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| Dear Friend, |
| In a disappointing decision, a court in Alaska ruled that the Willow Project can proceed. |
| The Willow Project is a climate disaster in the making. We plan to appeal this ruling and ask the court to vacate the project's approval. |
| If completed, this massive Arctic drilling project will release 260 million metric tons of greenhouse gases. Our climate cannot sustain massive new oil drilling projects like this one. |
| In approving this project, the Biden administration ignored millions of public comments against it — including over 115,000 comments submitted by Earthjustice supporters. |
| Despite this ruling, we are confident in our claims and believe we will prevail in our appeal. |
| With your support, we can fight this project and win. Donate to Earthjustice today, and your gift will be matched. |
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| ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project proposes hundreds of miles of pipelines, dozens of miles of roads, an airstrip, and a gravel mine — all on public lands. In addition to worsening the climate crisis, it would devastate imperiled wildlife like polar bears, migratory birds, and caribou. It would also jeopardize the health and traditional practices of nearby Alaska Native people. |
| The oil industry also sees Willow as key to building out a new hub of fossil fuel development in the region, something our climate cannot afford. |
| In 2021, we sued to halt this project and won. The Trump-era permits for the project did not consider the Willow Project’s global climate impact, and our lawsuit forced the Biden administration to review them again before proceeding. |
| We will keep up the fight against ConocoPhillips’ Willow project — for our climate and our future. |
| Earthjustice is the largest nonprofit legal organization fighting to protect the planet. Our experience, legal expertise, and relationships with our clients and partners make us uniquely positioned to take on this fight and win. As I said before, we are confident in our case. We plan to appeal and win. |
| This is just one of the roughly 500 active legal proceedings Earthjustice is involved in right now. Across the environmental movement, groups large and small rely on our free legal services to take on polluting industries, save endangered species, and fight climate change. |
| Earthjustice attorneys proudly represent our clients free of charge, so we rely on donations from supporters who care about climate change and the environment to fund our litigation. Your support as a new donor will be crucial to our success. Please help support lawsuits like this one with a donation to Earthjustice. |
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In partnership,
Erik Grafe
Deputy Managing Attorney,
Alaska Regional Office
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