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Dear NRDC Activist,
The continued safety of beluga whales in Alaska may depend on what happens next with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Lease Sale 258 in Cook Inlet, Alaska threatens the well-being of protected species like the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale, valuable commercial fisheries, and residents of the areas around Cook Inlet.
Oil and gas development creates countless risks — from oil spills to dangerous noise and ship traffic. It's also driving climate change. Alaska is already warming faster than any other state in the country. And the effects are noticeable – extreme weather events are more frequent, sea ice is melting, and fisheries are closing as a result.
Alaska can't afford new oil development. We need to rally public outcry before it's too late — can we count on you?
Tell BOEM: Enough is enough. Reject "business as usual" oil leasing in Alaska's Cook Inlet and elsewhere and reject Hilcorp's bid to develop in Cook Inlet.
The people and wildlife in Cook Inlet deserve better. That's why NRDC and a coalition of local and national environmental groups sued the Biden Administration to stop this leasing to the oil industry without first considering the environmental harms that will result.
Two-thirds of Alaska's residents live in the Cook Inlet watershed. Oil development in this area is reckless and unnecessary — our current oil reserves supply more than enough energy to meet our current needs, and there's increasing capacity for solar and wind energy that can substitute where oil and gas fall short.
The reality is that leasing our ocean to oil and gas companies will only lock us into the climate-destroying fossil fuels of the past for decades to come — exactly what the fossil fuel industry wants — at a time when we need to be rapidly transitioning to 100% clean energy to save our planet.
Add your name to tell BOEM to reject Hilcorp's bid in Cook Inlet, Alaska.
We'll keep you updated in the weeks to come on our fight against needless and dangerous offshore drilling leases nationwide — from Alaska's Cook Inlet to the Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for continuing to fight with us.
Sincerely,
Julia Forgie
Attorney, NRDC
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