Help Prevent an Oil-Fueled Tragedy in the Arctic Ocean

  • by: Oceana
  • recipient: Obama Administration
You can help this mother polar bear and her cub.

Polar bears and hundreds of other majestic creatures depend on a healthy Arctic Ocean for survival, but their habitat is at risk. The federal government continues to move toward offshore oil drilling in this wild and wonderful environment, and one thing we know is that where drilling occurs, spills follow.

Shell's 2012 effort to drill in the U.S. Arctic was plagued by mistakes and problems. And the fact remains that the oil industry cannot adequately contain a spill in the Arctic Ocean. A single accident could lead to serious environmental degradation and impact the region's coastal communities.

We should not put the Arctic's polar bears, ice seals, belugas and many other iconic inhabitants in harm's way.

Right now, oil companies have their eyes set on the U.S. Arctic's Beaufort and Chukchi seas. The federal government has the power to keep offshore waters free of new oil drilling, and we the people can influence our government. Let's do it.

Please sign this petition to help prevent an oil-fueled tragedy in the Arctic Ocean.
I support protecting the Arctic and the many marine species that call it home by preventing any future oil and gas drilling in the U.S. Arctic Ocean, unless and until it can be done without harming Arctic marine ecosystems.

Over the past decade, industry efforts to pursue oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean – and the corresponding government approvals — have resulted in controversy, lawsuits, the diversion of government resources, and near environmental disaster.

The Arctic region is home to vibrant communities, iconic wildlife and some of the last wild places relatively untouched by industrial development. The Arctic's Chukchi and Beaufort seas support walrus, whales, seals, polar bears and other important wildlife species. As Shell's disastrous efforts to drill exploration wells in 2012 reminded us, Alaskan waters are also remote, dangerous and unforgiving. There is no proven technology capable of responding to a spill in icy Arctic conditions, and oil companies simply are not ready to operate there.

Our oceans are too important to risk for questionable, short-term financial gain. I support a healthy U.S. Arctic Ocean.
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