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   NO SEISMIC BLASTING IN THE ARCTIC

   #ConocoPhillips, an oil and gas giant, is seeking approval to conduct #SeismicBlasting in search of #oil and #gas in the #Arctic.

   ConocoPhillips' seismic application, which was submitted to the #Biden administration, requests testing across more than 270,000 acres of the Arctic. It would involve months of dragging heavy thumper trucks and other machinery across a fragile #ecosystem.

   https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27102023/is-conocophillips-looking-to-expand-its-controversial-arctic-oil-project/

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     If approved, seismic blasting would threaten #PolarBears, #caribou herds, and other #wildlife that call the Arctic home. That's why we're calling on the #DepartmentOfTheInterior to reject any and all seismic activity on Arctic lands.

     The #Willow Project is already a bad idea for our #environment. Proposed seismic blasting will make it even worse.

     Seismic blasting helps #FossilFuel companies look for more oil and gas --

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     https://environmentamerica.org/articles/in-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-polar-bears-and-oil-drilling-do-not-mix/?tag=email_blast:127264&utm_source=salsa&utm_medium=email

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     but it can injure or even kill polar bears. It creates loud noises that can scare polar bear mothers away from their dens and cubs. Thumper trucks can run over undetected dens.

     Caribou herds would also be put at risk. The herd migrates through the area where ConocoPhillips has proposed seismic activity, and surveys could separate caribou from their historic breeding grounds.

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     Beyond the impact to local wildlife, seismic activity has consequences for the larger environment. It can undermine water resources, carve through cultural areas, and damage the underlying tundra. Each of these individual impacts prove that seismic activity is a dangerous proposal.

     The Department of the Interior is accepting public input on whether to allow seismic activity, but only until Dec. 8.

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