Dear John,
The Grand Canyon. The Rocky Mountains. Bears Ears National Monument. Sequoia
National Park. Chaco Canyon. Yosemite. All of these are under attack. As I write
this, the Bureau of L and Management (BLM) is rubber-stamping the selling off of our public lands to
Big Oil and extractive industries. We need to act fast to save our public lands.
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Big Oil is working with this administration to try to force through massive
expansion of extreme extraction on public lands, including America’s most iconic
wild places. This means uranium mining, oil drilling, fracking, and horrific
health impacts on local communities.
We can’t let this administration and Big Oil transform these pristine places
into oil and gas sites that poison our planet and communities.
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[[link removed]]The BLM’s plan to sell and lease millions of acres of public lands would be
devastating to wildlife and people alike. It would virtually guarantee poisoned
water, increased rates of cancer, and other health issues for local Indigenous
communities. It would result in open pit mines and toxic oil rigs scarring our
iconic landscapes. And it would mean barreling toward unmitigated climate
change.
In order to avert climate disaster, we need to keep 80 percent of known fossil
fuel reserves in the ground. That means that we can’t afford ANY new fossil fuel
extraction on federal lands. Our wild lands are here for the public good, to
preserve our natural heritage for future generations, and are relied upon by
Indigenous communities.
This administration wants to give its oil and gas buddies an all-access pass to
plunder our national treasures -- all at the expense of our land, water, and
public health. And, as if that weren’t bad enough, they are counting on the
global pandemic to distract us long enough to sneak their destructive policies
through.
We can’t let them get away with it. Donate $10 to Friends of the Earth and help
stop Big Oil’s plan to defile our public lands.
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[[link removed]]I’ll be honest, John: Our opposition wants you to feel
hopeless in this fight, because they know that people power is the only thing
that can stop them. But I don’t feel hopeless at all, and I hope you don’t
either. Every day I do this work, I am reminded how powerful our movement has
become -- because we are powered by your courage and passion, together with
hundreds of thousands of environmentalists across the country.
At Friends of the Earth, we’ve been fighting Trump’s efforts to turn our public
lands over to the fossil fuel industry at every step -- and we’ve been winning.
* We’ve ousted Ryan Zinke, the corrupt high-level official who was selling off
our public lands. Now, we’re exposing his replacement, Interior Secretary
Bernhardt, for how he violated ethics rules by working with his former fossil
fuel industry clients.
* We are leading the charge in gathering public comments to oppose oil and gas
lease sales -- and it’s working. Our members have delivered tens of thousands
of comments that have helped turn the tide.
* We’ve worked with the House to pass bills that protect our public lands,
including The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act, which will protect the
Grand Canyon from uranium mining forever.
* We outsmart Big Oil. The oil lobby relies on quietly manipulating Congress
into passing sneaky loopholes and environmental rollbacks, while staying out
of the public spotlight. We stay a step ahead of them, identifying their
underhanded tactics, generating public attention, and fighting back at every
turn. We target not only the attacks on our lands, water, and public health,
but also the underhanded attempts to weaken our defenses against these
attacks.
* We fight for what this moment demands: A rapid phase out of all extraction
and burning of fossil fuels, starting with a ban on new fossil fuel leasing
in federal lands and waters, and a moratorium on federal permits for fossil
fuel projects that have the greatest impact on frontline communities and
sensitive ecosystems.
In these unprecedented times, everything we care about is up for grabs. To meet
this moment, we will all need to step up in new ways. At Friends of the Earth,
we are using every tool in our toolbox to block these dirty energy projects,
including direct action. We’re expanding our fight as watchdogs for people and
the planet, because we have no other choice.
We are asking you to stand with us in this fight. Please support Friends of the
Earth with a $10 donation today.
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[[link removed]]Together,
Nicole Ghio,
Senior fossil fuels program manager,
Friends of the Earth
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