Dear Supporter -

Just six months after the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) desperately called for a 1.5°C limit to the global temperature rise, they released a new report showing the effects of the climate crisis will soon overwhelm the ability of humanity and nature to adapt to it.

Climate change is the result of our continued dependence on fossil fuels. Yet Big Oil and their allies in Congress haven't slowed their plans to frack and drill on public lands. And now they are using Russia's invasion of Ukraine to justify building new infrastructure that would lock in fossil fuel production for decades to come–exploiting a humanitarian crisis and sending us hurtling past the tipping point for climate change.

Fighting the climate crisis starts with us permanently protecting the public lands that fossil fuel companies want to drill and frack. We're pushing for strong investments in climate, care, jobs, and justice, bold legislation to protect communities, and protection of 30% of lands and waters by 2030–but with Big Oil using shameful exploitation tactics at the expense of our planet, we're going to need all the support we can rally.

You can power our efforts to protect public lands, fight back against Big Oil, and stop the climate catastrophe with a monthly gift + claim your own FREE gift today >>

With only 12% of U.S. lands under environmental protection, and with Trump threatening to run again in 2024—we need to act fast. 

Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying. Yet oil companies are exploiting a humanitarian crisis and war to lock in decades of new fossil fuel infrastructure–which will only continue to drive the worldwide demand for oil that props up countries like Russia. It means more carbon in the atmosphere, more pollution choking the skies and poisoning the air we all breathe. And while the oil companies get richer, we won't save a dime at the pump.

It doesn't have to be that way. We can protect our shared public lands, slow the pace of warming, and avoid the widespread climate disasters and causing havoc around the world. The IPCC report underscores what all the latest climate disasters have shown us about how much this crisis is worsening. But it also tells us that we can still avert the worst of the crisis. And to do that, we must take big and bold action now.

That's why we're going all out: working with a broad coalition to push for bold climate legislation, spur investments in clean energy and communities, support the 30x30 initiative, going to court (and winning) to protect lands, and mobilizing our grassroots with unprecedented public support for our goals–because quite frankly, we need all the help we can get.

Help us continue that work for as long as it takes by supporting our efforts to protect lands, waters, and our communities from the worst effects of climate change and claim your FREE reusable tote bag >>

These changes won't happen overnight. They won't happen in a week, or even a month. That's why we need your support as a monthly donor, to keep us in the fight for the long haul. With your support, I am confident we can build a brighter future and halt the climate crisis in its tracks. Will you join the urgent fight to protect our planet today?

Toward a brighter future,

Eva Hernandez-Simmons
Managing Director
Sierra Club

Photo Credit: Photo by Bureau of Land Management Wyoming (CC BY 2.0) modified with added text.