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Urge the Oil Companies to Leave the Arctic Refuge Alone

Please send this letter to top management at BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil.
Addresses

Sir John Browne
Group Chief Executive
BP
Britannic House
1 Finsbury Circus
London EC2M 7BA
GREAT BRITAIN
 
Mr. Dave O’ Reilly
Chief Executive Officer
Chevron Corporation
575 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
 
Mr. Lee R. Raymond
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
ExxonMobil Corporation
5959 Las Colinas Boulevard
Irving, TX 75039

Dear Mr. ________:
I am writing to urge that [BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil] cancel its plans to drill for oil on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. I also urge that [BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil] endorse wilderness designation for the coastal plain and to stop lobbying Congress to open up the Arctic Refuge for oil drilling.
<Please include a personal paragraph describing yourself and why you are concerned about this issue.>
Drilling in the Arctic would pollute and industrialize one of the last pristine areas left in the United States. The Arctic Refuge supports large populations of caribou, musk ox, polar, black and brown bears, wolves, snow geese, and thousands of other migratory birds.
Drilling would also harm the subsistence culture of the Gwich’ in people, who have lived on the coastal plain for nearly 20,000 years. They depend on the caribou for food, shelter, and as a link to their traditional way of life.
The world has plenty of oil rigs but there is only one Arctic Refuge. It should be protected, not plundered. I urge you to save America’s Arctic and cancel [BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil]’s drilling plans for the coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Your Address