Protect America’s Arctic from Big Oil

The House of Representatives is considering a disastrous new bill, H.R. 6285, that would subject hundreds of millions of acres of the Arctic to indiscriminate oil drilling. We can’t afford to let Big Oil and their allies destroy our hard-won progress — tell your representative to stand strong against oil industry pressure and vote NO on this extreme legislation!

Tell your representative to reject H.R 6285 and any attempts to erode vital protections for the Arctic.

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The House of Representatives is considering a disastrous new bill, H.R. 6285, that would subject hundreds of millions of acres of the Arctic to indiscriminate oil drilling.

The fossil fuel industry, including oil giant ConocoPhillips, and their allies are relentlessly trying to exploit the Arctic — risking irreparable devastation in a region that is experiencing climate change four times faster than the rest of the planet.

This extreme legislation would mandate the reissue of seven illegal Trump administration oil leases, reverse several critical actions taken by the Biden administration to protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and roll back the maximum protection just granted by the Biden administration to 13 millions acres in Alaska’s pristine Arctic Reserve.

We can’t afford to let Big Oil and their allies destroy our hard-won progress — tell your representative to stand strong against oil industry pressure and vote NO on H.R. 6285!

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Subject Please oppose H.R. 6285 and protect the Arctic

Dear Representative,

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I strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 6285, the Alaska’s Right to Produce Act, which would sacrifice millions of acres of America’s Arctic to the oil and gas industry.

In particular, I am concerned by provisions that would mandate the reissue of seven illegal Trump administration oil leases, reverse several critical actions taken by the Biden administration to protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and roll back the maximum protections just granted by the Biden administration to 13 millions acres in Alaska’s pristine Arctic Reserve.

I am also very concerned by the proposed elimination of not only existing protections for 125 million acres in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, but also protections for the Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area.

The Arctic is warming more than four times as fast as the rest of the planet. Prioritizing communities and protecting imperiled wildlife over drilling in the Arctic Reserve is imperative to reducing climate-busting carbon pollution to the levels we need to avert climate catastrophe.

I urge you to stand strong against oil industry pressure and vote NO on this dangerous, short-sighted bill and any attempts to expand drilling in the Arctic.

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