This Earth Day, stand up against Big Oil

Shut down threats to vulnerable animals in the Arctic. Make your gift in honor of Earth Day to TRIPLE your impact! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Mother Polar Bear and Cub © Daniel Hatch]( Defender, For a moment, put yourself in the place of a mother polar bear, raising her cubs deep beneath the Arctic snow. Spring is finally here. Soon it’ll be time to emerge and lead those cubs on their first steps into a new world. But what she’ll find outside could be a nightmare: Deafening machinery, airplanes and massive trucks, transforming their home into a contaminated, dangerous oil field. Fossil fuel companies are pillaging the Arctic, and polar bears and other wildlife are paying the price. They need allies on their side: They need you! [This Earth Day, it’s up to us to defend our wild world. Pitch in today to have TRIPLE the impact in the fight against Big Oil’s Arctic invasion!]( The once-serene Arctic wilderness is being transformed into a vicious battleground. On one side, polar bears and other animals that depend on this landscape are already fighting for their lives. On the other, greedy fossil fuel companies are pushing further and further into wildlife habitat, extracting private profits at the expense of the wildlife that live here. Unless we take immediate action, Big Oil will continue its industrial invasion into the Arctic, shattering this ecosystem and releasing hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere. [We need your help to make sure polar bears – and all wildlife – are on the winning side. In honor of Earth Day, stand with us right now to fight back!]( As polar bear cubs emerge from their dens, they deserve to find a world as wild and promising as the one we inherited. It’s up to us to defend that world for them. Pitch in right now to join us in protecting the Arctic and its wildlife from destruction! [PROTECT POLAR BEARS]( Thank you for doing your part to protect our nation’s precious wildlife. Sincerely, Defenders of Wildlife [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( Defenders of Wildlife 1130 17th Street NW • Washington, DC 20036 defenders.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Photo credit: Mother Polar Bear and Cub © Daniel Hatch This email was sent to {EMAIL} Please do not respond to this email. [Unsubscribe here]( or update your preferences [here!]( [supporter]