I wanted to make sure you heard this, friend. The House Natural Resources Committee is moving to halt oil drilling off of our coasts and in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

If Congress passes the drilling ban into law, it will end a Trump-era rule that required the federal government to sell off some of the nation's most delicate ecosystems to Big Oil.

We are pushing Congress to protect the Arctic as part of President Biden's Build Back Better infrastructure package. This will set off a firestorm from some in Congress, where Big Oil has spent decades and millions of dollars to win the right to drill on federally-managed lands.

We have a massive grassroots campaign underway to pass this bill. We are putting everything we have into this effort. We're on the airwaves, at town halls, and in swing districts across the country. But the truth is, our campaign is underfunded. The only way we can keep this up is with your help.

Can you help us protect the Arctic, friend? We need your help to keep up the fight for the most important climate legislation in a generation »

This is huge news — we have a real chance to end Big Oil's decades-long campaign to exploit the Arctic for profit. Unless Congress reverses Trump's firesale in the upcoming infrastructure bill, one of the country's most pristine ecosystems — and sacred land to the indigenous Gwich'in people — could be lost forever.

We cannot wait to tackle climate change at the scale the problem requires. From unprecedented flooding and devastating wildfires, we are currently living through the consequences of inaction and unchecked climate change.

Our campaign is working — Members of Congress have been flooded by our ads and they're hearing from environmental activists and business leaders in their districts. From all sides, Congress is hearing our message that the time to tackle climate change is now.

We're asking: Help us keep up our grassroots campaign. Now is the moment to pass the most important climate legislation in a generation. »

We cannot win this fight without your help, Friend. We need the entire environmental movement in our corner supporting climate action. If you can support our efforts with a gift of $25 or more today, you'll also receive an invite to our exclusive Climate Action Watch Party!

On Wednesday, September 22, 2021 we are bringing our community of thousands of members together to hear from climate champions from across the movement and get plugged into our plan to win this vote.

Your donation of $25 or more will go directly to our field campaigns, but also grant you entrance to one of our biggest events of the year, where you can hear from Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, and more to be announced!
 
Even if you can't make a gift of $25 or more, a gift of any size is enough to help. Pitch in today. Fight for the most important climate legislation in a generation »

Thank you for all that you do,

Gene Karpinski
President
League of Conservation Voters