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The fight to save the Arctic is heating up. The region is more impacted by global warming than any other place in the world. And as if the impacts of climate change weren\u2019t enough, international oil companies have invested in exploiting the oil that lies deep in Arctic waters. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Activism helped to stop Shell and convince the U.S. government to take the Arctic off the table for oil drilling for two years, but now we need to keep fighting strong to stop all other oil companies from drilling in the fragile ecosystem at a later date. We need to shut the door on Arctic drilling for good.<\/p>\n

The Arctic & Global Warming<\/h2>\n

The people and animals that live in the Arctic depend on its unique ecosystem to survive. For them climate change is not a debate, it\u2019s a daily reality. And with the region <\/span>warming twice as fast<\/span><\/a> as the rest of the world, Arctic ice is melting even faster, as the ocean absorbs the heat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about the impacts of global warming and the Arctic.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Arctic Oil Drilling<\/h2>\n

Arctic Ocean drilling is a gamble with catastrophic consequences for the people, wildlife and the sensitive ecosystem of the region. And yet major companies like Shell and Exxon are making aggressive moves to usher in a new \u201coil rush\u201d in the Arctic Ocean. Although the Obama administration made the Arctic Ocean off limits to offshore oil drilling for two years, those protections are at risk. We need a longer term fix \u2014 we need to keep the Arctic Ocean off-limits to oil drilling forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more about why we can\u2019t allow oil drilling in the Arctic.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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