Please, don't sit this one out? ? ? ? ? Friend ? big update ? we are just a few hours away from our #GivingTuesdayNow deadline, and as it stands, we're going to fall short.

Here's the deal: A major donor has put up a $100,000 challenge grant to enable LCV to run pro-environmental campaigns and fight back against the Trump administration with everything we've got.

There's a catch: We only unlock the grant if 1,500 LCV members make a donation before midnight tonight. And right now, we're 225 donations short.

That's 225 donations short of a major push to block Trump from forcing an oil and gas bailout into the coronavirus relief bill.

That's 225 donations short of funding fights to force the EPA to do its job during a global pandemic. 225 short of funding campaigns to support pro-environmental leaders in the most important election of our lives.

We are SO CLOSE. Please friend ? donate to League of Conservation Voters before midnight tonight. Gifts of any amount count ? even $5 makes a huge difference ? [link removed]

We're pulling out all the stops here, because we are truly in the fight of our lives right now. Resources were already stretched pretty thin from fighting to protect the environment from the Trump administration ? and then came a global pandemic.

LCV's work has never been more urgent than it is now. The Trump administration has used this pandemic as an opportunity to further wage war on the environment, putting already disadvantaged communities in serious jeopardy.

We're fighting back with everything we've got, but resources are running dangerously low. Here's what we're up against: Under cover of the pandemic, the Trump administration has undermined EPA safety measures cutting mercury and other toxic air pollutants. These are pollutants that have already been linked to higher COVID-19 death rates all over the country. Amid a public health crisis, where tens of thousands of people are dying from a virus that directly targets the respiratory system, the Trump administration is actively making it harder for people to breathe. This is quite literally a matter of life and death. Make a gift to LCV today to help us force the EPA to do its job ? [link removed] These attacks on the environment disproportionately affect low-income folks and communities of color, who are already more likely to live in areas with high levels of air pollution, and therefore have a higher risk of dying from this virus. This virus is already targeting our most vulnerable communities, and Trump is deliberately making the problem worse. Please, make an emergency gift today. Even $5 makes a huge difference ? [link removed] When we stopped Trump's attempt to score bailout money for the oil and gas companies in the first coronavirus relief bill, he turned around and added executives from the top oil producers to his official task force to re-open the country. Now they're trying to change the Main Street program meant to help local mom and pop businesses so huge indebted oil companies can get cheap loans instead. They are still pushing hard ? by any means necessary ? to get a bailout. You can stop them. Make a donation to LCV today ? [link removed] This is failed leadership. This is a matter of life and death, and we have a responsibility to fight back with everything we've got.

If everyone reading this email chipped in before midnight ? even just $5 ?we would blow through our goal and unlock the #GivingTuesdayNow grant, greatly increasing our chances of winning these campaigns.

Please, friend ? don't wait. Make a donation to the League of Conservation Voters now, before the #GivingTuesdayNow challenge deadline ? [link removed]

We couldn't do any of this work without the help of supporters like you. Thank you, for everything you do.

Sincerely,

Gene Karpinski
President
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