Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org
Representatives from the Gwich’in Nation, national environmental groups, and institutional investors will host a telephonic press briefing on Monday, May 14 at 2pm ET to unveil a new effort to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from destructive oil and gas drilling.
Following the Trump administration’s recent launch of the process to hold a lease sale for drilling in the Arctic Refuge, a diverse group of institutional investors is calling for oil companies and the banks that fund them to pledge not to support oil and gas exploration in the Refuge’s coastal plain. The coastal plain is one of the world’s last truly wild places and is considered sacred by the Gwich’in.
The group of investors, which collectively holds more than $2 trillion in assets, will send a letter Monday to oil and gas companies and major banks that could have interest in Arctic operations, urging them not to initiate any oil and gas development in the Arctic Refuge. The Gwich’in, joined by a coalition of environmental and Indigenous rights groups, will send a similar letter.
To view embargoed copies of the letters, contact Gabby Brown: gabby.brown@sierraclub.org.
WHAT: Press briefing to discuss new campaign backed by leading institutional investors to defend the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling
WHO: Speakers include:
Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club
Bernadette Demientieff, Executive Director of the Gwich’in Steering Committee
Thibaud Clissen, Senior ESG/SRI Analyst at BNP Paribas
WHEN: Monday, May 14 at 2pm ET
DIAL: 785-424-1878; Conference ID: ARCTIC
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3 million members and supporters. In addition to helping people from all backgrounds explore nature and our outdoor heritage, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.