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For decades, the Interior Department has handed over millions of acres of our priceless wildlands and ocean waters to the oil, gas, and coal industries — often at fire sale prices.

Credit: Michael Anaya-Gorman/Courtesy of Deb Haaland.

For decades the Interior Department has handed over millions of acres of our priceless wildlands and ocean waters to the oil, gas, and coal industries — often at fire sale prices.

We must get our government out of the fossil fuel business as rapidly as possible. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has what it takes to chart a path toward ending destructive fossil fuel extraction on our public lands and waters, but she faces fierce opposition from oil and gas giants.

Send your letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland showing support for an to end the reckless assault by the fossil fuel industry on our public lands today!

Send your letter to Secretary Haaland showing your support for her efforts to end the reckless assault by the fossil fuel industry on our public lands, ocean waters, and climate today!

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland

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Save our climate & last wild places!

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Dear Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: 
 
I am heartened by your strong commitment to climate action, to addressing the legacy of racial inequity in how public lands are managed, and to overseeing our public resources for the benefit of all.  
 
As you undertake your review of the Interior Department's fossil-fuel program, you have a historic opportunity to usher in a new era, one in which the protection of our climate, our health, and our last wild places is placed above the special interests of the oil, gas, and coal industries.  
 
To that end, I call on you to:

1. Make all federal public lands permanently ineligible for fossil-fuel leasing from now on. And allow no more permitting in Arctic wildlife habitats and natural treasures like Greater Chaco in New Mexico and Big Cypress National Preserve in the Florida Everglades.

2. Set the U.S. on the path toward ending all fossil fuel extraction on our public lands and ocean waters as swiftly and equitably as possible. 
 
I know you will face intense opposition from the fossil fuel industry and their allies in Washington. But so long as you stand strong, stay true to your principles, and keep fighting for bold climate action and environmental justice, you will have the unwavering support of millions of people like me.

Natural Resources Defense Council

Tell Interior Sec. Deb Haaland: We need swift, bold action toward ending all fossil fuel extraction

Tell Interior Sec. Deb Haaland: We need swift, bold action toward ending all fossil fuel extraction

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