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The Willow Project has been approved by Biden but there are plans to oppose the action in court. It's our final hope and signing the petition is a way you can help. The Petition is free to sign all it takes is; your name, country and email. There is an option to donate but it is not mandatory to allow you to sign.

Please sign! The goal is to reach 4.5m+ signatures and it is currently at 3.3m

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound made up of molecules that each have one carbon atom covalently double bonded to two oxygen atoms. It is found in the gas state at room temperature. In the air, carbon dioxide is transparent to visible light but absorbs infrared radiation, acting as a greenhouse gas. The noise, traffic, and pollution the project brings will disrupt ecosystems that Indigenous Alaskans have relied on for millennia. And the project threatens the already vulnerable caribou population — a vital resource many native communities rely on.

What happens when you drill in Alaska? Seismic vibrations can disrupt plants' growth patterns. In addition, the infrastructure from oil drilling can cause drainage issues for plants. Infrastructure, particularly road-building, can also lead to alkaline dust spreading across and settling on topsoil. Expansion of oil and gas drilling in their habitat could be extremely damaging. Direct contact with spilled oil would kill polar bears but an invisible threat could persist for years, as toxic substances lingering in ice or water may impact the entire food web of the Arctic ecosystem for years to come.

Offshore oil and gas drilling threatens our beaches, rivers, creeks, salt marshes and Sea Islands. It threatens wildlife like brown pelicans, bottlenose dolphins, sea turtles and endangered North Atlantic right whales. Offshore oil and gas drilling threatens our coastal way of life.

The production and use of oil and gas are inextricably linked to water. The extraction and processing of oil and gas consume large volumes of water, produce wastewater and may accidentally pollute water supplies. These effects have an impact on water supplies, human health and natural resources.

Is oil drilling help cause global warming?Not only that, the oil and gas industry releases massive amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide. All told, the industry is responsible for 38% of all methane emissions in the United States, or 3.8% of all greenhouse gases.

Methane (CH4) is a hydrocarbon that is a primary component of natural gas. Methane is also a greenhouse gas (GHG), so its presence in the atmosphere affects the earth's temperature and climate system. Methane is emitted from a variety of anthropogenic (human-influenced) and natural sources.

Why is the Willow Project bad?

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* The proposed project is a climate disaster in waiting.

* The analysis for the project covers only a sliver of ConocoPhillips’ plans for the area.

* New information on the risk of gas leaks has not been properly assessed.

* ConocoPhillips has played an influential role in the environmental review.

Oil destroys the insulating ability of fur-bearing mammals, such as sea otters, and the water repellency of a bird's feathers, thus exposing these creatures to the harsh elements. Without the ability to repel water and insulate from the cold water, birds and mammals will die from hypothermia.

The impact of an oil spill.

* harms animals and insects.

* prevents photosynthesis in plants.

* disrupts the food chain.

The Biden administration is one step away from approving project Willow, an oil drilling operation in the Alaskan Arctic. Its estimated that when burned the oil will introduce 280 million metric tons of greenhouse gases and other climate pollutants into the atmosphere in the next thirty years. To avoid the worst effects of climate change its estimated that global carbon neutrality should be achieved by 2050.

The Alaskan economy is increasingly reliant upon profits from private oil companies. The subsidies from projects such as Willow are used to build schools and roads. However, Climate change in Alaska has caused the collapse of the permafrost, leading to the decay of slope villages and disruptions to thousands of years old practices by native Alaskans, who use hunting and fishing to feed their families. Not to mention that an oil leak in the area would pollute these waters and lands, it would also be near impossible to repair under Arctic conditions. Instead of providing government support to Alaskan communities, the Biden administration is risking more damage to native communities and the environment.

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