Washington, D.C. — In response to today’s Senate passage of the Republican-led rollback of safeguards for wildlife and communities impacted by drilling in the Western Arctic through the NPR-A Congressional Review Act resolution, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) released the following statement from Conservation Program Director America Fitzpatrick: 

“Instead of working to protect people, Republicans and the Trump administration continue to sell-off Alaska to Big Oil as part of its sham energy emergency and dirty energy agenda that attacks Alaska’s public lands and its natural resources. Today’s passage of the CRA to undo the safeguards afforded in the current management plan will worsen the climate crisis and prove devastating to our land and water resources and the wildlife of the region that sustain Alaska Native communities. 

The CRA is being weaponized to undermine scientific expertise and public processes that informed these agency actions, upending precedent and stability. Trump and Republicans have shown time and time again they will bypass public processes to benefit billionaires, even if it means ignoring traditional knowledge and science. Senate Republicans paving the way for more drilling in the Arctic will only put more money in the pockets of Big Polluters at the expense of communities and future generations.”

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