NRDC Action Fund Supporter,

Deeply disturbing news on the climate crisis:

In July, 197 BILLION tons of ice melted in Greenland. That's three times more than the expected average this time of year — and enough to measurably raise global sea levels.

And all that happened in just one month.

July was the hottest month in recorded history. Temperatures in Anchorage, Alaska, hit 90 degrees for the first time ever.

The climate crisis is here, right now. And it's escalating even faster than scientists have predicted. And as I write this, unprecedented, devastating wildfires are consuming millions of acres of land from the Amazon to Siberia to Alaska and northern Canada.

With the stakes far too high for inaction, the NRDC Action Fund is dramatically scaling up our campaign to demand bold climate action. This is truly the fight of our lifetimes, and we can't afford to wait.

If you're with us in this fight, then I urge you to support our movement by becoming an NRDC Action Fund Defender with a monthly gift of $10 or more.

Action Fund Defenders are the backbone of our campaigns team. Your dependable monthly support is critical to sustain our work to secure climate wins in Congress, states, and local communities throughout the country.

Your regular monthly gifts mean that when the Trump administration tries to open our coasts for dirty, climate-busting offshore drilling, we can organize grassroots opposition from coast to coast, including in states, cities, and towns that would be most directly affected.

It means that when Congress tries to make it easier for oil and gas companies to evade protections against dangerous methane pollution, we can hold those lawmakers accountable next time they're up for reelection.

It means that when the fossil fuel lobby pumps millions of dollars into keeping their favorite pro-polluter politicians in office, we can beat those candidates at the ballot box.

But we can't do it without your support.

So please, become an NRDC Action Fund Defender with a monthly gift of just $10 or more.

Every dollar you give will have a huge impact in helping us push for a 100% clean energy future and for other policies that will protect our air, water, lands, and climate from catastrophe.

Thanks so much for your support.

Sincerely,

Kevin S. Curtis
Executive Director, NRDC Action Fund

Become an NRDC Action Fund member with a minimum donation of $10 per year. Donations to the NRDC Action Fund are used to mobilize citizens and lobby Congress on behalf of our environment and are not tax deductible as a charitable contribution or as a business expense. Prefer to make a tax-deductible gift? Donate to NRDC.

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