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RT @RepGabeVasquez: “Once it's gone, it's gone for good.”
On June 5th, the Administration held a lease sale to drill and fragment our last…
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The Arctic Refuge may be thousands of miles away, but the birds that depend on it aren't.
Millions of migratory birds connect Alaska to communities across the country every year.
Protecting the Arctic Refuge means protecting a piece of a journey that spans an entire continent.
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Maybe it's time the Trump administration listened to the market. Just a thought! From the third failed Arctic Refuge lease sale in a row!
oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-G…
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Last week, Mike Lee snuck a last-minute amendment titled "Roadless Rule Nullification" into a wildfire bill that would permanently repeal protections for 45 million acres of national forest.
Our public lands deserve better. Sign our comment: bit.ly/3OL55Pf
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The Arctic Refuge is the crown jewel of America's public lands, a place every hunter, angler, and wilderness lover dreams of. @RepGabeVasquez and @olCal406 of @Backcountry_H_A get it. This land belongs to all of us, and to the generations that come after.
The Arctic Refuge is no place for an oil and gas lease sale.
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What Congress gets wrong about the Arctic Refuge and America's sportsmen - The Hill apple.news/Akitblw1GTVGckON9…
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Read their incredible op-ed via @thehill thehill.com/opinion/energy-e…
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Bi-partisan support for the Roadless Rule has held for 20 years. The only people trying to make it partisan are the ones trying to gut it.
Protect the Roadless Rule!
The Roadless Rule should not be a partisan issue. It is one of the most flexible conservation tools we have and one of the most responsive as far as wildfire management. And the desire among some Senate Republicans to get rid of it is deeply concerning.
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You're closer to the Arctic Refuge than you think. The birds outside your window prove it. So does the lease sale that just happened on June 5. 🐦⬛ alaskabeacon.com/2026/06/11/…
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Three failed lease sales. Zero takers. The message is clear: Big Oil doesn't want Arctic Refuge oil, and the American people don't want Arctic drilling.
Thank you @RepCarbajal for refusing to let the Administration rewrite that reality. The Arctic Refuge is not for sale. 👏
Jun 11
For the third time, the President attempted to sell off public lands in the Arctic Refuge to Big Oil.
Fortunately, it seems these oil companies have accepted what Trump cannot: no amount of short-term corporate gain will ever be worth the risk oil drilling poses to Indigenous communities, wildlife, the climate, and public health.
I will never stop speaking out against the Administration's attacks on public lands.
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We're grateful for champions like @RepRaulRuizMD who fight for the Arctic Refuge. The Gwich'in people, the wildlife, and the land deserve protection, now more than ever. #ProtectTheArctic
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Yesterday, Sen. Lee slipped a last-minute amendment into a wildfire bill to permanently gut the Roadless Rule — literally called "Roadless Rule Nullification." 99% of Americans support the Roadless Rule, but I guess Sen. Lee didn't get the memo.
Thank you @SenatorHeinrich for fighting back. 👏
Jun 11
Senate Republicans created a Trojan Horse to repeal the Roadless Rule. We need to raise our voices to push back!
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🚨 Today, Sen. Mike Lee’s amendment to repeal the Roadless Rule passed the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
The fight to protect our national forests is not over. We can still take action by telling Congress: Keep the Roadless Rule in place. 🌲bit.ly/3OL55Pf
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Any day now, the Trump administration could move to roll back the Roadless Rule, opening the door to new roads in some of the last intact national forests.
Some places only stay wild if we choose to keep them that way. Help us keep our forests roadless 🌲bit.ly/3OL55Pf
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Thank you, @RepHuffman! The Arctic Refuge is not Trump's piggy bank for billionaire tax breaks. 👏
What a fiasco. Trump tried to use the Arctic as a piggy bank to pay for billionaire tax breaks, and it didn’t work. Stop trying to auction off sacred public lands 👏👏👏 nytimes.com/2026/06/05/clima…
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No major oil companies even bid on last week's Arctic Refuge lease sale. Yet here we are again. This landscape deserves permanent protection, not an endless cycle of auctions. #protectthearctic
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A press release with two caribou photos ≠ science.
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In its press release on the refuge lease sale, AIDEA includes two photos of caribou near oil/gas infrastructure, suggesting that there are few if any impacts on the ungulates. Recent research, however, shows that roads, pipelines, & wells all negatively affect caribou migration.
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Alaska Wilderness League retweeted
Trump's lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is just another cash grab. The Arctic Refuge's ecologically & culturally significant public lands must be protected from Trump's disastrous business plans. apnews.com/article/alaska-ar…
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Thank you @Rep_Stansbury 👏 The industry has made it clear AGAIN they don't want it, and yet here we are.
We need permanent protection, not another lease sale. ✊
Protect the sacred! Donald Trump is trying to auction off nearly 700,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling right now.
Whether it’s Chaco Canyon, Oak Flat, or the Arctic—we stand with Tribal Nations and our communities in the fight to protect sacred and public lands. These lands are not for sale! ✊
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