Friend — earlier this week, negotiations between GOP senators and the Biden administration broke down over the American Jobs Plan — a once-in-a-generation opportunity to tackle climate change and create good, green jobs.

Here's the situation: Republican negotiators have been pushing to strip the bill back to just focusing on roads and bridges, removing major climate investments and other environmental provisions from the legislation.

The Republican proposal is a total non-starter: Any plan that fails to center clean energy, climate, or environmental justice MUST be dead on arrival.

What happens next: the Administration is focusing a new round of negotiations on a smaller group of bipartisan senators, and may be looking to pass some or all of the bill through the reconciliation process, which can't be blocked by the filibuster. Any bill that passes will do so with the slimmest of margins, friend.

We've launched a major campaign to seize this historic opportunity to invest at scale in the solutions we need to tackle the climate crisis — and to do so in a way that addresses environmental injustice and economic inequality. We're directing thousands of activists to call high priority members of Congress. We're running digital and billboard ads. We're holding events, town halls, and public meetings. We need your help to keep the pressure on until we win!

The best thing you can do right now is this: renew your LCV membership. Right now, all it takes is $5. Because this fight is so important, every contribution is being triple matched through the end of the month »

The plan proposed by President Biden has the potential to be a historical piece of legislation in the fight against climate change. The American Jobs Plan includes huge investments that modernize and decarbonize our energy, transportation, and water infrastructure, all while creating millions of good-paying union jobs in clean energy and combating environmental racism. We must protect these critical environmental provisions as Congress moves closer to a vote.

While Congressional negotiations continue, Americans have already made up their minds — we NEED an infrastructure bill that invests in clean energy and the environment. Our latest polling shows that 72% of voters across critical swing states support the clean energy investments proposed by President Biden. If we don't make sure that every member of Congress sees these numbers, we risk losing this fight. Please, help us tell Congress that now is NOT the time to settle for less in the name of bipartisanship or compromise. Now is the time to go big and bold!

This year's Summer Membership Drive will determine how hard we can fight for the future we know we must deliver — a safe climate powered by clean energy that delivers good jobs, clean air and clean water for every community. We know that we can win when we go toe-to-toe with corporate polluters — while they rely on well-paid lobbyists, we rely on the support of people like YOU. Without LCV members, we could not fund our environmental campaigns or fight back against corporate polluters' endless attacks.

Together, we stood against corporate polluters, prevented another four years of environmental disaster under Donald Trump, and made climate ambition a major part of President Biden's victory. It is now our moment to turn that momentum into action at the scale the climate crisis demands.

Please, renew your LCV membership today. It only costs $5 »

Thank you,

Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters