Dear Guardian,

President Trump and his Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke, are turning our western public lands into fracking sacrifice zones.

The latest is a proposal for 3,500 fracking wells in the Upper Green River Valley of western Wyoming, a key wildlife corridor and gateway to Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. 

We can’t let these horrible plans go unopposed. Weigh in today and help us resist the oil and gas industry’s attempts to trash the American West.

The Upper Green River Valley is breathtaking. Lying at the foot of the Wind River Range, the region is a fount of clean water and air, abundant wildlife, and infinite outdoor recreation opportunities.

Sadly, the oil and gas industry has despoiled much of this area, punching thousands of wells into the ground.  Wildlife have been decimated, clean water fouled, and air pollution has soared to levels typical of big cities.

Now, industry wants to double the amount of wells in the area. They’re effectively declaring total war on clean air and water, wildlife, and our American public lands heritage.

We need you to speak out. Send a letter today and defend the Upper Green River Valley.

While this is about protecting our public lands in the American West, it’s also about pushing back on Trump’s anti-clean energy agenda. Our climate and our future just can’t afford to be fracked.

We can’t win if we don’t resist. Join us and thousands more as we rally to safeguard the Upper Green River Valley and push back against the oil and gas industry.

For the wild,

 

Jeremy Nichols
Climate & Energy Program Director
WildEarth Guardians
jnichols@wildearthguardians.org

P.S. The “Normally Pressured Lance Project” as it’s called would open the door for 3,500 new oil and gas wells in the fragile Upper Green River Valley. You can get more dirty details from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s website.

P.P.S.  In June, studies reported that fracking caused mule deer populations to decline by 40% in the Upper Green River Valley. It’s unconscionable that we would allow the oil and gas industry to cause even more destruction to the region’s deer herds.

photo: WildEarth Guardians