ASK SENATOR GARDNER TO PROTECT THE ARCTIC REFUGE!
In 2017, Senator Gardner sided with Big Oil and cast one of the swing and decisive votes to mandate destructive oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. What’s more, Gardner continues supporting the Trump administration as it barrels forward with its drilling scheme, silencing scientists, putting polar bears, caribou and other wildlife at risk, and turning a blind eye to the views of the Gwich’in Athabaskan people.
Senator Gardner’s position may help his friends in the oil and gas industry, from which he’s accepted more than $1.5 million in contributions from during his time in Washington, D.C., but it is in direct contradiction to the wishes of 69% of Colorado voters who favor protecting this national treasure for future generations.
Cory Gardner says He Cherishes America’s Public Lands. His Actions say Something Else.
In 2017, Senator Cory Gardner of Colorado — a self-proclaimed champion of public lands — was uniquely positioned as a western Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee to stand up and prevent the giveaway of one of our nation’s most iconic, cherished and biologically rich landscapes to the oil and gas industry.
He failed. Read more…
Colorado News:
In An Election Year, Two Vulnerable GOP Senators Are Suddenly Conservationists (HuffPost, 6/11/2020)
Ad Targets Gardner for Vote Against Arctic Wildlife Refuge (Colorado Times Recorder, 1/28/2020)
Group targets Republican senator over Arctic National Wildlife Refuge bill (The Washington Post, 1/28/2020)
Cory Gardner says he Cherishes America’s Public Lands. His Actions say Something Else. (Colorado Pols, 1/28/2020)
Ad campaign pressures Gardner on Arctic National Wildlife Refuge bill (The Hill, 1/27/2020)
Environmental group to spend 6 figures against Gardner (E&E News, 1/27/2020)
Alaska Wilderness League Action Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Senator Cory Gardner Statement by Adam Kolton, Executive Director (1/27/2020)