Friend, there are just three hours left in my one-day matching gift challenge, and I’m writing to follow up on Dan’s email from earlier this evening.
As Mary Beth and Dan shared, I am a Leadership Circle Member and a dedicated supporter of Waterkeeper Alliance since 2004. I am so excited to provide Waterkeeper Alliance’s surprise match for this campaign and hope that you will join me in donating to this impactful grassroots nonprofit, as we near the end of the year.
We’re $5,743 short of our $10,000 match goal, and every dollar left behind is a missed opportunity to bring everything we have to the fight for clean water in 2022 — including urgent work to restore the Clean Water Act’s regulations to their original scope and power.
Gordon Brown
Waterkeeper Alliance Leadership Circle Member
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To: [email protected]
From: Daniel E. Estrin, Waterkeeper Alliance
Sent: Thu., Dec. 16, 5:01 p.m.
Subject line: MATCH for clean water ends midnight (pls act!)
Friend: Since Mary Beth emailed you this morning, supporters from every corner of the U.S. have contributed to this surprise one-day match — leaving $7,621 to raise by midnight.
We’re now planning our most ambitious year of clean water work to date with an eagle eye on restoring the Clean Water Act regulations to their original scope and intent.
But we must ensure our budget matches our aspirations, and this match is critical.
You’ve heard a lot from us about the weakening of Clean Water Act regulations over the years; about lax enforcement and willful abdication of the government’s duty to protect American waterways.
Our waters — and every single one of us — have paid the price.
70% of assessed U.S. lakes and reservoirs are deemed “impaired” by pollution, and the impending decision in Sackett v. EPA could leave even more U.S. waterways and wetlands unprotected by the Clean Water Act.
Toxic “forever chemicals,” PFAS, have contaminated our waters at an alarming rate with little regulation at the federal level.
Factory Farms, also known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) have continued to proliferate, becoming the number one source of nitrogen and phosphorus pollution in the U.S. and leading to a blight of toxic algal blooms.
Your gift provides twice the litigation, organizing, and advocacy support to restore the Clean Water Act and protect drinkable, fishable, swimmable water across 45+ nations, worldwide. But we have $7,621 left to go in just seven hours, and I’m looking to you.
