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Big Oil companies like , , , and could soon be heading to the #Arctic Refuge to spend millions destroying a pristine, sacred landscape...without the consent of @OurArcticRefuge. #ProtectTheArctic #StandWithTheGwichin

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We were in Denver outside of @bp_America. "Back off, BP!"

📷: Justin Forrest Parks

We were in Scotland, at @bp_plc’s annual general meeting.

.@OurArcticRefuge leader Bernadette Demientieff on why she's traveling all the way from Alaska to the UK to urge @bp_plc not to drill in the Arctic Refuge #ProtectTheArctic #StandWithTheGwichin desmog.co.uk/2019/05/02/com…

And we were in the San Ramon, CA, at @Chevron’s annual general meeting. From Stand's Isabella Zizi: "As someone who grew up in the shadows of the Richmond Chevron refinery, I understand how oil industries like Chevron destroy communities."

"Indigenous leaders from Alaska traveled thousands of miles to tell their stories of life near the Arctic Refuge. From CA, to NY, to Scotland, these leaders made clear that drilling in the Arctic Refuge is an unacceptable act that flies in the face of the rights of the Gwich'in

"Banks and investors have seen what happens when an oil company dares to go against the will of the people and trample the rights of Indigenous peoples whose lands we have stolen.

"We saw it with the Dakota Access Pipeline, we saw it with the Keystone Pipeline, and we saw it with the Trans Mountain Pipeline. The only right thing to do is to leave the Refuge in peace.”
-@MattKrogh

Thank you @OurArcticRefuge, @SierraClub, @SFBaySierraClub and other partners who helped pull this all together!