Lonely paws crunch over melting snow. Below, the ice RUMBLES and CRACKS. A mama polar bear scouts for food on the ice shelf, but as more of her habitat disappears, she's beginning to STARVE!
The Arctic is warming TWICE as fast as anywhere else in the world. Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one of the last unspoiled places on Earth -- and it's melting! The Indigenous Gwich'in people call this region "the sacred place where life begins," and many communities rely on this ecosystem's fragile balance for resources.
Oil and gas developments are threatening to DESTROY the region and accelerate the Arctic's melting by spewing climate-warming emissions and toxic pollution. Snowy landscapes and coastal tundras could be PAVED OVER, and noisy tanker trucks and drilling rigs could disturb polar bears, giant caribou, and other animals.
These dirty energy projects don't have to happen -- and they might not with your help. The insurance giant Chubb has committed not to support projects that threaten the Arctic refuge -- these projects need insurance to get off the ground. YOU can help push the next insurer to follow in Chubb's steps and protect the Arctic! If just 1 of every 9 people reading this email takes action, we can pressure AIG Insurance to OPPOSE fossil fuel destruction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Please, Friend, take immediate action!
The Gwich'in Steering Committee is asking other insurance companies to follow Chubb's lead. The Gwich'in people have stewarded these lands since time immemorial. Oil and gas development will not only disrupt that balance -- it will also mean toxic pollution for the people who live here. Respiratory illnesses, cancer, and liver disease are just a few of the potential side effects of exposure to fossil fuel pollution.
AIG Insurance has a choice, Friend. It can decide to protect the Arctic from the tyranny of the fossil fuel industry, or it can enable it. You can help it make the right decision. Will you tell AIG Insurance to PROTECT the Arctic, its people, and wildlife from oil and gas?
Standing with you,
Raena Garcia
Fossil fuels and lands campaigner,
Friends of the Earth
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