John,

Over 179,000 people in California – including Ekō members – were forced to evacuate as wild fires engulf their homes. Entire communities have been destroyed.

Meanwhile, the fossil fuel companies who created this crisis are counting record profits. In 2024, ExxonMobil and Chevron made $52.2 billion in profits, all while exploiting tax loopholes worth hundreds of millions. These same companies spent decades burying climate science and funding disinformation campaigns.

They knew this future was coming. They chose it for us.

The Ekō community helped our partners in New York pass a groundbreaking climate superfund, requiring major polluters to contribute $75 billion toward climate damages – a HUGE win against big polluters.

Now they’re asking for our help again in California where similar legislation has been drafted. Let’s unleash our power as a global community once again and help make sure polluters pay.

Tell Governor Newsom and the California Legislature: make polluters pay.

The wildfires which tore through Los Angeles were no accident - they’re what happens when decades of corporate greed collide with climate reality.

The choice is simple: make polluters pay their fair share to build resilient communities, or watch as climate chaos bankrupts us and our governments, all while fossil fuel executives collect bonuses.

This isn’t just a New York or LA issue – climate change extends beyond borders, and the more places that pass laws forcing polluters to pay up, the greater protection our communities will have against climate havoc in the future.

President Trump recently signed an executive order that instructs the Department of Justice to target state climate laws and lawsuits that hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage. That's why we've got to encourage California lawmakers to hold strong, and make the polluters pay:

Tell California lawmakers: make polluters pay for their destruction.