Dear NRDC Activist,

The Trump administration is forcing through imminent plans to open up the irreplaceable Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to oil and gas drilling.

But following outcry from local communities and activists — including NRDC supporters like you — five of the top six U.S. banks have pledged to keep their money out of investments in Arctic oil and gas projects, including in the Refuge.

Only one major holdout remains: Bank of America.

We can throw a wrench in Trump's plans by cutting off the flow of money into Arctic drilling. But we need to ramp up the pressure on Bank of America now, before irreversible damage is done to one of the world's last truly wild places.

Send a letter to Bank of America right now demanding they join every other major U.S. bank in ending investment in Arctic oil and gas drilling.

Take it from me: Public pressure works. Five of the country's biggest banks — Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo — have done the right thing by committing not to fund Arctic drilling. And that happened because the region's Gwich'in people, and activists like you and me, joined together and demanded it.

We can do the same with Bank of America — and we must.

Why? Because the Arctic Refuge's coastal plain is sacred to the Gwich'in, who rely on its caribou for their food supply and culture. And because these lands are home to some of the world's most endangered species, including polar bears who nurse their cubs there.

Not only that, but drilling in the Arctic would be a devastating blow to our fight against climate change — increasing our addiction to oil and compounding the carbon pollution that already threatens our planet's future — and cleaning up an oil spill in this extremely remote region would be functionally impossible.

It's not too late to stop Arctic drilling in its tracks. Tell Bank of America: NO FUNDING for Arctic oil and gas projects — not in the Arctic Refuge and not anywhere else in the Arctic!

Thank you, as always, for all you do to protect the Arctic. Together we will continue to protect our environment no matter what challenges we face in the weeks, months, and years ahead.

Sincerely,

Niel Lawrence
Alaska Director and Senior Attorney, NRDC