1. United States
2. Mont.
3. Letter

Reject the oil and gas industry's petition to gut environmental review in the Western Arctic. The proposed rulemaking would rubber-stamp drilling approvals across 23 million acres of public land in as little as 60 days — bypassing the individual project reviews that protect wildlife, water, and the Indigenous communities who have lived off these lands for millennia. The Western Arctic is one of the most climate-critical landscapes on the planet. It supports essential breeding grounds for the world's migratory bird populations and ecosystems that, once damaged, cannot be recovered. Fast-tracking approvals doesn't just threaten Alaska — it sets a precedent that could be used to shortcut environmental review on public lands from Colorado to Wyoming to California. The public comment deadline is July 6, 2026. Reject this rulemaking in full. No permitting shortcuts. No rubber stamps for Big Oil at the expense of irreplaceable wild lands and the people who depend on them.