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Dear Friend,

You may have heard of Project 2025, a policy playbook written by former government officials and the Heritage Foundation. This document has detailed recommendations for the environment and spells out a deregulatory policy agenda that would weaken and strip away our rights to clean air, clean water, and a healthy planet – the same protections that you, as environmental advocates, defend every time you take action with Earthjustice.

Project 2025 intends to weaken or repeal many bedrock environmental laws such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (which ensures communities have a voice in major projects built near them), the Clean Air Act (which requires the EPA to set health-based air quality standards), the Endangered Species Act (which is the most successful tool we have in protecting endangered species), the Antiquities Act (that’s the one that creates national monuments like Bears Ears), and more. These laws were passed by a bipartisan Congress half a century or more ago. Earthjustice advocates like you have submitted over one million comments on actions that depend on these bedrock laws over the last three years.

This playbook intends to prioritize mining and fossil fuel development on public lands, expand Willow which is already the largest proposed oil and gas project on U.S. public lands, and target iconic landscapes like Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Minnesota’s Boundary Waters among other national treasures. Earthjustice advocates have spoken up each time these precious places have come under attack, and so have we. We’ve been defending the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from fossil fuel development since the 1980s. Our litigation and advocacy helped secure a 20-year mining ban in the Boundary Waters. And we’re still fighting the Willow Project in court.

Though the scope of planning written down in Project 2025 is new, many of the ideas it presents are not. At Earthjustice, we’ve seen presidential administrations push similar agendas before – and through the courts we have pushed back. Here at Earthjustice, we’re prepared to defend the environment and communities no matter who holds political office. Earthjustice has seen this before during the Trump administration who sought to advance many of the same policies. Last time around, Earthjustice fought back and we’re still working to undo the damage. But this is why continued advocacy from dedicated advocates like you is important. Legal advocacy combined with action taking is a winning combination that gets results. Nonetheless, our fight to protect the environment is more important than ever, and we need your support. Supporters like you rise to the occasion during every comment period and opportunity – and it makes a difference. Click here to take all the actions below on one page.  

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Speak up to defend our climate

In the last several months, federal agencies have made big strides in finalizing important federal protections to protect public health and help our planet. These standards build on the historic climate investments in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). However, polluting industries that worked to weaken these rules are now enlisting allies in Congress to dismantle significant climate progress and Project 2025 calls for the undoing of any government efforts to address the climate crisis so we must speak up now to defend our climate.

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Tell the EPA to designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority chemical

Vinyl chloride – a toxic substance used to make plastic – was identified as a known human cancer-causing chemical 40 years ago, yet it has remained in widespread use. Project 2025 would undermine the science and the regulation of toxic chemicals, but we have a chance now to urge the federal government to designate vinyl chloride as a high-priority chemical. Supporting this designation is essential to protect our communities and environment from this hazardous substance.

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Urge EPA to regulate PFAS that pollute our nation’s waters

PFAS are everywhere. Today, more than 97% of the U.S. population has PFAS in their bodies. Project 2025 would walk back the determination that these “forever chemicals” are a hazardous substance. While the extent of surface water and groundwater contamination of PFAS is largely unknown, we know that harmful levels have been found in water samples worldwide and that exposure in human populations is linked to a wide range of serious health issues, including kidney and testicular cancer, endocrine disruption, and immune system suppression.

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Protect Indigenous territory from Canada’s gold mines

Time is running out for the transboundary rivers of Alaska and British Columbia (BC). More than 500 miles of salmon-supporting rivers and streams in the Taku, Stikine, and Unuk River watersheds are threatened as Canada rushes to expand gold mining projects in the area. Under international human rights law, Canada has an obligation to get the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous peoples impacted by the mines polluting their watersheds. Urge Canada’s leaders to freeze all mining activity in the region until the Tribes are consulted.

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Your activism is creating change - and we can't do it without you. Keep it up by clicking here to take all the actions above on one page.

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Sincerely,
Swetha Pottam
Digital Advocacy Associate

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