Friend — the League of Conservation Voters just learned — via an internal email leak — that the Bureau of Land Management is moving quickly to increase oil and gas drilling on federal lands.

This push by Trump appointees is an attempt to dismantle long-standing environmental impact statement procedures by cutting the review time in half.

They also just announced a forced relocation of BLM staff to a new HQ halfway across the country. The result: many of the qualified BLM veterans are quitting — for many of them, they have no choice.

We need your help. There's going to be virtually no oversight at BLM, just as critical decisions are being made to approve oil and gas leases. We need to do everything we can to block these leases — but it's going to take a serious mobilization effort.

Your emergency contribution could make a huge difference. An LCV donor has agreed to TRIPLE MATCH every donation made through the November 30 deadline.

We can stop this heinous power grab by the BLM leadership and their friends in the oil industry. It's going to take a massive mobilization effort. We need you with us. Please consider an emergency gift to LCV right now. Even $5 will help »

The League of Conservation Voters and our 2.1 million members win these fights. We've won for decades — even under the most adverse circumstances. Just this year, LCV stopped the Trump administration from drilling in the arctic — and we did it through the courts. We took down Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and corrupt EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. And we stopped numerous lower level candidates from ever reaching federal agencies.

Here's how we'll stop this giveaway to polluters from Trump's leaders at BLM:

• Start a large-scale push on Capitol Hill to pressure senators to rein in the BLM appointees. LCV would target senators on the Appropriations Committee, including Alabama Senator Richard Shelby, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, Maine Senator Susan Collins, and Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander, to exercise their oversight powers when negotiating the final FY20 funding bill.
• Mobilize LCV's 2.1 million members to push legislators on Capitol Hill to stop the BLM from moving forward.
• Work with our allies in the House to review BLM practices and hold the appointees accountable for trying to cut out science and public input from the review process.

Please — make your contribution before the deadline. We can't pull this off without you.

This campaign will take enormous resources and LCV is already fighting on numerous fronts. We need you in this fight. Can you make an emergency contribution to LCV right now? Nothing will change without you in this fight. Even $5 can help »

This giveaway to polluters will have consequences for decades to come. Please don't sit this fight out. We need you.

Thank you for your support.

Matthew Davis
Legislative Director
League of Conservation Voters