As people across the country protest in defense of Black lives, the Sierra Club recognizes the need to dismantle systemic racism in the United States and within our own organization. We must reckon with how white supremacy -- both past and present -- has shaped our institutions and do the critical anti-racism work necessary to repair the harm done. The environmental movement does not exist in a vacuum, and it is our responsibility to use our power to help abolish systemic racism, which is destroying lives, communities, and the planet.

HELP US SAVE ALASKAN BEARS, SALMON, AND THE BRISTOL BAY WATERSHED FROM POISONOUS MINING! Donald Trump's EPA has opened up a path for a dangerous open-pit gold and copper mine in the midst of Alaska's pristine wilderness, threatening the communities that rely on wild salmon and endangering brown bears. Please, help us fight the proposed Pebble Mine and protect the Bristol Bay watershed with your gift now!

Supporter,

The idyllic Bristol Bay watershed is home to a thriving brown bear population and the world's most productive sockeye salmon fishery that serves as the backbone of the local economy. And if Donald Trump's EPA has its way, the watershed could be irreparably damaged—the bears' habitat destroyed, the pristine rivers poisoned—by a controversial open-pit gold and copper mine.

As proposed, the mine would generate more than 10 billion tons of waste—enough to bury the city of Seattle—pumping lead, arsenic and other toxins into 90 miles of salmon runs, ruining the food supply of an important group of brown bears, and causing adverse health effects for local communities.

While President Obama's EPA determined in 2014 that the proposed Pebble Mine would result in a "complete loss" of the Bay’s salmon habitat,Trump's EPA reversed that position and removed the Clean Water Act restriction on the project—shortly after an Air Force One meeting between the President and Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy.

This is just the latest giveaway of precious public land to Trump's mining industry cronies. And we won't stand for it. We've joined a lawsuit charging the EPA broke the law when it withdrew those 2014 protections. We're rallying grassroots support behind the watershed's vulnerable wildlife and local fishing communities. And we're pushing Congress to protect wild places across the country that are under constant threat of mining, poorly-managed development, and fossil fuel extraction.

Supporter, you can help us save Bristol Bay and protect all of our vulnerable ecosystems with a gift now.

Protecting public lands from destructive fossil fuel extraction, mining and toxic pollution is more important than ever. A long history of environmental racism has meant that Indigenous and low-income communities and communities of color have been systematically impacted by dirty air and water and other contaminants from unchecked development and extraction. Protecting and maintaining public lands is one part of the solution to these injustices. You can help us pass this landmark legislation and protect vital public spaces and vulnerable communities.

We're determined to stop this ill-advised, profit-driven decision and restore the Bay's protections under the Clean Water Act. But we have just weeks or months until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is due to submit its Environmental Impact Statement -- which may be driven by political influence rather than science and could fast-track the mine. In short: we're running out of time.

Please, help us protect wildlife and this delicate ecosystem from Trump's corrupt agencies and crony polluters with your urgent gift!

The destruction this mine could cause isn't confined to wildlife. Bristol Bay is home to 25 federally recognized Indigenous communities whose cultures and local economies depend on a healthy, thriving ecosystem. Poisoning the rivers and destroying the salmon habitat would have a dire impact on those communities.

As with every other cynical, toxic act by this administration, you can count on the Sierra Club to fight for wildlife and economic sustainability. Your generous gift today will help us do exactly that—and we're grateful for your solidarity and support!

With determination,

Michael Brune

Michael Brune
Executive Director
Sierra Club

The COVID-19 crisis has not passed and continues to disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people and other communities of color. The pandemic has revealed how the communities hardest hit are often the same communities that suffer from high levels of pollution and poor access to healthcare. The fight for environmental justice cannot be separated from the fight for racial justice.

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