12.23: Letter to Joe Biden

Climate News 12.23: Letter to Joe Biden

This month I wrote a letter to President Biden concerning the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska that his administration approved in March. This project would potentially produce 180,000 new barrels of oil a day, an astonishing 1.5% of the U.S.’s total oil production. I encourage you to do some research and write to him as well.

Dear President Biden,

My name is Forest Olson I am an 11 year old environmentalist from Telluride Colorado. I am writing to ask you to put a stop to the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska. Big oil companies like ConocoPhillips should not have the right to prioritize profit over a livable future. My generation is relying on leaders like you to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to limit global warming and climate chaos. The effects of climate change are being felt around the globe and I believe that it's largely the responsibility of the U.S. to make decisions to limit further suffering. Increased warming where you are supporting drilling in the arctic is already causing ice that has been frozen for miIlennia to melt, endangering many species as well as the ability of native people to live off the land. Please consider reversing course on this project before it is to late.

Sincerely,

Forest Olson