A bright red beacon amidst the treetops, the Scarlet Tanager is a sight to behold. Yet the future for these already climate-vulnerable birds is even more precarious now that the Supreme Court has decided to strip the EPA of its ability to regulate carbon pollution and respond to the climate crisis.

If we are to protect the birds we love and the places they need to survive, we need to act now. Will you be one of the 26 caring friends we’re counting on to start a monthly gift right away? When you join us today, your gift will help unlock an additional $5,000, thanks to a group of generous donors.

Science shows that since 1967, North America has lost over 3 billion birds—and now, two-thirds of those that remain are at increasing risk of extinction from climate change.

In the midst of this code red emergency, the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision could be deadly—especially for migratory birds like the Scarlet Tanager who are vulnerable to habitat loss, fire weather, spring heat waves, drought, and urbanization… problems that are only exacerbated by unregulated pollution.

But just as science shows the scale of the bird emergency, it also offers a path forward. Since the publication of our “Survival by Degrees” report in 2019, Audubon has sounded the alarm about the need for immediate actions to mitigate the impacts of climate change.

And thanks to generous support from people like you, we advocate for historic climate legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act that could put us on track to reach our energy goals and help protect the places that birds need to survive.

Using our more than a century of expertise and our proven combination of committed advocacy at the local, state, and federal levels and expert on-the-ground conservation, we’ve delivered meaningful results for birds and their habitats.

We must now recommit ourselves to the long-term work to protect birds and provide safe habitats for them to thrive. So please, make your monthly gift right away while it will help unlock $5,000 more for birds and their habitats.

Sincerely,

National Audubon Society