Tell Oil Company CEOs that Arctic Drilling is Bad Business!

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We know that the Trump administration is desperate to open the Arctic Refuge to oil drilling -- they want to hold a lease sale before the end of the year. But who’s actually going to bid on drilling rights? That’s where things get interesting.

There are four major oil companies most likely to do business in the Refuge: HilCorp, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Chevron. Right now, none of them will confirm or deny any of their plans. But we know they’re talking behind the scenes, and this is our chance to weigh in.

Drilling in a remote place like the Arctic Refuge is already incredibly risky and expensive -- and oil companies also weigh the risk of bad publicity when they consider these investments. If they know they’ll also be facing a PR nightmare, these CEOs might decide the costs of drilling outweigh the benefits.

Indigenous leaders, scientists, and banks are already pressuring these companies to stay out of America’s last great wilderness. Now, we need them to feel the pressure from consumers too.

Tell these oil company CEOs that Arctic drilling is bad business.

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The Arctic Refuge is one of America's last truly wild places -- and I hope you'll make sure it stays that way. The Arctic is already warming at twice the rate of the rest of the US, and drilling in the Refuge’s delicate coastal plain would exacerbate that threat.

Alaska Native tribes including the Gwich’in Nation have worked for years to protect the Refuge -- the Gwich'in consider this land sacred and rely on it for 80% of their food supply. If you choose to exploit the Refuge for profit, you'll be threatening their food security and their way of life. The vast majority of Americans also want to see the Refuge protected from industry. The oil industry averages 400 spills per year -- that means the only way to keep the Refuge safe is to keep oil rigs out for good.

The remote nature of the Refuge, combined with global appetite to limit climate pollution, make drilling in the coastal plain an expensive risk that's not worth taking. You have a chance to do the right thing here -- please listen to Indigenous leaders, scientists, banks, and consumers and pledge to stay out of the Arctic Refuge.

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