The Dirty Deal – Tell Congress not to succumb to fossil fuel deception at expense of our communities

Dear John,

We’ve been keeping you in the loop on the Manchin/Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, the dirty deal that fast tracks fossil fuel projects by eliminating community decision-making power—and ways to take action, especially as we must fight as hard as we can now, anticipating the road ahead that will continue to put our hard fought environmental justice policies at risk. See our factsheet about the dirty deal here.

This week, we have to increase the pressure to remind Congress who they work for, as it gets closer to the voting floor. Senator Manchin says that Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer “supports a push to pass a permitting bill in the lame duck session to make it easier to build energy projects.” [from Politico’s “Morning Energy” 11.15 newsletter] But let’s keep it real: “making it easier” to build “energy projects” aka extractive fossil fuel infrastructure is at the sacrifice of our livelihoods and the very rights and the health of our already overburdened communities.

Actions You Can Take This Week

We must remind Congress who they work for – here is a NEW one-click email to send to your legislators this week: Just fill out the linked form and customize your message if you wish — and spread the word to your community members.
Here is a NEW social media toolkit with pre-drafted customizable copy and graphics to spread this action far and wide on your organizational and individual social media platforms and in your newsletters.

Last week, we asked you to send an email to your legislators – and you did. We sent nearly 800 emails to national legislators. This week, let’s blow that out of the water.

Together and onwards,

KD Chavez

Executive Director

Climate Justice Alliance

1960A University Ave
Berkeley, CA, 94704
United States

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