Enviromental Rant- Stop the Willow Project

I’m gonna Say it

The United States needs to STOP THE WILLOW PROJECT.
I can’t say it any plainer than that. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is the largest area of UNDERSTURBED public lands left in the US. 

01

how much more can we take.

There is literally nowhere for any of these wild animals to go. We are running out of wild places for them and for us. We have all heard of the situation the polar bears are in, but they unfortunately are only a popular face on the ever-growing list of endangered species. We as a culture have continually failed to draw a line and dig our heals in.  

02

When is enough, enough?

So, we get the 180 million barrels of oil a year out of the ground. What then? Did Prudhoe Bay fix our energy problems, or did it just move the timeline while making our planet worse? We need to move away from fossil fuels, and honestly, I don’t really care if that takes a plane or two out of the skies. We have made a pledge on limiting carbon emissions and being net zero by 2050- This isn’t the way to get there.

03

wouldn’t it be nice

Let’s pretend this Willow oil project stopped. Let’s pretend you have kids and lefts say they have children of their own- wouldn’t it be grand if they someday where able to see a real wild space? Or will our children’s children look back in history and see this as another opportunity missed? Another bookmark in the history of the world where things could have been different.

04

Natives

I certainly can’t speak for the natives that have lineage going back a thousand years in that country, but I’d wager the majority of the Alaskan natives will vote no.  That’s a “no” despite the obvious money it would bring, and the 300 jobs ConocoPhillips promised. I’d say a promise by an oil company is no promise at all. While we have in the past paid record amounts at the pumps, the oil industry has posted record profits.

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