Dear Friend,

The Arctic faces unprecedented threats from aggressive oil and gas drilling proposals. These risky ventures endanger fragile ecosystems, Indigenous communities, and accelerate the climate crisis.

While the Trump administration and fossil fuel allies in Congress have been working overtime to make drilling easier in the Arctic, Earthjustice and supporters like you have been working hard to defend the Arctic.

When the Trump administration asked for comments on which areas of the Western Arctic it should lease this winter to fossil fuel companies for drilling, Earthjustice supporters submitted 49,655 public comments with the message: the Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas. This region, one of the most ecologically and culturally significant public lands in the U.S., hasn’t seen new leases in nearly a decade. These public comments create a legal record that the public overwhelmingly opposes these attacks and will aid Earthjustice in our future lawsuits.

At the same time, members of Congress were contacted 77,842 times by Earthjustice advocates like you to oppose a resolution that would open the entire Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and most of the Western Arctic to oil and gas drilling. Despite this outcry, both resolutions passed and were signed by the president. These resolutions brought forth by polluter allies in Congress show how out-of-step lawmakers are with a majority of Americans who want to protect these public lands, not open them to drilling. It also shows the breadth of attacks that the Arctic is facing from several branches of government.

Let’s be clear: These attacks are only the beginning. This is part of this administration’s unprecedented push to maximize oil and gas drilling in Alaska by leasing ecologically sensitive lands and waters to fossil fuel companies.

This is a decades-long fight — and Earthjustice is not backing down. Earthjustice has already filed a lawsuit to stop a new Western Arctic drilling and seismic exploration plan this winter. We’ve defeated unlawful drilling efforts in the Arctic before, and we’re prepared to do it again.

Thanks for continuing this long journey together to defend the Arctic — and with the communities, wildlife, and ecosystems that depend on a healthy Arctic. Your action matters. Every voice builds power. Every fight moves us forward.

— The Team at Earthjustice

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