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Dear NRDC Activist,
For months, oil and gas companies have been exploiting Russia's invasion of Ukraine as an excuse to raise prices at the pump to further line their own pockets.
Now, the fossil fuel industry would like you to believe that giving them dirt-cheap access to more of our natural resources will bring relief from record energy prices and curb inflation. But let's be real: that's a snake oil cure and they're laughing all the way to the bank.
The truth is, selling off more of our public lands and coastal waters will do nothing to help the people of Ukraine, or lower prices, today. Big Oil's goal is to snap up more long-term leases that will keep the money train moving. Not on our watch.
Will you support NRDC's fight to get our government out of the fossil fuel business with a tax-deductible donation? If you make your gift before our July 29 deadline, it will be matched FIVE TIMES up to $200,000.
Your 5x matched gift will be put to work right away to counter Big Oil's disinformation campaign with the facts about the dangers of fossil fuel extraction, mobilize public opposition to more oil and gas leasing, prevail on the White House to stand strong against Big Oil's demands, help lower energy prices and increase stability in a post-fossil fuel future, and defend our environment on all fronts. Please make a gift today.
The three biggest U.S. oil companies, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, made a whopping $17.6 billion after taxes in just the first three months of 2022!
So it's no wonder oil giants are pressuring the White House for more of our lands and waters to pillage. Multi-billion dollar energy corporations are looking to get even wealthier.
But for the rest of us, that will mean decades of more dependence on dirty fossil fuels, and a devastating blow to our health, frontline communities, our last wild places, and our hopes of averting the worst impacts of climate change for our children and grandchildren.
NRDC is leading the fight against the climate crisis, standing shoulder to shoulder with Indigenous and other frontline communities against the dirty-fuel projects that threaten their health, homes, and lives. And we're ready to go to court if that's what it takes to stop the oil giants — but we need your support.
Please make a 5x matched contribution today. Before July 29, all tax-deductible gifts to support NRDC's campaign to kick the U.S.'s fossil fuel addiction and defend our environment in the most effective way possible will be QUINTUPLED up to $200,000.
The stakes have never been higher. As the fossil fuel industry seeks to tighten its stranglehold on our environment and our future, NRDC is responding swiftly and effectively.
I hope you'll join us in this fight with your 5x-matched gift today to stop Big Oil from continuing to profit off the suffering of people and our planet.
Sincerely,
Manish Bapna
President, NRDC
 
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