Supporter – 

When Big Oil CEOs refused a request to testify to the House Natural Resources Committee about why gas prices are so high despite record profits, Raul Grijalva called them out: "Their silence tells us all we need to know—that cries for more drilling and looser regulations are nothing more than another age-old attempt to line their own pockets."¹

Big Oil is using Russia's invasion of Ukraine to justify building new infrastructure that would lock in fossil fuel production on public lands for decades to come, exploiting a humanitarian crisis and sending us hurtling past the tipping point for climate change. And their allies in Congress are doing everything they can to keep fossil fuel production flowing. 

Fighting the climate crisis starts with permanently protecting the public lands from drilling and fracking. We're pushing to end fossil fuel leasing on public lands, make strong investments in climate, and protect 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 membership gift today >>

These new efforts come 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, and just weeks after 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 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.

We can protect our shared public lands, slow the pace of warming, and avoid the widespread climate disasters and causing havoc around the world. But with only 12% of U.S. lands under environmental protection², and with Trump threatening to run again in 2024 — we need to act fast. 

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 >>

Toward a brighter future,



Dan Chu
Acting Executive Director
Sierra Club

P.S With your support, I know we can build a brighter future and halt the climate crisis in its tracks. Please join the urgent fight to protect our planet today.

¹https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/600183-natural-resources-chair-says-three-oil-execs-refusing-to-testify-on
²https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/what-will-it-take-conserve-30-percent-lands-waters-2030
Photo Credit: Bureau of Land Management (CC BY 2.0)