green Logo And Slogans Hide Record Of Pollution 10/20/99

Record Number Of Chevron Shareholders Support Arctic Refuge -- 10% Vote In Favor Of Canceling Drilling Plans 4/28/99

Chevron, ARCO Shareholders To Vote On Resolutions To Protect The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 4/27/99

Ten Years After The Exxon Valdez, Big Oil Continues To Plague Prince William Sound And The Arctic 3/24/99

Dirty Four Told To Stay Out Of Arctic Refuge 10/23/98

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