To: U.S. Interior Department
Tell the Department of the Interior: No drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!
I urge you not to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling.
The Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is of cultural and natural value to all Americans, and especially to the Gwich'in people of Alaska and Canada. It provides denning habitat for threatened polar bears and the calving ground for the Porcupine Caribou Herd that sustains Gwich'in and other indigenous people.
Oil and gas development will exacerbate climate change, which is already causing temperatures in the Arctic to rise at twice the rate of the rest of the country. We shouldn't continue to blindly lease public lands without considering the impacts to our climate.
Rushing to sell off one of our most treasured public lands is irresponsible and reckless. The administration needs to comply with all the important legal protections that are in place to protect caribou, water, subsistence, and other sensitive resources of the Coastal Plain.
Oil and gas activities in the Refuge would be the single most destructive attack on the wilderness, wildlife, and subsistence resources of a national wildlife refuge in modern history.
I oppose oil and gas activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stand with the Gwich'in to demand that the coastal plain of the Refuge remain protected for future generations.
The Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is of cultural and natural value to all Americans, and especially to the Gwich'in people of Alaska and Canada. It provides denning habitat for threatened polar bears and the calving ground for the Porcupine Caribou Herd that sustains Gwich'in and other indigenous people.
Oil and gas development will exacerbate climate change, which is already causing temperatures in the Arctic to rise at twice the rate of the rest of the country. We shouldn't continue to blindly lease public lands without considering the impacts to our climate.
Rushing to sell off one of our most treasured public lands is irresponsible and reckless. The administration needs to comply with all the important legal protections that are in place to protect caribou, water, subsistence, and other sensitive resources of the Coastal Plain.
Oil and gas activities in the Refuge would be the single most destructive attack on the wilderness, wildlife, and subsistence resources of a national wildlife refuge in modern history.
I oppose oil and gas activities in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and stand with the Gwich'in to demand that the coastal plain of the Refuge remain protected for future generations.
Why is this important?
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Northern Alaska provides important habitat for polar bears, caribou, and rare migratory birds. The area’s wildlife has supported the indigenous Gwich’in people for thousands of years. But the Trump administration is poised to open up this important ecosystem to oil and gas drilling.
If this plan goes through, it would be catastrophic for the people and wildlife who call the Refuge home. We need your help to stop it!
If this plan goes through, it would be catastrophic for the people and wildlife who call the Refuge home. We need your help to stop it!