Dear NRDC Activist,

The Trump administration just unleashed yet another assault on Arctic wildlands: They proposed stripping vital protections for 13 million acres in Alaska's Western Arctic, opening the nation's largest intact landscape to reckless oil and gas operations.

These are the same safeguards that nearly 150,000 NRDC supporters like you helped win last year. We cannot let these crucial protections go without a fight.

The administration is seeking public comments on their proposal. We must flood them with messages opposing climate-busting drilling in the Western Arctic.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has referred to the nation's public lands as assets on "America's balance sheet." And his agency is attempting to privatize our public lands to fast-track oil, gas, and other destructive corporate projects under the guise of a "National Energy Emergency." But the U.S. is not in an energy emergency — we're the world's leading producer of oil and gas.

This is just the latest in a massive public lands giveaway to oil giants like ConocoPhillips, which has been creating a hub for fossil fuel development in the Arctic.

Meanwhile, our Arctic ecosystem and the life it supports pay the price. Grizzly and polar bears, caribou, rare birds, and other wildlife species rely on Western Arctic lands for survival.

More oil drilling in the Arctic will only lock us into more and more fossil fuel addiction in a region that is warming more than four times faster than the rest of the world — stopping drilling here is a key step to avert climate catastrophe.

We must do everything in our power to stop the administration from giving corporations free rein to exploit the Arctic, causing irreparable destruction. Submit your public comment now.

NRDC's legal team is considering every one of our options to fight back against threats in the Arctic. NRDC's lawsuit challenging the first Trump administration's unlawful attempt to open the Arctic Refuge to drilling is still in the courts, and our affiliated 501(c)(4) organization the NRDC Action Fund is fighting in Congress to block legislative attacks on fundamental Arctic protections.

In the meantime, we need your help to mobilize a massive public outcry in defense of the Western Arctic.

We cannot stay silent now. Our public lands are for all of us, not for corporate polluters.

Tell the administration that the Western Arctic is not for sale.

Sincerely,

Bobby McEnaney
Director, Land Conservation, Nature Program, NRDC