[ [link removed] ]DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC INPUT 5/28: We need to save New Mexico's iconic
Greater Chaco region while we still can. Sign now and help stop further
drilling and fracking on our cherished public lands!
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**Greater Chaco Under Attack**
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The future of New Mexico's iconic Greater Chaco region is at risk of
becoming an even more polluted fracking zone. Speak out while you still
can!
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Dear NRDC Activist,
In the middle of a global pandemic, Trump's Interior Department is rushing
through a devastating plan to expand fracking and drilling on the doorstep
of Chaco Culture National Historical Park — lands that are sacred to
indigenous communities in the region and renowned for their archeological
treasures.
Even the Bureau of Land Management acknowledges that more drilling and
fracking in Greater Chaco poses risks to public health and safety ... but
they're moving forward anyway.
The Trump administration is accepting public input on this plan, but only
until May 28. We need your help overwhelming them with letters of
opposition before the comment deadline: [ [link removed] ]Tell Interior Secretary David
Bernhardt and the Bureau of Land Management to stop their assault on the
public lands surrounding Chaco Canyon.
If this
plan is approved, BLM projects more than 3,000 new fracking wells in the
area. There are already over one million acres of land open to oil and gas
in the region, despite Greater Chaco's cultural and archaeological
significance.
The timing of this latest assault on our public lands is astonishing.
Right now, Native Americans in the area are suffering an unusually high
rate of COVID-19 cases. Our government should be focused on protecting
them, not producing more air pollution that would make them even more
vulnerable to the disease.
The Trump administration's drilling and fracking plan is nothing less than
a new assault on the lungs and public health of tribal communities in New
Mexico.
There is so much at risk. Chaco Culture National Historical Park is a
World Heritage Site, boasting extensive ruins and artifacts, and is
beloved as one of the best places in the world for stargazing.
And as the fight against climate change grows more urgent, extracting more
oil and gas from the region will only increase our destructive dependence
on climate-damaging fossil fuels just when we should be rapidly shifting
to clean energy.
We have until May 28 to submit public comments urging the Bureau of Land
Management to cancel its plans to expand drilling and fracking on the
doorstep of Chaco Canyon — and we need to act, NOW. [ [link removed] ]Submit your
official comment demanding that the Bureau of Land Management withdraw
their management plans making more public lands available to the fossil
fuel industry. Personalize your comment letter so it stands out even more.
An attack on any of our public lands is an attack on all our public lands.
We've seen the Trump administration illegally gut protections for Bears
Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments ... prepare to sell
of the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas companies
... and reverse protections for Alaska's Bristol Bay to advance the
disastrous Pebble Mine project, a massive open-pit copper and gold mine
proposed at the bay's pristine headwaters.
We must continue fighting back each and every time the Trump
administration allows giant corporations to encroach on the American
people's land — for our families today and for future generations.
Thank you for continuing to stand up and [ [link removed] ]speak out on behalf of our
public lands. Your activism at this critical time is so important.
Sincerely,
Alison Kelly
Senior Attorney, Lands Division, NRDC
The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.
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