John, this Earth Day, I hope you will give me a chance to explain the stakes of the climate fight, what we’ve done, and where we need to go from here.

First, the stakes — the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a report last month that said that if we do not cut our emissions in half this decade, the Earth will warm to catastrophic levels by the 2030s, and we will fail the mission set forth in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

Now, what we’ve done: Thanks to Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act that President Biden signed last summer, the United States has made the single largest investment in clean energy in our history. The investments are projected to cut our carbon emissions by 40 percent relative to 2005 levels. It’s a good start, and also helps make clean energy more affordable for folks like you — like with the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit.

But we still must do more. The United States must be a global leader in the climate fight. Donald Trump and the Republican Party have squandered precious time that we should have spent accelerating our transition to clean energy and ending our destructive reliance on fossil fuels. In 2024, we need to protect the White House, our Senate majority, and retake the House.

The Inflation Reduction Act is the first step toward passing a Green New Deal, of which I am a proud cosponsor and which was re-introduced this week.

We must abolish the Senate filibuster. Pass more bold climate legislation. And defeat any MAGA Republican and dark money efforts to stand in our way.

Nothing less than the future of life on Earth is at stake.

John, this Earth Day, will you join me in supporting the Green New Deal by adding your name today as a citizen cosponsor?

Californians are demanding that our next Senator be a bold leader who will do everything possible to ensure future generations can inherit a livable planet. Thanks for joining me by adding your name today.

— Adam

P.S. This week, I introduced my own piece of legislation cosponsored by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, The Climate Change Relief for Urban Areas Act, which would open the door to planting more trees in urban areas and cities to combat climate injustices, including urban heat islands and stormwater runoff that adversely impact those communities.