John,

Today, a United Nations report was released that sheds light on the connection between the climate crisis and our food system. Our current approach to producing food is bad for the climate, and we have to move to a more sustainable system to ensure we have food to eat, and a planet on which to live.^1,2

Our climate crisis demands leadership, and it’s clear that Trump’s environmental policy — attempting to roll back environmental rules, continuously denying the science behind climate change and doubling down on dirty energy^3,4,5,6,7 — is a funhouse version of what is actually required for leadership.

That’s why Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced a joint resolution declaring a “climate emergency.”⁸ This would be a big step toward finding solutions for addressing our climate crisis.

Show your support for Congress taking steps toward addressing climate change..

It’s time to face the climate crisis with real climate leadership.

This resolution lays out the scope of what we need to do by declaring climate change “a climate emergency that severely and urgently impacts the economic and social well-being, health and safety, and national security of the United States,” and demands a “national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization of the resources and labor of the United States” in order to “restore the climate for future generations.”⁹

Fossil fuels are not clean energy, and natural gas isn’t going to solve the climate crisis. Trump and his administration touting natural gas as a clean energy solution is simply climate gaslighting for Big Oil and Gas profit.

True leadership would be phasing out fossil fuels for 100 percent clean, renewable energy and holding industry accountable for its pollution that endangers our air, water and food. It’s time to fight like we live here because this is the only planet we get.

Onward together,

Wenonah Hauter
Founder and Executive Director
Food & Water Watch

1. We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report, The Guardian, August 4, 2019.
2. Climate Change Threatens the World’s Food Supply, United Nations Warns, The New York Times, August 8, 2019.
3. 83 Environmental Rules Being Rolled Back Under Trump, The New York Times, June 7, 2019.
4. Environmental Protections on the Chopping Block, Environmental Integrity Project.
5. Trump Signs Orders to Speed Up Oil and Gas Pipeline Construction, The New York Times, April 10, 2019.
6. Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science, The New York Times, May 27, 2019.
7. As Climate Alarm Bells Ring, Trump Cheers on Polluters, Food & Water Watch, July 8, 2019.
8. Bernie Sanders and AOC want Congress to declare a national emergency over climate change, Vox.com, July 9, 2019.
9. Sanders, Blumenauer and Ocasio-Cortez Announce Introduction of Climate Emergency Resolution, Bernie Sanders U.S. Senator for Vermont, July 9, 2019.