On Monday, May 11, 2015, the Obama Administration granted conditional approval for Shell Oil's reckless scheme to drill in the Arctic Ocean. Now polar bears, whales, and other Arctic wildlife are at risk.

The president's own scientists say there is a 75 percent risk of a major oil spill if Shell's plan goes forward — and emergency response and clean-up would be infinitely more difficult in the choppy waters of the Arctic than the area where the failed response to BP' Deepwater Horizon disaster took place.

An accident or spill in the Arctic Ocean would be disastrous for some of the world's more irreplaceable wildlife. Oil can poison whales, polar bears, and other marine wildlife. Oiled polar bear lose their insulation and can freeze and drown. And the noise and seismic disturbance from drilling can confuse sonar sensitive whales and other wildlife.

Unless we act right now, Shell could be drilling — and polluting — the pristine Arctic within weeks.

We don't have much time. Please take a moment right now to urge President Obama to reverse his administration's decision to green-light Shell's reckless drilling.