John,
It’s the largest attack on public lands in U.S. history: Senate Republicans have proposed selling off nearly 3 million acres of these lands as part of their tax bill. If this scheme goes through, it’ll pave the way for mega-mansions, gated communities, mining, logging, and oil drilling in some of the West’s most spectacular places, all for the profit of a few.
We can’t let them liquidate millions of acres of our public lands.
National public lands provide irreplaceable habitat for wildlife, like grizzly bears and spotted owls, and are a crucial source of clean water, healthy air, and respite for all who visit. Selling them off to the highest bidder is a cruel betrayal that can’t be undone.
Once these lands are sold, greedy real-estate speculators could raze and pave over the forests, trails, and lands people love and wildlife need to survive. We can’t let that happen.
This budget bill would also let polluters pay a fee to expedite their projects and evade any legal consequences for the harm they cause. It would grossly expand oil and gas production, increase coal mining, and intensify logging. And it would gut funding for clean energy infrastructure while stopping states from regulating AI, a rapidly growing enterprise that uses massive amounts of water and electricity.
There’s still time to stop this catastrophe.
Urge your senators to oppose any budget bill that sells off public lands, sells out the wild, and worsens the climate crisis.
