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Polar Bears Need You

Big Oil has aggressive plans for drilling across the Arctic that could encroach on the land polar bears depend on to raise their young. Once these fragile denning areas are destroyed, they're gone forever.

But you can help stop it. Your support makes it possible to push back against Big Oil and protect the fragile Arctic ecosystem polar bears need to survive.

Every dollar you give will be 2X matched until September 30.

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Dear NRDC Supporter,

The Arctic should be a sanctuary — but right now, it's being carved up for profit.

The Trump administration has joined forces with Big Oil to dismantle long-standing protections and hand over millions of acres of Arctic habitat for drilling. And their motive is clear: profit.

Will you make a gift today to help protect polar bears and their Arctic home? Every dollar you give will be 2X matched up to $65,000 until September 30 — doubling your impact.

This administration sees the Arctic not as a cherished wild habitat, but as a check to cash in no matter the cost to wildlife, the climate, or our future.

And polar bears are paying the price. These threatened animals rely on sea ice to hunt and raise their cubs. As that ice shrinks, they're forced to swim longer distances, hunt less successfully, and den on unstable ground. If drilling and blasting move into these denning areas, newborn cubs may not survive.

This is the reality. Oil companies are lining up for access to the Arctic and the Trump administration is dismantling core wildlife protections to make it easier. Together, they are selling out irreplaceable Arctic species for short-term profit.

NRDC is responding with everything we have. Right now, we are:

Suing to stop dangerous offshore drilling in the Arctic ocean and beyond
Exposing the administration's attempts to weaken safeguards like the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Mobilizing our community of over 3 million members and activists to demand accountability and keep the Arctic intact.

Your gift today will fuel our legal work, scientific advocacy, and grassroots mobilization and help to stop Big Oil and protect polar bears from losing the only home they have. Give before September 30 to have your gift 2X matched.

At NRDC, we're no strangers to protecting the Arctic. Just a few years ago, we mobilized more than 150,000 members to make their voices heard for this critical habitat. That pressure helped to establish the Special Areas Rule — protecting 13 million acres of Arctic wilderness.

But now, that progress is at risk.

If we act with urgency, we can ensure the Arctic remains a living refuge — where polar bears, caribou, and musk oxen still thrive, where public lands are preserved, and where future generations can know the wonder of the wild.

Thank you for your support.

Bobby McEnaney
Director, Land Conservation, NRDC

Donations will be used to protect Arctic wildlife and for other campaigns that allow NRDC to protect the environment in the most effective way possible.

The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.

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