This is without a doubt the most challenging time in NRDC's 50-year history. The assaults on our planet and our climate are getting more intense — but so is our opposition to them.

The harder the Trump administration and its pro-polluter allies fight to undo our critical environmental protections, the more forcefully NRDC and supporters like you respond.

Every single one of our victories for the environment this year was possible because NRDC members and activists stepped up and made their voices heard in Washington ... hit the streets across the country to march for change ... or helped fund our courtroom battles and hard-hitting campaigns to defend our planet.

Here are a few of the victories that YOU made possible:

NRDC helped win stronger protections to crack down on the global trade in Asian otters, giraffes, and sharks. Trump's former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke was forced to resign, thanks in part to pressure from an NRDC campaign exposing a nightmarish string of ethics violations. An NRDC lawsuit forced the Trump administration to consider granting endangered species protections to giraffes. The governors of NY and NJ have continued to reject the proposed Williams fracked gas pipeline following a groundswell of public opposition, including from NRDC activists. In response to legal pressure from NRDC, the Trump administration granted endangered species protections to the Gulf of Mexico whale. Siding with NRDC, a court found that the Bureau of Land Management illegally approved gas drilling in New Mexico's Greater Chaco Region, a landscape sacred to Native Americans. Thank you for being in our corner, always. We couldn't do any of this without you. Sincerely, Mitch Bernard Chief Counsel, NRDC P.S. Want to help fuel more victories for our planet? If you make a tax-deductible year-end gift today it will be MATCHED, dollar for dollar, thanks to an anonymous donor. Photo credits: Otter -Dr. Nicole Duplaix; Zinke - Gage Skidmore; Protest - Erik McGregor; Chaco Canyon -John Fowler via Flickr Donations will be used to fund our fierce courtroom battles to stop President Trump's destructive agenda, and for other campaigns that allow NRDC to protect the environment in the most effective way possible. The mission of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is to safeguard the Earth: its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. We appreciate the opportunity to communicate with you and other NRDC Activists. We are committed to protecting your privacy and will never sell, exchange or rent your email address. Unsubscribe | Update Your Information | About Us | Contact Us | Privacy Policy Natural Resources Defense Council | 40 West 20th Street | New York, NY 10011 www.nrdc.org