Friend,

The Supreme Court might be on the verge of undermining our ability to fight climate change.

The Court began hearing arguments today on one of the most important fights we've ever undertaken—so right now, we need you to watch and share our new explainer video to showcase everything that's at stake.

West Virginia v. EPA is the culmination of two conservative crusades: 1) to pack the courts with far-right judges to advance the conservative agenda 2) to undermine environmental protections to benefit Big Polluters.

Right-wing extremists are poised to accomplish both goals in one fell swoop. With its conservative supermajority, the Supreme Court could rule that the executive branch—including the EPA—has no authority to regulate beyond what is explicitly written into legislation. This means that instead of agencies having the power to develop rules, Congress will have to approve every action that each federal agency takes. That would disrupt 50 years of precedent and put the Clean Air Act—and hundreds of agency actions that are essential to our everyday lives and our clean energy future—in jeopardy.

Starting now and in the months until the Court's ruling in June, we'll be asking you to take a stand and protect our ability to fight climate change. Today, that means learning more about how we got to this dangerous moment—so will you watch our new explainer video right now and share it with your friends and family so they understand the stakes? (If you don't have an account on any of these platforms, no worries! You can still watch the links below and forward this email to your contacts!)

Let's do this,

Rachel Patterson
Policy Lead, Evergreen Action

P.S. You may not know me yet, but if you've watched the above video, you already know my voice (and my work—I am the policy lead on this ongoing campaign so I'm sure you'll hear from me again). Thank you for being in this work with us!