Friend — We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to pass the most important climate legislation in American history, making critical investments in clean energy and green infrastructure.

This is a key moment in Congressional deliberations, and we're calling on environmental activists across the nation to reach out to their elected officials to demand that there can be no deal on infrastructure if it doesn't include climate investments.

If a stripped down bill makes it through, it means losing our best shot at tackling the climate crisis. It means losing on clean energy. It means losing on environmental justice.

We need to make noise NOW and demand that Congress passes a bill that tackles the climate crisis. That's why we're joining with our partners across the Conservation Voter Movement to send a message to Congress today. This bill will live or die based on whether our grassroots movement stands up and demands it. Tell your elected officials that an infrastructure plan MUST include investments tackling climate change.

We have an opportunity to tackle the climate crisis and build a fair and just future for all. We are talking about thousands of new jobs, billions invested in a green economy, and concrete steps to break down systemic inequalities and address the harms that the environmental justice movement has been fighting for years. Inaction is not an option. This is now or never.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the gaps in our approach to the economy, energy, and climate change. And it taught us to listen to scientists and experts. We must work now to put the U.S. on the path to 100% clean energy, prioritize equitable solutions that the communities most harmed by toxic pollution — low-income and communities of color — are leading, and support the preservation and creation of high-quality union jobs across the economy.

When President Biden says that we need to "build back better," he understands that the status quo of rising temperatures and increasingly frequent climate emergencies is no longer acceptable. Voters agreed, giving President Biden a mandate to tackle climate change and other important issues. Now we need to tell Congress it's their turn — they MUST pass climate action.

Over the past few weeks, we have seen the disastrous consequences of ignoring the climate emergency. From dangerous heat waves to the tragic building collapse in Florida — the worst impacts of the climate crisis are already beginning. We cannot accept these disasters as our new normal. We MUST work to reverse climate change before it's too late.

That's why we're joining with our partners across the Conservation Voter Movement to send a message to Congress: Act now on climate before it's too late. But in order to make a real impact, we need you. Are you with us?

Sincerely,

Brooke Still
Senior Director of Digital Strategy
League of Conservation Voters

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