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Protect Arctic Ocean from New Oil Drilling

The ocean waters along Alaska's northern coast provide vital habitat for extraordinary wildlife, including polar bears, walruses, ice-dependent seals, endangered bowhead whales, and millions of migratory birds. The Arctic Ocean can also be phenomenally harsh: broken ice covers the water for much of the year, storms with hurricane-force winds can whip up 20-foot seas, and it is entirely dark for half the year.

The federal government recently released a proposed Five-Year Program (2012-2017) for offshore oil and gas leasing that could open up pristine new areas in the Arctic Ocean offshore of Alaska to oil drilling, even though the oil industry has never demonstrated the ability to clean up an oil spill in the Arctic Ocean. Comments are due by February 8.

Save America's Greatest Arctic Wetland

When most people think of the wildlife on Alaska's North Slope, they think of the beleaguered Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. But, to the west, there is another vast wilderness that is also teeming with birds, bears, and caribou. We now have an opportunity to permanently protect America's greatest wetlands.

Keep Clean Energy Clean!

Increasing renewable energy is essential to curbing the unprecedented threat of global warming. In a pilot project, Audubon worked with Google Earth and the Natural Resources Defense Council to provide maps and Web resources to help decision-makers and the public make informed choices about proposed sites for wind turbines and transmission lines.  Send this sample letter or edit it with your own words to let your members of Congress know why you support keeping green energy green, and protect critical habitat.