Protected Carbon in United States

Affected Areas

These protected areas in United States contain current or planned fossil fuel projects. Oil, gas, and coal extraction in protected areas harms their natural value while contributing to climate change.

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • Affected Area
  • Oil & Gas
  • Antelope Creek
  • Oil & Gas
  • Arapaho
  • Oil & Gas
  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • Oil & Gas
  • Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area and Game Preserve
  • Oil & Gas
  • Attwater Prairie Chicken
  • Oil & Gas
  • Beaver Dam
  • Oil & Gas
  • Blue Rock
  • Oil & Gas
  • Burke County
  • Oil & Gas
  • Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds
  • Oil & Gas
  • Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
  • Oil & Gas
  • Clam Gulch
  • Oil & Gas
  • Colorado
  • Oil & Gas
  • Consol Energy Powhatan Point
  • Oil & Gas
  • Cookson
  • Oil & Gas
  • Crossett Experimental Area
  • Oil & Gas
  • Demaree Canyon
  • Oil & Gas
  • Egypt Valley
  • Oil & Gas
  • Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
  • Oil & Gas
  • Fossil Butte
  • Oil & Gas
  • Gaylord State Forest Area
  • Oil & Gas
  • Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
  • Oil & Gas
  • J.D. Murphree
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kachemak Bay
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kenai
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kirtland Warbler Unit Manistee
  • Oil & Gas
  • Lacassine
  • Oil & Gas
  • Mill Creek, Pennsylvania Wild And Scenic River Study Area
  • Oil & Gas
  • Milnesand Fee
  • Oil & Gas
  • Minto Flats State
  • Oil & Gas
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • Oil & Gas
  • Road Canyon
  • Oil & Gas
  • Roscommon State Forest Area
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sespe
  • Oil & Gas
  • Susitna Flats State
  • Oil & Gas
  • Tabby Mountain
  • Oil & Gas
  • Texoma/Washita Arm
  • Oil & Gas
  • The Jug
  • Oil & Gas
  • Trading Bay State
  • Oil & Gas
  • Washakie
  • Coal
  • Black Mountain
  • Coal
  • Denali
  • Coal
  • North Cumberland
  • Coal
  • R.D. Bailey Lake
  • Coal
  • Tackett Creek
  • Coal
  • Tomblin
  • Coal
  • William R. Ireland, Sr. - Cahaba River

Extraction Data

This table shows a summary of potential emissions from fossil fuel extraction projects in protected areas in United States (including projects that are currently extracting, planned or idled).

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • Fossil Fuel Quantity
  • CO2 Quantity (MT CO2e)
  • Oil & Gas
  • 4,201.22 MMBOE
  • 1,758.64
  • Coal
  • 700.00 MT
  • 1,400.00
  • Combined
  • 3,158.64

Deposits Data

This table shows a summary of potential emissions from fossil fuel deposits under protected areas in United States. Many of these are not yet the target of any industry activities and could more easily become part of a non-extraction policy.

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • CO2 Quantity (MT CO2e)
  • Oil & Gas
  • 30,420.62
  • Coal
  • 100,000.00
  • Combined
  • 100,000.00

Early Warnings

This table shows untouched protected areas that have planned carbon extraction projects, along with their respective startup dates.

  • Affected Area
  • Startup Date
  • Black Mountain
  • 0
  • North Cumberland
  • 0
  • Tackett Creek
  • 0
  • William R. Ireland, Sr. - Cahaba River
  • 0
  • Blue Rock
  • 2026
  • J.D. Murphree
  • 2028
  • Clam Gulch
  • 2034
  • Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
  • 2036
  • Beaver Dam
  • 2036
  • Kachemak Bay
  • 2069
  • Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
  • 2073
  • Minto Flats State
  • 2081
  • Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
  • 2094
  • Trading Bay State
  • 2100

Profiting Companies

  • Fossil Fuel Type
  • Profiting Company
  • Oil & Gas
  • Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Amaroq Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • APA Corporation
  • Oil & Gas
  • Aurora Oil & Gas Corporation
  • Oil & Gas
  • Caerus Oil and Gas
  • Oil & Gas
  • CanTex Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Chevron
  • Oil & Gas
  • ConocoPhillips
  • Oil & Gas
  • Continental Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • Core Energy LLC
  • Oil & Gas
  • Crescent Energy Company
  • Oil & Gas
  • D90 Energy, LLC
  • Oil & Gas
  • Daniel K Donkel
  • Oil & Gas
  • Delek Group
  • Oil & Gas
  • Delta Petroleum
  • Oil & Gas
  • EOG Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • Equinor
  • Oil & Gas
  • Hilcorp Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Jamex, Inc.
  • Oil & Gas
  • Knik Arm Services LLC
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Kolibri Global Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Laramie Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Marquis Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • Maverick Natural Resources
  • Oil & Gas
  • National Fuel Gas
  • Oil & Gas
  • Open acreage
  • Oil & Gas
  • Other partner(s)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Other partner(s) US
  • Oil & Gas
  • PEDEVCO (Pacific Energy Development)
  • Oil & Gas
  • Riverside Energy Group
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sabre Graphite Corp.
  • Oil & Gas
  • Samuel H Cade
  • Oil & Gas
  • Sempra
  • Oil & Gas
  • Southwestern Energy
  • Oil & Gas
  • Tri-Valley
  • Oil & Gas
  • Unknown Owner
  • Oil & Gas
  • Venoco
  • Oil & Gas
  • W&T Offshore
  • Oil & Gas
  • WhitMar Exploration
  • Coal
  • Coal
  • Civil [100%]
  • Coal
  • CoalMac [100%]
  • Coal
  • Double Mountain Mining [100%]
  • Coal
  • Resource Capital Fund [100%]
  • Coal
  • Usibelli Mine [100%]
  • Coal
  • Wyoming Eagle LLC [100%]

Map

Sources

  • Protected Areas: UNEP-WCMC and IUCN, Protected Planet: The World Database on Protected Areas. October 2023.
  • Oil & gas extraction: Rystad Energy, U Cube Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Solution. October 2023.
  • Coal extraction: Global Energy Monitor, Global Coal Mine Tracker. October 2023.
  • CO2 equivalencies: Kühne, Kjell, Big numbers for bold activists: A quick method for estimating potential emissions of fossil fuel projects. Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 79, September 2021.
  • Reserves & resources: German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), German and Global Energy Supplies. 2021.

Disclaimer

This page was created using the best data available. Despite this, errors and omissions are likely. Please contact our team with any errors or confirmation requests you may have. Further information on sources and methodology is available on our data page.