Dear NRDC Action Fund Activist,

I've been working in politics in Washington, D.C., for almost two decades, and I can't remember a more consequential midterm election than the one coming up this November.

Scientists' alarm bells about our climate crisis are growing more deafening, but the fossil fuel industry wants its allies back in charge on Capitol Hill. And they're spending a fortune to block climate legislation and defeat pro-environment champions so that they can continue to drill while the world burns.

If we want to advance strong Build Back Better legislation and elect the many pro-environment lawmakers we need this year, we must act quickly. Any investment made now, early in the year, will have an outsized impact on our success this November.

And I'm excited to announce that if 500 NRDC Action Fund supporters pitch in to our 2022 Environmental Victory Drive by midnight tomorrow, we'll unlock a $40,000 matching gift to power this hugely important work.

Donate just $5 and help unlock a $40,000 matching gift to pass strong climate legislation and elect environmental champions. We need 500 donors to step forward by midnight tomorrow: Will you be one of them?

Winning this November will not be easy. But we cannot allow dirty energy companies and their allies in Congress to undo all the hard-won progress we've made to confront the climate crisis and make historic investments in clean energy. Nothing short of our future, and the future of our planet, is at stake.

Make your $5 gift today, and we'll immediately put it to use to:

• Advance historic climate legislation: President Biden's Build Back Better agenda is the ticket to our clean energy future. With your help, we'll be able to pass aggressive investments in clean energy technology and infrastructure.
• Train and mobilize volunteers to reach more voters: We're building on the same volunteer electoral program that contacted 1.6 million voters during the 2020 election to again reach voters in critical election swing states like Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
• Keep climate at the forefront: Most Americans want bold climate action. We're fighting to make sure climate is a top priority on the campaign trail, so that pro-polluter candidates suffer at the polls for their unpopular support of climate-wrecking fossil fuels.
• Get more voters to the polls: Time and time again we've seen elections decided by an impossibly small number of votes. We're laying the foundation now to register and mobilize more voters in some of the closest congressional and gubernatorial races.
• Stop polluters from locking in Trump's rollbacks: We cannot stop fighting until we undo all the damage done by the Trump administration to our bedrock environmental laws.

Let me be clear: Our goal this November is TO WIN. Even small shifts in turnout can make or break the outcome, especially during a midterm election year when turnout is low.

That's what makes your generous support today so critical.

What we can invest now will directly impact our ability to stop the dirty energy industry's allies in Congress and prevail this November. And securing this $40,000 matching grant will turbocharge our efforts.

Please be one of the 500 supporters we need to step up by midnight tomorrow. Make your $5 gift today and help unlock a game-changing $40,000 donation to stop fossil fuel allies and secure our climate future.

Together, we'll build the political power necessary for the United States to finally lead the world in transitioning to an equitable clean energy future for all.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Sincerely,

Denis Dison
Communications Director, NRDC Action Fund

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