At best, information you have provided to Congress about the effects of drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was riddled with careless errors. At worst, the data you presented has, as some Fish and Wildlife officials have charged, been cherry-picked and distorted to support a pro-drilling stance. You have either irreparably erred, which shows a failure on your part to place enough importance on this matter to get the facts right, or you deliberately distorted the facts to egregiously cater to pro-drilling interests.

In either case, you have failed to provide a balanced view on this issue and have seriously reneged upon your repeated promises during Senate confirmation to "provide [Congress] the best scientific evaluation of the environmental consequences..[of] any exploration and production" in the Refuge. This is a clear violation of the public trust. Therefore, we, the petitioners, call upon you to resign from your post as Secretary of the Interior.