From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org):
This month, the Trump administration gave oil companies the chance to identify spots they’d like to drill in the Beaufort Sea – a region predominantly off-limits to development. This request is another massive step towards new oil and gas drilling in Arctic waters full of beluga and bowhead whales, Arctic seals and walrus.
The good news is, you can speak up too! Go to https://act.alaskawild.org/sign/beaufort1/ to oppose new lease sales in the Arctic Ocean today.
Risky Arctic Ocean drilling isn’t about needing new oil. It is about sacrificing our Arctic Ocean and damaging our climate to bolster a struggling administration shackled to its oil allies. We should not rush forward with new leasing when a single spill would devastate wildlife and local communities, and take us further down a path of climate disaster.
Please speak out against new drilling leases in the wildlife-rich Beaufort Sea.
No lease sales should take place in the Arctic Ocean. Time and time again, millions of people across the country have determined that it’s too risky and dirty to take any chances with these fragile waters.
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