In this issue: Why are our electricity bills going up?, Trump’s attempts to sell off Alaska’s Arctic to oil and gas companies, legal wins against polluters in South Africa, and more.
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FROM THE FRONTLINES
Selling off Alaska’s Arctic to oil and gas companies
The Trump administration is moving to take public lands in Alaska’s Arctic, including vast tracts that have never seen industrialization, and throw open the doors for fossil fuel drilling: [link removed]
Why are our electricity bills going up?
Electricity rates are set to skyrocket, fueled by the Trump administration’s war on cheaper clean energy and push for expensive fossil fuels. Read More: [link removed]
The cost of Trump’s coal fixation
The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are doing all they can to prop up the struggling coal industry — leaving Americans to foot the bill. It is time to end the era of coal once and for all.Read more: [link removed]
Climate change is making hurricanes worse
Human activity is causing rapid changes to our global climate that are contributing to extreme weather. Over the past century, massive increases in greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have caused a spike in global temperatures that are fueling climate disasters. This will only get worse unless we take action: [link removed]
Severe storms devastated western Alaska villages. Here’s how to help.
Earthjustice stands with western Alaska tribes and families after severe storms devastated entire communities, displacing more than 1,000 residents just before winter. Learn more and how you can help: [link removed]
Legal wins against polluters in South Africa
Earthjustice partnered with community and environmental advocates in South Africa to secure two legal wins against fossil fuel polluters in South Africa. These resounding victories show that despite setbacks in places like the United States, international leadership and common sense can still prevail in the global fight to curb climate change: [link removed]
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
Defend the Western Arctic from oil and gas drilling
The administration is taking public input on which areas of the Western Arctic it should lease this winter to fossil fuel drilling. We need to officially register our overwhelming opposition and say: The Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas: the Arctic should be protected, not drilled for oil and gas.
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