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Dear NRDC Activist,

Right now, as many as 3 million orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells
are littered across the country, many of which are leaking crude oil and
toxic gases, contaminating groundwater and soil, and spewing potent,
climate-wrecking greenhouse gases like methane into our air.

Worse yet, they're hidden out of sight, buried near our communities — and
in some cases right beneath our homes and our schools.

Instead of cleaning up and plugging these open wells, fossil fuel
companies extracted what they wanted and then moved on to the next site
with zero regard for the destruction they left behind.

It's outrageous. Oil and gas producers must be held responsible for
cleaning up the messes they too often leave behind. NRDC is using every
tool at our disposal to hold them responsible, but we need your support:

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this work is so urgent, we're offering our FIRST-EVER 5X MATCH — but only
until July 31. Make a tax-deductible gift of just
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environment. Every dollar donated will be MATCHED 5x — that's FIVE TIMES —
up to $250,000!

[ [link removed] ]Millions of abandoned oil and gas wells emit hundreds of kilotons of methane
and other pollutants every year. Hel plug these wells. Donate.

Even just $5 can make a big impact,
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The scale of the problem is hard to overstate, and these abandoned and
orphaned wells — which are more like poisonous pits that emit tons and
tons of climate-busting methane — are everywhere:

* In Rio Vista, CA, just one ten thousand-foot deep well has emitted
enough methane to melt a sizeable iceberg
* In downtown Los Angeles, plumes of carcinogenic emissions were filmed
billowing out of an undocumented well under the sidewalk where parents
and children walk by
* And on tribal lands across the country, Indigenous people report
smelling rotten eggs and burnt rubber from fumes that cause sore
throats, nausea, and headaches within minutes

The good news is that President Biden has a plan that includes critical
funds to begin desperately needed clean up, creating tens of thousands of
jobs in the process. But as our climate and health suffer more each day,
action has never been more urgent.

NRDC is fighting for a real solution — an end to the toxic legacy of
fossil fuel extraction by doing whatever it takes to ensure oil and gas
producers become financially responsible for cleaning up these messes. And
we can get there with your support.

That's why until July 31, we're offering an unheard of FIVE TIMES MATCH
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We are fighting tooth and nail every day to hold fossil fuel companies
accountable, and to end their destructive impact on our environment.

But we need your help to win: donate just
$5 now.

Thanks in advance for your support.

Sincerely,

Joshua Axelrod
Senior Advocate, Nature Program, NRDC


Donations will be used to save our planet and health from Big Polluters,
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most effective way possible.

The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to
safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural
systems on which all life depends.

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