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Dear NRDC Supporter,
The next chapter in our fight to protect the Arctic is here:
A new once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to win maximum protections for 10+ million acres of the Western Arctic Reserve is facing fierce opposition from Big Oil.
We need your help to swiftly counter the oil industry's attack on these critical protections.
Starting now, every donation to NRDC to protect America's Arctic and our environment will be MATCHED $1-for-$1, up to $250,000 — but ONLY until July 24.
The Interior Department's new Arctic proposal would safeguard the largest intact landscape in the United States. Scores of wild species depend on these wildlands, from threatened polar bears to endangered beluga whales and millions of migratory birds.
Hoping to torpedo these protections, Big Oil — led by ConocoPhillips — decried the proposal as "misguided" and denounced it as "a step in the wrong direction."
That's rich coming from an industry that's willing to plunder every last remaining acre of wildlands for profit as we hurtle faster toward climate chaos.
Last year, oil giants raked in a staggering $172 billion in profit — all that during the hottest year in recorded history.
Unless we stop them now, Big Oil will squeeze every last drop of oil from America's Arctic, no matter the cost to our planet.
DOUBLE your donation and help NRDC build a groundswell of public support to secure these historic protections for the Western Arctic Reserve and for our environment.
Your gift will back NRDC's work in and out of court to protect some of the most vital wildlife habitats from Big Oil's greed, including:
- Utukok River Uplands, where you'll find calving grounds for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd that are vital for 40 Indigenous communities
- Teshekpuk Lake, which includes nesting habitat for millions of migratory birds arriving from six continents
- Colville River, home for the densest population of wolves on Alaska's northern coastal plain
- Kasegaluk Lagoon, one of the largest unspoiled coastal lagoon systems in the world where endangered beluga whales calve offshore
Despite their ecological significance, these irreplaceable wild landscapes have never come this close to receiving far-reaching protections.
Don't let Big Oil spoil the remaining pristine, important public lands in America's Arctic: Donate by July 24 and make TWICE the impact to power NRDC's work in and out of court.
These protections can't come soon enough. Tomorrow may well be too late.
Thank you in advance for helping us face down Big Oil during this critical moment for the Arctic.
Sincerely,
Manish Bapna
President, NRDC
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