Tell oil and gas CEOs: No dirty drilling in the Arctic Refuge

The administration opened up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain for oil and gas drilling in April: Its lease sale is underway until June 3 for fossil fuel giants like ConocoPhillips, Shell, Repsol, and ExxonMobil to make potential bids. Tell fossil fuel CEOs: Stay out of the Arctic Refuge.

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ConocoPhillips, Shell, Repsol, ExxonMobil, and more are eyeing the Arctic Refuge for drilling. Deadline to voice opposition: June 3.

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This is happening after a massive oil rig — contracted by ConocoPhillips — collapsed in the Arctic’s North Slope earlier this year, spilling thousands of gallons of diesel and underscoring yet again the grave risks of drilling for oil in such harsh conditions.

The Trump administration, with help from oil and gas corporations, will stop at nothing to advance its drill, baby, drill agenda while our environment, wildlife, and communities pay the price for generations to come.

NRDC is fighting in and out of court for Arctic protections, but we need your help. Tell fossil fuel CEOs: Stay out of the Arctic Refuge.

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Subject Do not lease Arctic Refuge lands for drilling

Dear CEOs of ConocoPhillips, Shell, Repsol, and ExxonMobil:

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I urge you to refrain from participating in the Trump administration’s lease sale to auction off vast swaths of the Arctic Refuge’s Coastal Plain for drilling.

Your company has announced sustainability commitments to meet the U.S.’s energy demands while tackling climate change. But drilling in the Arctic would devastate one of the world’s last truly wild places and worsen climate change in an area that is warming more than four times faster than the rest of the world.

The collapse of a massive oil rig in the Arctic’s North Slope earlier this year — contracted by ConocoPhillips — spilled thousands of gallons of diesel, underscoring the risks of drilling for oil in such harsh conditions.

It doesn’t make economic sense to drill in the Arctic Refuge. Banks and insurers aren’t backing oil operations in this fragile, remote environment. Lease sales are flopping in the region.

The Arctic Refuge is a vital habitat for birthing caribou, polar bears, and migratory birds. The Gwich’in Nation relies on Arctic Refuge lands for their livelihoods.

As one of the world’s largest oil companies, you have the power to shape our planet’s clean energy future. Please don’t attempt drilling in the Arctic Refuge.

Thank you.

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