Destructive oil and gas operations threaten our wildlife and our climate.
Photo: Courtesy of Florian Schulz/protectthearctic.org
The Western Arctic is home to grizzly and polar bears, caribou, other wildlife, and dozens of Indigenous communities.
But fossil fuel giant ConocoPhillips just sees millions of acres of land to turn into oil and gas drilling profits.
ConocoPhillips is creating a hub for fossil fuel development in the Western Arctic, with possible plans to dramatically expand their oil and gas drilling – and right now, they’re suing the Biden administration to block vital Arctic protections.
Their drilling could spoil millions of acres of pristine wildlands, devastate habitat for polar bears, caribou, and rare migratory birds, threaten the health of the region’s Indigenous communities, and accelerate the climate crisis.
Drilling will also add hundreds of millions of metric tons of carbon pollution to our atmosphere, which causes more harm to communities already in distress from worsening floods, droughts, wildfires, and storms. And scientists know that the Arctic is already warming four times faster than the rest of the world.
We must overwhelm ConocoPhillips with letters urging them to drop its lawsuit and stop destroying the Western Arctic. Make your voice heard now.