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URGENT ACTION NEEDED! Tell your House Rep to vote YES on a bill to stop oil and gas drilling in America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on a bill that would stop oil and gas drilling in America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Please take action and urge your representative to VOTE YES on HR 1146, the "Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act!"

As you may recall, in December 2017, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and the Trump administration deviously circumvented normal law-making procedures to attach an amendment to the GOP's Tax Cut bill that opened the coastal plain of America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

The GOP Tax Cut bill mandated at least two oil lease sales on the Arctic Refuge's coastal plain before 2027. The Bureau of Land Management has issued a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to open the Refuge's 1.5 million-acre Coastal Plain to oil leasing and development.

Fortunately, in February, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) introduced the "Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act" (HR 1146), which would amend the GOP's "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" to repeal the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program. The bipartisan bill currently has over 180 co-sponsors in the U.S. House.

The 20 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is unparalleled in its wild grandeur, ecological wholeness, and vast scale. Polar bears, caribou, muskoxen, wolves, Dall sheep, brown bears, wolverines, arctic foxes, and more than 200 bird species depend on the refuge for survival. In fact, nearly all of the refuge is designated Wilderness or recommended for wilderness designation by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

The Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act speaks for the majority of Americans who oppose oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Refuge, and it would prevent the Trump administration from giving away one of our most treasured public lands to benefit their industry friends and donors.

Urge your representative to VOTE YES on HR 1146, the "Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act!"

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Tell your representative to VOTE YES on HR 1146, the "Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act!"

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Subject: Vote for HR 1146: The Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act

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I'm writing today to request that you vote yes and support the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (HR 1146) when it comes up for a floor vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bipartisan bill would amend Public Law 115-97 (commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) to repeal the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program. The 20 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is unparalleled in its wild grandeur, ecological wholeness, and vast scale. Polar bears, caribou, muskoxen, wolves, Dall sheep, brown bears, wolverines, arctic foxes, and more than 200 bird species depend on the refuge for survival. In fact, nearly all of the refuge is designated Wilderness or recommended for wilderness designation by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act speaks for the majority of Americans who oppose oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Refuge. Furthermore, I believe that Wilderness designation for the entire Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is sorely needed. In 2015, based on the best available science and extensive public comment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recommended adding 12,280,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge--including the Coastal Plain--to the Arctic Refuge Wilderness. Congress passed the Wilderness Act in 1964 to protect America's most spectacular landscapes and ecosystems, and now is not the time to open Wilderness-deserving public lands within America's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling and development. As your constituent, I'm urging you to vote yes and support the Arctic Cultural and Coastal Plain Protection Act (HR 1146) when it comes up for a floor vote. Thank you.

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