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The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest national wildlife refuge in our country. It has been home to Indigenous communities for thousands of years, and provides habitat for polar bears, grizzly bears, wolves, moose, caribou, and eagles. But it’s about to be turned over to Oil and Gas developers -- unless we stop it. Help stop the Arctic Refuge from becoming a fossil fuel wasteland -- rush a $10 donation to Friends of the Earth today.
It’s official: The Department of the Interior greenlighted drilling in the Arctic Refuge last week. Its plan ignores science, endangers animals, and tramples Indigenous rights. From top to bottom, this decision is dangerous, destructive, and just plain wrong. And it’s the final step before drilling can begin.
We can still stop this egregious attack on one of America’s most iconic wild places and the people and wildlife who live there. But we need you to act now.
Stand up to the Department of the Interior’s attacks on our environment and public lands. Donate $10 to Friends of the Earth.
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Oil and gas development could have devastating impact on the Porcupine caribou herd, whose calving ground is inside the refuge. This would irreversibly threaten the Indigenous Gwich’in people’s way of life, as they have relied on the herd for millennia.
What’s more, the Arctic is warming at more than twice the rate of the rest of the planet. And it’s already impacting people and wildlife -- photos of starving polar bears tell you everything you need to know about what’s to come if we don’t rein in Big Oil.
But the Department of the Interior is colluding with the fossil fuel industry to turn America’s public lands into toxic sacrifice zones. We’ve learned one lesson over and over again: The only thing strong enough to beat back these attacks is people power.
Stand up for people, wildlife, and the climate: Help protect the Arctic Refuge with a $10 donation to Friends of the Earth.
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Here’s what Friends of the Earth is doing to protect the Arctic Refuge:
- We’re fighting this Arctic drilling plan every step of the way -- We’ve pressured the Department of the Interior to abandon it, built support for House Representative Jared Huffman’s bill to stop it, and demanded that oil companies refuse to drill in this fragile ecosystem.
- We will oppose every single lease sale, one by one, as the Department of the Interior starts auctioning off the land.
- We’re organizing opposition for nominations like extreme anti-conservation, racist fanatic William Pendley from key positions in the Department of the Interior. Members like you led the charge forcing the withdrawal of his nomination. But Pendley is still leading the Buerau of Land Managment in an acting capacity, and we continue to build pressure to remove him outright.
- We’re pressuring banks and private investment firms to not invest in Arctic drilling.
- Beyond the Arctic Refuge, we’re working to stop polluters from destroying the whole region. This week, thanks to years of strategic campaigning by Friends of the Earth, allies, and members like you, the Army Corps rejected the Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska. The EPA could still approve the project -- so we’re not giving up the fight yet.
Friends of the Earth is playing a critical role in the fight to protect the Arctic Refuge -- a role that is powered by members like you. Together, we can stop this egregious attack on sacred lands, iconic species, and our climate.
Preserve the Arctic Refuge and stand up for America’s public lands before it’s too late. Power the movement with a donation today.
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Standing with you,
Nicole Ghio,
Senior fossil fuels program manager,
Friends of the Earth
