Dear John,

Today, with your help we could stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in its tracks!

As you read this, the Supreme Court is hearing a case on the ACP. The court will
decide whether this fracked gas pipeline can cut across the Appalachian Trail --
scarring its pristine landscape. Our team is outside the courtroom, blocking the
street with a giant banner that reads “The pipeline stops here.”

This Supreme Court case may be a tipping point in the fight for a fossil fuel
free future. It could set precedent and determine whether our most protected
wild places are safe from fossil fuel infrastructure.

But we aren’t waiting for the court to stop this pipeline. We’re taking action,
demanding change and putting our bodies on the line to show that we’re going to
stop the ACP, and all pipelines, no matter what. Congress must rein in fossil
fuel projects like the ACP. But our legislators will only act under pressure
from constituents like you.

Back up our team in the streets: Call and tell your legislator to oppose the ACP
and future fossil fuel projects today!
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If the Supreme Court doesn’t stop the ACP, more than just the Appalachian Trail
is at risk.

Here what’s at stake:

* The ACP will pollute our land and waterways while cutting through communities
across Virginia, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
* It would carry enough fracked gas to generate over 67 million metric tons of
climate pollution per year -- the equivalent of 20 average U.S. coal plants.
* And it would require 38 miles of mountaintop removal -- damaging farm and
forest land.

What’s more, the ACP would disproportionately harm poor, African-American and
Indigenous communities all along the route. Part of the project would involve
opening one of the largest fracked gas compressor stations ever built in Union
Hill -- an African-American community of great historical and cultural
significance in Virginia. And thirty thousand Native peoples live in census
tracts considered part of the project area in North Carolina alone.

We know the Supreme Court is influenced by cultural change and public outrage.
After people across the country boldly stood up for LGBTQ+ rights, the court had
no choice but to make same-sex marriage the law of the land.

Right now, activists from up and down the East Coast are protesting in front of
the c ourt to put that pressure on the ACP. From coast to coast we must demand our
legislators join our fight against future fossil fuel infrastructure. This
battle starts today with a call to your legislator!

Fight for a fossil fuel free future: Call on Congress to reject the ACP and all
future fossil fuel projects!
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This isn’t just about stopping one pipeline, it’s about stopping all future
pipelines -- including one that could someday run through your community. If we
don’t collectively fight fossil fuel infrastructure now, we could all suffer
later.

Momentum is building against the fossil fuel industry. Now, the American people
-- led by those who are directly impacted by fossil fuel projects -- are
sounding the alarm about this dirty industry. This is the political atmosphere
we need to push the court to act.

The Supreme Court and Congress can’t just look the other way as projects like
the ACP continue harming communities and permanently scarring our most cherished
wild places. Together we can push our legislators to protect us from future
pipeline devastation and show the groundswell of public outrage to push the
Supreme Court further in the direction of justice and environmental protection.

Call your legislators: Tell Congress to oppose the Atlantic Coast Pipeline!
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Standing in solidarity,
Donna Chavis,
Senior fossil fuels campaigner,
Friends of the Earth

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