Major news is about to break: Interior Secretary Bernhardt has indicated that the Trump administration is in final discussions on leasing plans to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

This has been years in the making — but the timetable just moved up in a serious way. We've been part of an urgent campaign to stop funding for the project so even with a green light from Trump, there'd be no one with the resources to actually drill.

It's working — major banks like JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have already dropped out. We have a real shot at winning the other major banks over, but we need to mobilize NOW.

The best way you can help right now is making a donation today. A donor has agreed to triple-match every contribution to this campaign through the end of March — every donation before then will go THREE TIMES as far.

Please, pitch in just $5 or more, while there's still time!

	URGENT: PLANS TO DRILL IN THE ARCTIC ARE ALMOST FINAL There's still time to stop this — but the window is closing fast and we're running low on resources. We need to mobilize immediately, but we desperately need your help! Help save the Arctic Refuge before it's too late. Make a triple-matched donation of $5 or more TODAY »   DONATE NOW

The stakes here are huge. Drilling in the Arctic Refuge will utterly destroy land that is sacred to the Gwich'in people, who have lived there for thousands of years. It will also destroy the habitats of endangered species like polar bears and caribou — and threaten as many as 69 bird species that live in the area.

It will almost certainly cause oil spills, contaminating the land and water and costing millions of dollars. The damage will be impossible to undo.

We can't afford to lose this fight. The Trump administration didn't even attempt a science-based evaluation of this plan — they actually asserted that "there is not a climate crisis" in the environmental impact statement on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

But the Trump administration's sloppy efforts to move drilling forward quickly also gives us our window to stop them. They haven't done any testing in the area — so they'd be basing drilling plans on surveying that was done decades ago. It's given us the leverage to show banks that this is a risky investment. This is a fight we can win — I promise — but our work is far from done.

So please, please, please: Don't wait. Your contribution today will help us organize to stop this disaster — and through the end of the month, every dollar you give will be TRIPLED. Make a donation today — even $5 will make a huge impact!

We couldn't do this work without you, friend. Thank you for being in this fight with us. Let's win this thing.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters