トミー・コールドウェルのインスタグラム(tommycaldwell) - 7月6日 13時44分

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The oil industry argues technology is great so their impact is small. But in Prudhoe bay, just 100 miles away, the environment has been devastated. The north slope experiences an average of 504 oil spills a year, totaling more than 1.9 million gallons of toxic substances between 1996 and 2004 (according to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation). The air pollution is worse than in Washington DC. They are constantly fined for ignoring environmental regulations. The list goes on. Even if you trusted the oil companies when they say it will be different in the Arctic refuge it doesn’t solve the effects of extraction on climate change in a place where average temperatures have already exceeded three degrees. 95 percent of the arctic is already open to oil and gas. Can we keep just 5 percent off limits? Ft Yukon showed me that this fight is not just about the environment. It’s about human rights and social justice.
But why should climbers care? Because in a way we thrive off the land just like the Gwich’in. We are intimately linked with nature in a way that makes us able to see the change and therefore can empathize and become messengers, and the world needs messengers. If you want to get involved you can text ARCTIC to 40649. Also hit the link in my bio.

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tommycaldwell @natetronn every environmental organization and advocate deals with with a contingent that calls hypocrite. With good reason, just living creates impact and everyone draws there lines in different places. I don’t feel overly bad about creating and advertising more environmentally friendly and longer lasting outdoor gear. People will buy stuff, so I think it’s best for them to buy things that are better for the planet and from companies that use there profits to find solutions to the environmental crisis. Also, 80 percent of of environmental impact is dictated by policy. I believe I can personally make the most impact by creating stories, becoming a messenger and therefore influencing how people vote. Unfortunately that requires travel. It definitely can be argued that staying home would be more noble.

finnmackinaw Tommy- I am an Alaskan, born and raised. I too oppose further drilling in the arctic, both for environmental reasons and because I personally believe that my states economic future does not lie within oil, and I thank you for the advocacy that you are bringing to the subject. However, I must point out a misleading fact in your post. Many of the spills reported can be as minor as spilling lubricating oil for a truck. While there are significant spills of north slope crude, they number in the tens per year, rather than the hundreds. While any spill is an inexcusable error, and the idea that drilling should be barred from ANWR has my wholehearted support, I also believe that accuracy and context in data is paramount. Thank you

natetronn Tommy, how do you carry (rationalize) this work against your other work? For example, your TC Pros and your signature ropes, all the gear you've help sell over the years, all the new climbers who started climbing because of you, all of this requires the gas and oil, for obvious and not so obvious reasons. The devastation of outdoor spaces needs to stop, of course it should stop, I agree. Period. But how can you carry both these things at the same time and feel you're not being at least a little bit hypocritical? That's a real question, not implied guilt. We can all do better, of course but, where is the line drawn for you? You want to talk about this stuff so, let's talk.

shane.robertson79 @jarondoesstuff lol if everyone focused on what they used and stopped blaming corporation things would change. It is people like you who stop people from making choices thinking it will help. Like stopping people from driving cars that burn to much fuel. Then allowing someone to drive a car that is twice as efficient, but gets driven 4 times the miles as the other. Your justification for him not changing because it won't help with n the big picture shows your lack of knowledge. He has a large platform that he could use to lead by example! Cradle to cradle is a great book he should read to open his eyes.

jarondoesstuff @laurence_higgins06 i have a degree in environmental science my man, don’t try to be condescending lmao. you do realize there’s this thing called periodic integration where by slowly creating more sources of renewable, more of the products to create further renewable energy sources can be produced with renewable energy right? like you do understand the shift can be done throughout 10 years and doesn’t have to be an immediate killswitch on all oil and gas, right? is your mindset seriously that if we can’t immediately end dependency on oil and gas we might as well never, that it’s all or nothing?

jarondoesstuff @shane.robertson79 and before you give some stupid reply, my degree track is in environmental science, specifically energy resources. i can promise you that i know a whole lot more about this than you do, so think carefully on your rebuttal pal. every single human beings contributions to climate change are microscopic in comparison to corporate industry, specifically oil and gas and animal agriculture. individual actions make very little difference in the face of massive corporate climate destruction, like this.

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