Stop Trump's Last-Ditch Push to Open the Arctic Refuge to Oil Drilling

In the final days of his presidency, Trump is rushing to sell drilling
rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil companies. We must
stop him.
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Dear NRDC Activist,

The clock is ticking on the Trump presidency, but that won't stop Donald
Trump from trying to do as much damage as he can to our environment and
climate on his way out the door.

Trump is rushing to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to
oil companies. This could be one of Trump's last major favors to his
fossil fuel industry backers.

Trump's Interior Department is inviting oil companies to put in requests
to lease specific parcels of land in the Arctic Refuge for oil and gas
drilling. And oil giants like Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and others could
have drilling leases in hand within weeks.

This would be an egregious takeover of the lands home to rich wildlife and
priceless natural values that are essential to many Indigenous people,
particularly the Gwich’in people who call the Refuge "the sacred place
where life begins." Drilling for fossil fuels in the Arctic Refuge is also
another setback in our fight to stem the climate crisis. [ [link removed] ]Make your
voice heard now against Trump’s dangerous drilling scheme.

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to permanently protect the Arctic
Refuge from oil companies, and NRDC is already suing in federal court to
stop Trump's Arctic drilling push.

But both those efforts would be set back if Trump succeeds in selling off
drilling rights before he exits the White House.

Fortunately, the Interior Department can't shut your voice out of the
process. It can't poll the oil industry on its wish list without taking
public comment too — and we only have until December 17 to make our voices
heard. So please take advantage of this brief window to rush a message to
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt telling him you strongly oppose selling
off the Arctic Refuge for devastating oil and gas drilling.

[ [link removed] ]Submit your official public comment to Trump's Interior Department
today.

Drilling would devastate the Arctic Refuge's coastal plain, which is the
birthing ground for the majestic Porcupine River caribou herd that
sustains the Gwich'in people, and a key denning ground of America's polar
bears.

Polar bears and other wildlife are already suffering the terrible impacts
of a melting Arctic caused by climate change. The last thing they need is
for us to invade their habitat to burn more fossil fuels and worsen
climate change.

And the Trump administration's drilling plans will worsen our addiction to
oil and accelerate the global climate crisis that threatens our planet's
future.

Oil companies would be the only winners, and the rest of us, especially
the Gwich'in people, will suffer an incalculable loss.

[ [link removed] ]Please submit a public comment opposing any lease sales in the Arctic
Refuge. You have only until December 17 to register opposition.

NRDC and our allies filed a lawsuit in federal court this summer to stop
Trump's all-out push to drill for oil in the Arctic Refuge. So as Trump
escalates this attack on the Arctic, the Gwich'in people, and our climate,
NRDC's legal fight could not be more important.

We need to do everything we can to stop Trump from further stacking the
deck against our fight to stop drilling in the Arctic — and that includes
mobilizing a massive public outcry that will show the Interior Department
that the American public stands against their dangerous proposal. [ [link removed] ]You
can help by submitting a public comment right away opposing Trump's
dangerous Arctic drilling plan.

Thank you,

[1]Niel
Niel Lawrence
Alaska Director and Senior Attorney, NRDC

P.S. [ [link removed] ]Watch a powerful video featuring Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm of the
Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in which he speaks about the devastating
impacts of oil and gas drilling in the Arctic on his community.


Photo: Nora Apter/NRDC

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safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.

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