Dear John,
Polar Bears and Porcupine Caribou need your help! Trump’s Bureau of Land Management wants to open the entire 20 million acres of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge for Big Oil to drill.
This plan is bad for climate, bad for Arctic wildlife, and bad for local communities. It would push endangered species closer to extinction, including the Porcupine Caribou Herd, which the Gwich’in people have relied on for millennia.
The good news: The proposal isn’t finalized. If we flood the BLM with public comments opposing the agency’s plan to open the refuge for drilling, we can convince it to change course. But we need you with us, John!
Save endangered polar bears: Tell the BLM to protect the Arctic Refuge from Big Oil!
As one of the last pristine ecosystems in the country, the Arctic Refuge should be protected, not opened for Big Oil development. But Trump’s BLM doesn’t care. It only cares about bending to the will of Big Oil companies like Chevron -- the main corporation pushing to drill in the Arctic.
It seems the goal of the BLM is to be as cozy with Big Oil and Gas as possible. This summer the agency announced plans to close its office in Washington D.C. and relocate to an office building also occupied by Chevron. The BLM can’t get in bed with Big Oil, so it’s moving right next door. Now, the agency meant to protect us and stand up for our public lands will be rubbing elbows and making coffee with dirty fuel corporations and their cronies.
The Trump Administration isn’t even trying to hide its corrupt connections to the oil industry. So it’s up to us to hold the BLM accountable for protecting our public lands and wild places. To stop Trump’s destructive agenda, the BLM needs to feel the outcry of opposition to drilling in the Arctic.
Help send 35,000 comments: Tell the Bureau of Land Management to stop oil companies from destroying the Arctic!
We know how drilling in this region would end. It would cause irreversible damage to this fragile and pristine ecosystem as well as the communities that inhabit it.
The land that’s under threat is the calving and post-calving ground for the Porcupine Caribou Herd, and the Gwich’in consider it to be “the sacred place where life begins.”
But instead of fully considering the destructive impacts of the proposed plan, the Trump Administration is barreling ahead. This administration will try anything to give Big Oil a handout.
Therefore, protecting the Arctic Refuge is up to engaged environmentalists like you and me. With your help, we can pressure the BLM to change course and protect these lands rather than selling them off. But we must act fast!
Help protect endangered wildlife: Tell Trump’s Bureau of Land Management to keep dirty oil companies out of the Arctic Wildlife Refuge!
Standing with you,
Nicole Ghio,
Senior fossil fuel program manager,
Friends of the Earth
