Today, our planet is sending us a loud cry for help. Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has reached its second lowest extent in recorded history - the lowest ever was just four years ago. Like miners who used canaries to warn of deadly gases, we have the extent and volume of this ice to warn us of climate change. This warning is loud and clear: if we continue with business as usual, we put our planet in peril.
Yet, business as usual is exactly what oil companies prefer - choosing to try and drill in this fragile Arctic environment, ignoring the very serious risk of oil spills. Opening new drilling areas only feeds the world's addiction to oil without providing solutions.
We need to stop this mad cycle to protect the Arctic from climate change and dangerous oil drilling.
Declare your opposition to drilling for oil in the Arctic - because solutions exist >>
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