Dear John,

Like millions of Americans, you’re probably at home doing your part to keep our society safe. You’re also probably looking for ways to take meaningful action while social distancing during this time of economic, health, and political crisis.

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund is committed to finding new ways to organize and advocate during this crisis. One thing we know for sure is that the coronavirus pandemic has illustrated that a government fraught with denial and unpreparedness makes a bad situation worse.

See below five quick ways you can make your voice heard on five paramount issues:

Demand that the House pass the Fracking Ban Act. Studies show that fracking is wreaking havoc on our health by polluting the air we breathe and the water we drink. During this pandemic, the connection between a healthy planet and a healthy community could not be more clear. We banned fracking in the state of Maryland; now we need to ban it nationwide. Sign this petition and demand that fracking is banned nationwide.

Demand that Liberty Mutual stop insuring tar sands. Liberty Mutual is a huge backer of one of the dirtiest fuels on the planet. Stand in solidarity with Indigenous people fighting to protect their sacred lands, the air they breathe and the water they drink. Sign this petition and demand that Liberty Mutual stops insuring tar sands.

Demand that states do more to curb climate change. The federal government has woefully failed to pass effective climate legislation. State governments must step up and pursue aggressive climate action to secure a future for the next generation. Send a quick email to your state officials demanding they take action to curb climate change.

Hold Exxon Accountable. For the last five decades Big Oil and Big Gas companies knowingly deceived the public about their extensive contribution to the climate crisis. They must be held to account. Sign this petition to show your support for holding big polluters like Exxon accountable and making them pay to fix the climate crisis.

Fill out the Census. It’s vitally important that everyone living in the United States is counted in the census. The results of the 2020 Census will help determine how hundreds of billions of federal dollars flow into communities - think hospitals, health programs, school lunches, and support for firefighters. Fill out the Census online.

With three out of four Americans under the directive to stay at home, it’s time to ramp up our online activism. And though our minds and hearts are rightly occupied with the coronavirus, we know the climate crisis remains. Like never before the politics of denial, inaction and mismanagement need to end. Commit to these five actions today and make your voice heard.

We’ll be in touch soon with more ways we’re going to keep up the pressure on climate in this new digital world.

Thanks for all you do,

Mike Tidwell
Executive Director
CCAN Action Fund

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CCAN Action Fund is the grassroots arm of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. The mission of the CCAN Action Fund is to effect change in public policy at local, state and national levels to directly address the threat of global warming. Through voter education, lobbying and participation in the electoral process, we seek to move our country into a leadership position on the most urgent global issue of our time — the climate crisis.
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