STOP Big Oil and Gas from harassing already-threatened polar bears before these vulnerable animals are pushed closer to EXTINCTION!

The Biden Administration has approved a set of rules that allow Big Oil to harass already-threatened Southern Beaufort sea polar bears, ignoring the likelihood that these activities could cause injury and death.

There are only 900 of these vulnerable polar bears left, and they are already suffering the worst impacts of human-driven climate change, largely driven by the fossil fuel industry. And now, this new rule permits that same industry to push these precious animals closer to extinction!

We will not stand for any more dirty energy handouts! Take action now to demand that the Fish & Wildlife Service not authorize new or expanded oil and gas activities under this rule.

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Dear U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,

In 2021, the Biden administration passed a rule that lets oil and gas companies harass already threatened Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears and ignores the likelihood that these activities could cause injury and death.

Continued harassment can stress polar bears to the point of injury or death, and there are only about 900 of these polar bears left. FWS’s own science presents the probability that the North Slope’s oil and gas activities will cause serious injury or death to polar bears over the regulation’s five-year period.

The rule doubles down on the threat to the Beaufort Sea polar bear population by letting an industry already responsible for a climate crisis also harm and potentially kill polar bear cubs while further industrializing the bears’ habitat for oil and gas.

Moreover, this rule is a violation of the Marine Mammals Protection Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Endangered Species Act.

I am writing to you today to urge your agency to reject this new rule and refuse to authorize any new or expanded oil and gas activities under the rule.

Sincerely,
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