John, our $2-for-$1 Earth Day match was set to expire at midnight last night.
But as I watched the donations trickle in all day and into the night, something wonderful happened: We soared past our $52,000 fundraising goal, thanks to 896 EDF members who donated a combined total of more than $74,000.
It filled my heart with hope and optimism to see so many people continuing to donate right up until the last minute, even after we’d surpassed our goal and claimed every matching dollar that was initially available to us.
But I regret that there’s one key person whose support we failed to earn yesterday: You.
If you think your individual gift won’t make a difference, you couldn’t be further from the truth. That’s because you’re part of the EDF family... and the EDF family is vast.
Years ago, an EDF member named Arlene said something that has stuck with me ever since: “As an individual, my actions would be like paddling a ship with one oar. As a crew, we can work together to save our only vessel.”
I often think of her words on days like today, when I see the incredible things we can achieve when everyone comes together.
That’s why we’ve been authorized to extend our Earth Day matching gift through the end of the weekend, and we’ve got a new goal: to reach $100,000 by midnight tomorrow and unlock $200,000 in matching funds.
Please, help “save our only vessel” by taking advantage of this opportunity to triple your impact:
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As a reminder, your gift will support the most effective, highest-impact opportunities we have today to stabilize our climate, including:
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- Lock in the policies and investments necessary for cars, trucks, ships and planes to reach net zero climate pollution by 2050. Transportation is not only the world’s fastest-growing source of climate pollution - it’s also a major source of deadly air pollution that disproportionately harms low-income communities near airports, trucking routes and other transportation infrastructure. Meeting this goal has the potential to improve the health of hundreds of millions of people and avoid ~0.06°C (0.1°F) of warming by 2050.
- Cut global methane pollution by 30%, focusing on the biggest sources: oil and gas, coal mines and livestock. While methane doesn’t persist in the atmosphere quite as long as carbon, it’s up to 84 times more powerful over the first 20 years after being emitted. Slashing methane pollution is the fastest, most efficient and most affordable way to slow warming now. Meeting this goal can avoid ~0.15°C (~0.3°F) of warming by 2050, and represents our best hope to prevent the total loss of summer sea ice that polar bears and other arctic wildlife need to survive.
- Reduce carbon pollution from the destruction of natural ecosystems to near zero. Healthy forests, soils and oceans could deliver a whopping 20% or more of the emissions reductions and carbon removal needed to reach net-zero climate pollution globally. By protecting tropical forests and driving widespread adoption of climate-smart farming and fishing methods, we’ll avoid ~0.13°C (~0.2°F) of warming by 2050 and bring food security and sustainable access to clean water to hundreds of millions of people worldwide.
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Thank you for doing your part this Earth Week, and always,
Emily Stevenson
Manager, Online Membership
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