Dear NRDC Action Fund Activist,
Most families are feeling some pain at the pump these days. I know mine is.
Oil prices are all over the place, but the price we pay at the gas station has remained high.
Big Oil CEOs are cynically exploiting Russia's violent and unjust invasion of Ukraine to drive up fuel prices and pad their profits. And they're using this moment to try to lock us into decades more dependence on the dirty fuels driving the climate crisis, all while lobbying against clean energy development.
But what they're really doing is underscoring the perils of our dependence on fossil fuels.
So this Earth Day, we're asking you to help us fight Big Oil, their powerful lobbyists, and their allies in Congress, by making your first $5 gift to the NRDC Action Fund.
You and I know that the only lasting solution to sky-high gas prices is to scale up clean energy immediately. And we're not alone: The majority of American voters wants to end our dependence on fossil fuels.
That's why Big Oil is fighting hard to keep their friends in Congress after November's midterm elections — and spending millions to do it.
Our job is to fight back like our future depends on it. Every seat we fill with a climate champion is one less ally to do Big Oil's bidding.
We're ready for the fight — will you join us? When you donate by this Friday, April 22, your gift to the NRDC Action Fund will be MATCHED up to $100,000. Even $5 will make a difference in this fight for our climate.
Your donation will immediately power our work to:
- Advance historic clean energy legislation: We're advocating for a package of strong policies that help people while energy prices are high, accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy, and put the oil and gas industry on the defensive.
- Sound the alarm about Big Oil's cynical schemes: We're getting the facts out to as many people as we can using every tool at our disposal — including running a national TV ad calling on Congress to break America's fossil fuel addiction by advancing clean energy.
- Keep climate at the forefront in Washington: We're escalating pressure on the Biden administration to accelerate our transition to a 100% clean energy future and marshaling our resources to get environmental champions elected in November.
- 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 key states like Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania.
- Get more people to the polls: We've seen elections in our nation decided by an impossibly small number of votes. We're laying the foundation now to register and mobilize more voters in the closest, most important Congressional and gubernatorial races.
This is a turning point for our country. Clean energy is better for our health, our climate, our communities, and our economy. Join us this Earth Day to fight back against Big Oil, elect climate champions, and usher in an equitable clean energy future for all.
Sincerely,
Kevin S. Curtis
Executive Director, NRDC Action Fund
Capitol photo: Louis Velazquez
Become an NRDC Action Fund member with a minimum donation of $10 per year. Donations to the NRDC Action Fund are used to mobilize the public and lobby Congress on behalf of our environment and are not tax deductible as a charitable contribution or as a business expense. Prefer to make a tax-deductible gift? Donate to NRDC.
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