Late last year we highlighted the problem with fossil fuel exports, particularly Liquefied "Natural" Gas, or LNG. Quick recap below if you're just tuning in. But more than 300,000 people, including a lot of you, have already signed petitions and sent letters to President Biden, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

And we're getting clear signals that the message to stop fossil fuel exports is being received. FERC delayed its decision on the CP2 LNG export facility last year, and news reports indicate the Biden Administration is "reconsidering" its policy on fossil fuel exports.

Now is the perfect moment to take the streets and demand President Biden follow through with a clear and bold action to end the era of fossil fuels fast, fair, and forever. As I foreshadowed in my last message of the year, we've already got several events planned for the next four weeks.

Our first event is in New Orleans next week. If you're able, you're welcome to meet us at the America’s Energy Summit. No RSVP required, just check out the flier and meet us at 10am near Jackson Square on the 19th.

Don't worry if you can't make it to New Orleans, we've got other actions - including a distributed day(s) of action later this month. Get the full list in the blog and chip in here to support all the actions and organizing this month to challenge fossil fuels.

Quick recap for those who need it:

The US is making some (not enough!) progress on reducing demand for fossil fuels, and replacing polluting sources of energy with clean renewables — mostly thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act. But at the same time domestic renewables are up, so is fossil fuel extraction, refining, and especially exports.

In fact, President Biden has approved so much new fossil fuel infrastructure, that the pollution is more than offsetting the climate progress he's made – causing the US to become a global leader, in the wrong direction, on climate pollution.

That's why we asked you to send a bunch of letters and sign a bunch of petitions opposing the CP2 fossil fuel export facility in particular, but also new fossil fuel exports and infrastructure in general. Most of you have already signed one of those petitions, or sent a letter. But if not, or if that's your thing — click here to send a letter to the DOE, President Biden, and FERC all at once opposing CP2 and all fossil fuel exports.

But the main thing we want to do over the next four weeks is turn up the pressure on the Biden Administration and others to end the era of fossil fuels fast, fair, and forever. And that means taking to the streets for non-violent, direct action. Next week's events in New Orleans are just the start. We're also working with allies on a distributed day of action to stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline, with targets like banks and contractors all over the country. And we're helping to plan a mass direct action at the US Department of Energy in early February. You can get all the details in the blog, but for now — make a plan to join us in New Orleans.

See you in the streets,

Drew and the 198 methods to stop climate change but LNG exports ain't one crew

The amazing poster for our New Orleans action was made by local artist Sarah Singh Aka slimmdoodle. Check them out on instagram!

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