Dear NRDC Supporter,

I've dedicated my life to sharing the wonder of our natural world. And nowhere feels more astonishing, more alive, or more essential than our oceans.

They regulate our climate. They feed and support communities around the globe. They're home to vibrant marine life we are still discovering. And they hold stories millions of years older than we are.

But that balance — that wonder — is being pushed to a breaking point. Luckily, we can rely on NRDC to fight back.

Will you consider making a year-end gift to support NRDC's work to safeguard our oceans, our climate, and our planet? This is your last day to have your gift 5X matched up to $515,000.

The Trump administration is moving to open large areas of our coastal waters to new drilling. Places that have been protected for years could soon be scarred by rigs and pipelines, and under constant threat of catastrophic oil spills.

Our oceans are already straining under record-breaking heat, chemical pollution, and unsafe industrial fishing. Species are being forced to migrate, coral reefs are bleaching faster than they can repair, and entire coastal communities are feeling the impacts.

When we allow new drilling in our oceans, we magnify every one of these threats — and undermine the ocean's ability to sustain life on this planet.

I support NRDC because they don't look away from these daunting fights. They step directly into them — backed by the strength of people like you who refuse to give up.

NRDC is responding to this growing crisis with the full force of its legal, scientific, and advocacy expertise:

• In court: NRDC has recently filed suit challenging the Trump administration's decision to hold oil-and-gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico — with little consideration for the potential environmental impacts.
• With science: NRDC's experts are advancing best management practices and technological solutions to expedite clean energy development while safeguarding marine mammals and other ocean life.
• Through advocacy: NRDC is mobilizing its more than 3 million members to oppose a massive Liquefied Natural Gas project in Mexico's Gulf of California, which threatens endangered marine species and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This critical work requires steady support to sustain.

Will you make a gift today — on the final day of the year — to help ensure NRDC can carry this work forward wherever our environment is under threat? Until midnight tonight, your donation will be 5X matched up to $515,000.

The ocean is our climate, our food security, and our inheritance. The decisions made today will shape not just the future of marine life, but the future we leave behind for the generations to come.

This is a fight we can't sit out.

Thank you for your commitment, your resolve, and your belief that we can turn the tide.

Sincerely,

Sigourney Weaver
Actor, Environmentalist, and NRDC Supporter