Dear NRDC Activist,

Today, the Supreme Court voted to dramatically weaken the EPA's ability to protect our nation's critical wetlands and clean water.

The court's decision in Sackett vs the EPA strikes at the heart of the Clean Water Act, the law we depend on to protect American lakes, rivers, and wetlands — and ultimately our drinking water — and marks a major retreat in the nation's commitment to public health and the environment.

This wrongheaded decision won't stop us from fighting to save our nation's cherished waterways. But we're up against well-funded corporate polluters, developers, and agribusinesses hellbent on protecting their profits, and we desperately need your support if we're to have any chance of success.

Make an emergency donation now so NRDC can aggressively pursue every avenue possible to reverse this egregious assault on clean water and wetlands. All gifts are being matched $1 for $1, up to $100,000, to help defend our environment on all fronts.

The science is clear: wetlands play a central role in the health of our nation's lakes, rivers, and streams. They're even vital for protecting clean drinking water. Congress and the expert agencies understood this, which is why time and again the courts protected critical wetlands under the Clean Water Act.

But the current SCOTUS majority chose to ignore settled science to protect polluters at the expense of healthy wetlands and other waters that contribute to the drinking water supplies of millions of people.

This anti-environment decision will cause incalculable harm, with communities across the country forced to pay the price.

Every moment matters as our team mobilizes on all fronts. NRDC is putting all options on the table — including any legal opportunities. But one thing is for certain: we cannot save our nation's wetlands without your help.

THIS IS URGENT: Donate to help NRDC defend wetlands and our nation's clean water from greedy developers, the oil and gas industry, and other polluters. Until May 31, your gift will be matched, $1-for-$1!

Wetlands are immensely valuable to our ecosystems:

• They absorb flood waters and lessen the impact of droughts.
• They provide critical habitat for endangered species and countless other birds, mammals, and reptiles.
• They store a massive amount of carbon, helping to safeguard us from climate catastrophe.
• And they filter pollutants that otherwise would enter our drinking water.

But with the court's disastrous ruling, polluters will rush to destroy vital wetlands in the name of profits. Not if we have anything to say about it.

For decades, our legal team and coast-to-coast army of advocates and supporters like you have delivered: We've forced polluters to clean up their toxic mess. We've stopped anti-environment special interest groups from trashing our air and water. And we've relentlessly defended imperiled wildlife and their critical habitats from industry assaults.

Your generous support today means we can continue to fight just as hard, across multiple courtrooms, to defend wetlands and our environment on every front.

Please donate now and have your gift 2X matched to defend wetlands from corporate interests ready to bulldoze, mine, drill, and pave over these irreplaceable ecosystems.

Thank you for your generous support of our work today.

Sincerely,

Jon Devine
Senior Attorney, Nature, NRDC