Last August, a federal judge blocked Conoco Phillips’ Willow Project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, citing an insufficient environmental analysis. Now, what would be the single largest oil extraction project on US federal lands is up for approval again.
We don’t need to tell you that another oil drilling site spells disaster for the climate.
This summer, we are already seeing the consequences of burning fossil fuels in real time. Sweltering heat is baking parts of the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia, while fueling wildfires and killing thousands. Water supplies are drying up as the western US is experiencing the worst drought in 1,200 years. All while Bangladesh, Australia, and Pakistan were pummeled with torrential rainfall and flooding.
If approved, the Willow Project and the up to 284 million metric tons of carbonit is slated to emit will not only threaten the already-fragile Alaskan ecosystem and Indigenous and local communities, but also produce devastating effects that will reverberate around the world. The good news is, we still have the opportunity to speak up and stop it, friend.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is considering a NO DRILL option before making its final decision later this year. Tell BLM to stop sacrificing the well-being of the planet and its people for Big Oil and pull the plug on the Willow Project.
If there is a time to have our voices heard, it’s NOW. Will you join us and demand BLM stop yet another fossil fuel company from permanently scarring our land?
Your friends at Climate Reality .
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