Friend —

Right now, Democrats in Washington DC are patting themselves on the back for passing the Biden administration's "Inflation Reduction Act." The bill, a product of months of concessions to members of their own party, was praised by President Biden as "the biggest step forward on Climate ever," but when you look beyond the media hype you see one of the bill's largest winners: Big Oil.

At the bill's signing just two days ago, President Biden stated "With this law, the American people won, and the special interests lost." This is all too typical of the gaslighting rhetoric of this administration and its allies in the House and Senate. How can they claim that when this act:

• Opens up thousands of square miles in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska to new oil drilling
  
  
• Requires millions of acres of federal land and water to be offered up for new oil and gas leasing
  
  
• Fast-tracks new oil pipelines and processing plants, ignoring environmental regulations
  
  
• Promotes bogus climate solutions from the oil and gas industry like carbon capture and storage

The Green Party is not afraid to stand up for the truth. Unlike the Democrats, we have no big donors in the fossil fuel industry to buy off our commitment to people and planet. We are the only national party committed to implementing a science-backed, Eco-Socialist Green New Deal. We can make these commitments because we're not bound to elite funders. We rely on contributions from people just like you! Please give today so we can keep organizing, campaigning, and exposing cowardice and corruption!

One of our Eco-Action Committee co-chairs has published a powerful op-ed on the details of the Inflation Reduction Act's whitewashing and what steps toward a desperately needed Green New Deal could look like. Help us break through the media blackout and share it with your organizing partners and in community spaces.

People need to know the truth. The Inflation Reduction Act will expand the use of fossil fuel at a time when we should be banning new fossil fuel infrastructure and massively investing in a Just Transition to 100% renewable, public power. Above all, the president needs to declare a climate emergency and exhaust all executive powers available to advance climate action.

The clock is ticking — we are on track to use up the planet's remaining "carbon budget" in seven years. Please contribute to support Green candidates and climate justice today.

In Solidarity,
Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org/

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