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TODAY IS GIVING TUESDAY!

5X Match to protect the fragile Arctic from destructive oil and gas drilling.

Momoko—No place has been under attack more this year than Alaska's Arctic—home to some of the wildest, most ecologically rich and culturally significant landscapes on Earth.

In a sweeping new plan, the administration is opening every acre of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's 1.56-million-acre coastal plain to oil and gas drilling—handing these irreplaceable lands over to oil, gas and mining interests so they can recklessly exploit them for profit…and sacrificing vulnerable wildlife, sacred ancestral lands and the stability of our climate in the process.

Millions of acres of fragile public lands in Alaska are at risk, but together, we are stronger than the politicians and corporations who seek to destroy them. Through MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, every dollar you give will be matched 5X—up to $1 million, thanks to a generous donor—to fight back for the Arctic and all public lands at risk.

Every $1 = $5 for the Arctic

This Giving Tuesday, keep public lands in public hands.

Here's what your 5X-matched gift will help fight against:

Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
We're on the verge of irreparable damage being done, as the administration's new plan would open the entirety of the refuge's fragile coastal plain to oil and gas development. Their plan goes further than any before it—opening more land to leasing and drilling with minimal protections for the area's sensitive resources, and reinstating previously cancelled oil and gas leases, all in preparation for a new lease sale next year.
The elimination of protections in the Western Arctic
The administration has rescinded vital protections for about 23 million acres and imminently plans to revert to an oil dominant management plan that will allow oil companies to develop and irreparably harm these lands without safeguards for wildlife, fish or local subsistence needs. They're planning to hold a lease sale for up to 16 million acres in the Western Arctic, including in the most ecologically rich special areas, and are poised to approve a plan from ConocoPhillips to conduct massive seismic operations and exploration drilling with gigantic 95,000 lb. trucks rolling across hundreds of square miles, giving the public just one week to raise concerns.
Ambler Road in Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
The administration recently issued permits needed for the proposed Ambler Road, a 211-mile industrial road that would slash through one of Alaska's most intact wild places to allow private industry to access the Ambler Mining District. This project threatens salmon streams, caribou migration routes and the freedom of Indigenous communities to sustain their subsistence way of life. Once a road like this is built, the damage can't be undone.

Momoko, we cannot allow these fragile ecosystems to be sacrificed to corporate polluters. We're fighting back—in the courts, in the halls of Congress, and by building overwhelming grassroots support against destroying these sacred landscapes—but we urgently need your help.

This Giving Tuesday, join us to fight for the future of the Arctic and all of our nation's irreplaceable public lands while your contribution will be matched 5X.

America's Arctic is counting on us.

With gratitude,

Margot Krieger headshot.