I'm excited to share some important news from our climate movement,
John.

After months of negotiations, the U.S. Senate finally reached an agreement
yesterday to approve a climate and energy bill worth $369 billion dollars.

[ [link removed] ]BBC: Climate change: Landmark US bill clears Senate hurdle

This is a day to mark a generational-scale investment in the energy
transition, a step towards momentum, and crucially, a step that enables
the United States to join its global allies in taking national climate
action.

John, over the
past decade we have focused our efforts on movement building — and this
milestone shows that movement building creates political opportunities
like this landmark piece of climate legislation.

I'll say more about the fight ahead below, but for now, I want to
underscore that this bill is an important step forward, and in the long
work of movement building, steps forward are desperately needed.

So today, I'm asking you to help us take that next step forward together:

[ [link removed] ]If you can afford to today — please make your
first
$3.50
contribution so we can build on this momentum and grow our climate
movement all over the globe.

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If you can't donate today, I completely understand. Times are tough right
now and I know so many of us are struggling. So if that's the case,
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movement that you're most proud of.

John, there
are some real victories in this bill: lengthening the tax credits for
green energy projects from two to ten years to ensure steady growth in the
wind and solar industry; providing incentives for consumers to buy
electric vehicles; and installing heat pumps to make green energy use more
widespread.

However, there are also too many giveaways to the fossil fuel industry,
and specifically to Sen. Joe Manchin – including guaranteeing the Mountain
Valley Pipeline goes through; mandating oil leasing on public lands in the
Gulf and Alaska; and allowing for millions of acres of land and offshore
oil and gas leases.

What the world needs now is an unequivocal commitment by those in power to
shut down the fossil fuel industry. The world is watching the steps the
U.S. will take around climate change — especially leading up to the UN’s
climate change conference, COP 27, this coming fall.

We must do everything possible to support the frontline communities who
contribute the least to this crisis, but are already suffering the most
from it. We can’t afford to water down any further action — not for Joe
Manchin, not for the fossil fuel industry, not for anyone.

That’s why our movement will keep the pressure on President Biden every
day until he keeps his climate promises, including declaring a Climate
Emergency, and we won’t stop until we see the federal climate action that
will shut down the fossil fuel industry and properly address the global
climate crisis. Your
first investment in
350.org's climate movement will go a very long way in the fight to
dismantle the fossil fuel industry, which is why I am asking you today:

[ [link removed] ]Can you please chip in
$3.50
today so we can build on our momentum and expand our climate campaigns
around the world?

Thank you again for all you do. More updates soon.

In solidarity,

May Boeve
Executive Director
350.org

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