Dear ,

On the very day that Russia brutally invaded Ukraine, the energy giants began exploiting the crisis to push for more climate-busting oil and gas drilling on our public lands and off our coasts. They're working overtime to make sure fossil fuels control our future.

Thankfully, however, I see people — young, old, and on the frontlines — fighting to secure a clean energy future, a future that is free from fossil fuels and from the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. It gives me hope.

That's why I'm throwing my support behind NRDC. They are the leading champion for job-creating innovations in transportation, green building, renewables, and energy-efficiency.

I hope you'll join me in supporting NRDC with a tax-deductible donation today. They'll put it to work advancing climate action and defending our environment on every front in the most effective way possible. And because of a special matching grant, your gift will be multiplied to go as far as possible in this all-important work.

NRDC is the tip of the spear needed in this fight to make strong climate action happen, and they have what it takes to generate massive public outcry and win critical court victories to stop Big Oil in its tracks.

Tens of thousands of NRDC activists like you have been calling on the Biden administration to halt any oil and gas leasing on our public lands and ocean waters.

But against the backdrop of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, fossil fuel lobbyists are applying immense pressure on the administration, pushing for more of our priceless lands and waters to be opened to destructive drilling. It is critical that we get our government out of the fossil fuel business.

This is where we come in: You and I have a critical role to play in this fight, and that includes supporting NRDC's ambitious plans to secure bold action for our climate and our planet. With millions of supporters like you and their all-star team of attorneys, they will be able to apply the full-court press necessary to fight back against Big Oil and protect our climate.

I hope you'll make a tax-deductible donation so that NRDC can keep battling — both in and out of court — to save our climate, our last wild places, and a livable planet.

Thank you, as always, for your unwavering commitment to NRDC and our environment.

Sincerely,

Robert Redford
Trustee, NRDC