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NRDC Supporter,

Today, ConocoPhillips plans to resume construction on the Willow oil drilling project in the Western Arctic — industrializing the fragile home of polar bears, wolves, caribou, shaggy muskoxen, and other vulnerable animals.

The construction of this massive project — including hundreds of miles of roads and pipelines — will lead to dramatic habitat loss in this near pristine ecosystem.

We're fighting in court to stop the illegally approved Willow Project and protect the region's imperiled wildlife — but we are up against powerful fossil fuel interests. Donate just $5 to our Holiday Drive for Wildlife and your gift will be MATCHED, up to $80,000, to defend our environment and stop the Willow Project before it destroys the Arctic forever.

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Help Stop the Willow Project

The animals in the Western Arctic are already struggling to survive on the frontlines of climate change. The Willow Project threatens to drive them even further to the brink.

Willow would dump hundreds of millions of tons of carbon pollution into our atmosphere over its lifetime — the equivalent of adding 1.8 million gas-burning cars to the road for 30 years.

Worse yet: The fossil fuel industry is using the Willow Project as a launching pad for even more climate-warming drilling across the Arctic.

Emboldened by the Biden administration's decision to approve the project, ConocoPhillips has already filed for a permit to explore for oil and gas on nearly 230,000 acres of unspoiled Arctic tundra next door.

This rapid escalation of fossil fuel development in the Arctic is a nightmare for all living creatures.

NRDC has the best lawyers and advocates working in and out of court to stop the Willow Project, but we won't succeed without the support of people like you. Please power our fight to stop the disastrous Willow Project and protect Arctic wildlife today while your tax-deductible gift goes twice as far. Even $5 makes a big difference.

Caribou, polar bears, migratory birds... they're counting on us to act now to safeguard the Arctic before it's too late.

Sincerely,

Bobby McEnaney
Director, Dirty Energy Project, NRDC

Photo: Tim Craig/Bureau of Land Management

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