Fw: The last stand for polar bears...

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Defenders of WildlifeDefenders of Wildlife [for Americans]

Gone within our lifetime?

 

America's polar bears could be extinct within 50 years. Help us protect one

of their few remaining homes.

 

Make a stand for polar bears! Tell Congress to permanently protect the

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=lKPVoXImu9I9xn9frOQLgg..

Fast Fact

Polar bears are strong swimmers, but even these marine mammals are drowning

in their search for disappearing sea ice, vital for hunting seals.

 

As news becomes ever more grim for polar bears, we finally have a chance to

permanently safeguard the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- one of the most

important habitats they have left.

 

Write your elected officials today and urge them to support the

Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act (H.R. 39), a bill that would

permanently protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

 

In a report issued last week, the government's top scientists have painted a

bleak picture: polar bears will likely disappear entirely from Alaska within

50 short years due to a drastic decline in Arctic sea ice.

 

To make matters worse, ExxonMobil and other big oil companies continue to

push for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- one of the most

important onshore denning habitats for America's remaining polar bears.

 

With around 400 crude oil and toxic spills each year, the Prudhoe oil field

(just 30 miles west of the Arctic Refuge) is testament to the destruction

that the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would face if Big Oil were allowed

in.

 

Now, we have a chance to safeguard this special place -- permanently. The

Udall-Eisenhower Arctic Wilderness Act will make the Arctic National

Wildlife Refuge forever off limits to Big Oil's rigs -- and give America's

polar bears a fighting chance to survive.

 

Butto preserve the Arctic Refuge for good, your elected officials must hear

from you.

 

Tell Congress to support this legislation. It is vital to protecting our

remaining polar bears and other Arctic wildlife.

http://action.defenders.org/site/R?i=lKPVoXImu9I9xn9frOQLgg..

 

In just a few short decades, America's polar bears could be gone. Our polar

bears can't wait -- we must act now to preserve what's left of their quickly

disappearing home.