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Dear NRDC Supporter,
The Trump administration recently announced its plans for drilling in the pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — threatening critical polar bear populations.
After surviving the harsh Arctic environment for hundreds of thousands of years, this devastating new plan will further imperil the species.
To protect the last of these Arctic giants, an anonymous donor will donate an extra $25,000, but only if 250 people donate by midnight tonight.
Donate before midnight and help us unlock $25,000 to protect polar bears and our environment.
The odds are already stacked against polar bears:
Their Arctic habitat is warming four times faster than the rest of the planet. Shrinking sea ice forces the bears to swim longer distances in search of food. Cubs die because their mothers' bodies simply give out, unable to nurse their young.
These massive, powerful predators — animals that can weigh 1,500 pounds and survive the harshest conditions on Earth — are now starving in real time.
And just when polar bears need protection the most, the Trump administration's plans to industrialize the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will threaten the very denning sites and sea-ice habitat that polar bears depend on to survive.
Their only hope is us.
Be one of 250 donors to give polar bears and our environment the powerful legal defense they need right now.
NRDC is already in court challenging the administration's illegal attempts to open the Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi seas to offshore drilling — the very waters polar bears depend on.
We're taking on this fight with the confidence that our strategy delivers real results. This September, with support from NRDC members, we pushed the government to ban seafood imports from over 40 countries killing whales and dolphins — the first large-scale enforcement of long-ignored provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act in decades.
This is the kind of impact that will buy polar bears more time.
Give now to unlock $25,000 and defend polar bears from extinction.
Whether our children and grandchildren inherit a world where polar bears still exist depends on what we do tonight.
Sincerely,
Bobby McEnaney
Director, Land Conservation, NRDC
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