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ACTION NEEDED: Stop the Trump Administration from Destroying the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge Forever



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The Trump administration wants to tear open Alaska's pristine Arctic
Refuge for destructive oil drilling. Help us stop them.



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NRDC Activist,

Imagine the deafening sound of dozens of 90,000-pound "thumper" trucks
shooting violent tremors through the ground.

Now, imagine them barreling over the dens of mother polar bears and
straight through the birthing grounds of wild Porcupine caribou.

This will be the terrible fate of Alaska's serene Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge, one of the very last unspoiled wild places left on our planet, if
we allow President Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to throw
open this sanctuary to oil and gas drilling.

NRDC is mounting a powerful counteroffensive using all the tools at our
disposal — and right now we need your help raising a public outcry so loud
that we can't be ignored.

[ [link removed] ]Add your voice now: Tell President Trump and Interior Secretary David
Bernhardt that the Arctic Refuge is NOT for sale.

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to polar bears, caribou,
wolves, and migratory birds from all 50 states, and vital to the culture
and survival of the native Gwich'in people, who have depended on this land
for thousands of years.

And with temperatures in the Arctic rising at twice the rate of the rest
of the planet, the Refuge's fragile habitat is ground zero for global
warming.

But even with so much at stake, industry allies in Congress voted for the
first time ever to open up the Arctic Refuge for oil and gas drilling —
and the Trump administration is now poised to auction off the land to the
highest bidder.

The Interior Department could slow or reconsider these plans, but
Secretary Bernhardt — a former oil lobbyist — has made his priorities
clear: Drive up profits for his fossil fuel allies, even if it means
destroying the Arctic Refuge forever.

And if the Trump administration isn't stopped, lease sales for drilling in
the Refuge's pristine coastal plain could begin soon, resulting in an
industrial wasteland of rigs, roads, pipelines, and toxic waste pits.

[ [link removed] ]We must make our voices heard. Demand that President Trump and Interior
Secretary David Bernhardt stop their destructive plans to sell off the
Arctic Refuge.

[ [link removed] ]Protect the Arctic Refuge

This is
the fight of our lifetimes — once the Arctic Refuge is handed over to Big
Oil, there's no turning back. With your support, we're fighting on
multiple fronts: Mobilizing massive public opposition, arming the national
media with the facts, battling in Washington, and getting ready for court.

This land cannot defend itself. The reason the Arctic Refuge still
exists as a protected wildlife sanctuary is because NRDC, our allies, and
supporters like you have raised our voices together and fought for decades
to keep it that way.

This is the closest Big Oil has ever gotten to invading the Arctic Refuge
— and we need as many people as possible to stand strong and speak out in
defense of this spectacular wild place.

[ [link removed] ]It's now or never: Tell Trump and Bernhardt that you strongly oppose
destroying the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

We need you standing with us.

Sincerely,

[1]susan
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz
Chief Program Officer, NRDC
[2]Susan


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