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Make the Call: Oppose the Willow Project

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What Was At Stake

Update 3/15/2023: Today, Earthjustice sued the Biden administration for permitting the Willow Project. Despite more than five million people voicing opposition to the project, the Biden administration opted for habitat and climate destruction in the Western Arctic. The administration made the wrong choice, but we’re fighting back and will pursue every legal option to reverse it. In the meantime, call the White House (between 11AM and 3PM ET) to express your frustration and urge them to implement the necessary policies to prevent projects like Willow from exploiting public lands in the future.

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Willow would lock us into decades of oil and gas production and long-term destruction to the Western Arctic. This fragile area of Alaska is already warming three times faster than the rest of the world. To add insult to injury, ConocoPhillips plans to install artificial “chillers” to refreeze the Arctic’s melting permafrost in order to build the industrial oil extraction infrastructure necessary for Willow. This melting permafrost played a role in a recent gas leak at a nearby oil field, which ConocoPhillips kept the public in the dark about for more than a month.

The stakes are too high to let our guard down. ConocoPhillips admitted to investors that Willow is just the first step in its master plan to turn the pristine Western Arctic into an industrial oil production zone. That means that if President Biden allows the project to move forward, he will actually be laying the groundwork for something much larger than even President Trump allowed.

This might be the public’s last shot to influence the Biden administration before the BLM grants final approval for this project, with its potential to cause untold damage to the Western Arctic. The Biden administration gets to choose: preserve oil industry profits or preserve communities, ecosystems, and the climate. The answer is clear to us, but we need make it clear to the Biden administration. Join us in urging President Biden and the BLM to deny the permits for the Willow Project.

Caribou roam Alaska’s Western Arctic in an around the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)
Caribou roam Alaska’s Western Arctic in an around the Lake Teshekpuk area. (Kiliii Yuyan for Earthjustice)

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  • President Biden should stop the Willow Project

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Hello. My name is my full name. I'm calling from my city and state.

I oppose your decision to permit the Willow Project in the Western Arctic.

The Willow Project is a carbon bomb that will run counter to the president’s promises to act on climate.

You must take steps to prevent future projects like Willow from reaching this point.

Thank you for your time.

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