Amid all the clashes over drilling and the recent lease cancellations, many people forget that the lease sale held in the closing days of the Trump administration failed on multiple levels.
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.
By canceling the AIDEA’s illegal leases, the Biden administration took a bold step to address legal deficiencies in their issuance, but also benefited our rural Arctic communities, made our climate a bit safer and renewed hope for permanently protecting one of the greatest intact and sacred landscapes in America.
Alaska is faced with an inconvenient truth: Our future cannot depend on fossil fuels, and we are in danger of destroying the coastal plain in a shortsighted pursuit of a dying dream. Industry is losing interest in the Arctic Refuge, and the six largest banks in America have announced policies against financing projects there. Globally, 20 companies have enacted policies against insuring any projects in the refuge.
Petroleum is a dirty business. Greenhouse gases, spills, air pollution and destruction of high-value wildlife habitat in the Arctic Refuge – one of the most beautiful and intact landscapes in America – would threaten our collective future as human beings.
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