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| Dear Friend, |
| While Congress works to pass legislation to continue funding the government and prevent a shutdown, Senator Manchin and his allies are more concerned about attaching the so-called “permitting side-deal” into the must-pass funding legislation. While it would make the oil industry happy, this side-deal, released earlier this week, would exclude frontline communities from the permitting process, increase emissions by greenlighting fossil fuel projects, and override previous court rulings to allow the otherwise illegal buildout of a multibillion-dollar pipeline. |
| In true form, the oil industry is using its wealth and influence to undermine our democratic process and ram as many polluting projects into communities as it can before renewables make it obsolete. This industry, which has shown zero regard for the health of our communities or the habitability of our climate, should not be influencing policy in any capacity — much less be allowed to hold the federal government hostage while it takes an axe to critical environmental law protections like the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the People’s Environmental Law. |
| If you believe that the health of our communities and environment should not be sacrificed for fossil fuel profits, we need you in this fight. You can help us stop this disastrous bill before it’s too late — but only if we use our voices together. |
| You can protect NEPA — and take all the other actions below — by clicking here. |
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