The Trump Administration is leaking oil

As a college student who wants to secure a safe and livable climate for future generations, I am angered that the Trump Administration is moving to allow oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Not only would doing so violate the habitat of countless wild species like caribou and migrating birds (who depend on the refuge as a safe place to raise their young), it also threatens our shared right to a healthy future climate.

We must decrease our dependence upon outdated and polluting fossil fuels like oil, which are exacerbating climate change thanks to their greenhouse gas emissions. And transitioning to renewable energy will provide a clean, climate-friendly alternative that creates thousands of jobs in the energy sector and moves us closer to clean energy independence.

Believe it or not, a dollar invested in the solar power industry creates about 3 times the jobs that a dollar invested in oil does.

I urge our legislators to stand up for the breathtaking Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by opposing oil drilling exploration and instead supporting the transition to a sane and beneficial alternative, renewable energy. The fate of future generations rests here, now, in our hands.

This story was originally published October 17, 2017 at 3:54 PM with the headline "The Trump Administration is leaking oil."