The threats we’re facing today are bigger than ever. We’ve got plans in 2024 to stop new Arctic drilling, protect public lands, battle corporations that pollute our air and water, help save threatened wildlife, fight the climate crisis… and so much more.

The amount of work we can take on and how hard we can fight next year rests on how much we raise this December. Please support our fight for the environment by making a year-end donation today and it will be 2x MATCHED, up to $750,000!

Just this week, a new rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets the stage for every lead water pipe in the nation to be replaced — with the vast majority expected to be removed in the next 10 years.

Lead-contaminated drinking water has disproportionately burdened low-income communities of color like Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, whose water crises made it impossible to ignore the reality of unequal access to safe water. More than 9 million homes nationwide are served by a lead water pipe — now is the time to end this public health crisis.

This Lead and Copper Rule will effectively end the practice of supplying drinking water to homes through toxic lead pipes that have threatened the health and well-being of families in all 50 states for more than a century.

We’ll keep you updated on how to get involved in the coming weeks — for now, read more about this ray of hope to help provide safe drinking water nationwide.

• The Successful United Auto Workers (UAW) Strike Portends a Successful EV Transition: With the UAW contract in hand, autoworkers can get long-overdue pay hikes while automakers continue to make the investments they need to make in building electric vehicles. These historic gains for union workers signal that they will be a key part of the industry’s shift to cleaner vehicles. Read more >
• The Department of Transportation (DOT) is Putting Transportation on the Right Track: DOT released a new rule that will require states to measure greenhouse gas pollution from highway systems and set targets to lower those emissions, helping to fight the climate crisis and deliver a cleaner transportation system. Read more >
• New Mexico Adopts Crucial Package to Clean up Cars and Trucks: Three new measures will provide significant climate, public health, air quality, and economic benefits to New Mexico and speed the transition to clean, electric vehicles. Read more >

Chances are, yes — between automakers slashing prices for EVs in the past year as well as federal incentives for eligible buyers, you may even be able to score a bargain up front. Dive into the details to learn about the potential financial benefits of buying an EV, on top of the climate and air quality reasons. Read more >

• Protect the Arctic from ConocoPhillips’ Brazen New Fossil Fuel Expansion Plan: The climate-busting Willow Project is looking more likely to be the launching pad for even more drilling across the Arctic — and we must stop this new dangerous plan. Take action by the Dec. 8 comment deadline >
• Stand With Standing Rock: Demand a Fair Environmental Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline: Each day the pipeline continues to operate, it violates Indigenous sovereignty and treaty rights, and poses a constant threat to crucial water sources. Submit a public comment to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now. Take action by the Dec. 13 comment deadline >
• Protect Critically Endangered Rice’s Whales from Offshore Drilling: There are fewer than 100 critically endangered Rice’s whales left in existence. Their narrow strip of habitat in the Gulf of Mexico is in the crosshairs of the oil and gas industry, and we must act now to stop the government from selling off our oceans. Take action >

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