Dear NRDC Activist,

Grizzly and polar bears, caribou, rare birds, and other wildlife species rely on public land in the Western Arctic. These sensitive areas are also home to dozens of Indigenous communities.

But ConocoPhillips and other fossil fuel companies just see millions of acres of land for climate-busting oil and gas drilling.

The Biden administration is acting to protect huge swaths of the Arctic from the oil industry's unrelenting push to drill. Recently, in a major victory, the administration halted oil and gas leasing across 10 million acres of the Western Arctic.

The Biden administration will be accepting public comments on their bold plan, and we need you to send a comment defending these vital Arctic protections from oil industry attacks.

Tell the Biden administration: Protect the Arctic from Big Oil right away!

This is a very rare opportunity for us to help shape which Special Areas or sensitive landscapes in the Western Arctic will be protected from oil industry exploitation and destruction.

Destructive drilling in the Western Arctic is led by ConocoPhillips. The oil giant has been creating a hub for fossil fuel development in the Arctic, with possible plans to dramatically expand their operations.

More oil drilling in the Arctic will only lock us into more and more fossil fuel addiction at a time when we need to be breaking away from dirty energy and instead expanding renewable energy.

And scientists know that the Arctic region is warming more than four times faster than the rest of the world, so stopping drilling here is a key step to avert climate catastrophe.

We must stand against ConocoPhillips and their crude oil cronies relentlessly exploiting the Arctic, causing irreparable harm and devastation. Submit your public comment now.

In addition to the alarming climate impacts of drilling in this sensitive environment, oil and gas companies survey land using gigantic thumper trucks that criss-cross the landscape, harming unique and imperiled wildlife and marring the melting Arctic permafrost.

Safeguarding the Arctic's fragile ecosystem and its wildlife, and the Indigenous communities it supports, is vital to preserving our natural heritage and combating the climate crisis.

This is a key turning point in our long-running battle to protect the Arctic. Oil and gas companies will be leading the fight against the Biden administration's plans, and their allies in Congress are already fighting to roll back protections — we can't let them gain more of a foothold in the Arctic.

Urge the Biden administration to protect the Arctic from dirty fossil fuel development.

Sincerely,

Bobby McEnaney
Director, Land Conservation, Nature Program, NRDC