Dear NRDC Activist,

This is not the email I was hoping to send today. We just ran the numbers, and we fell short of our $100,000 goal for the NRDC Legal Fund Drive.

Polluters are emboldened right now, and our lawyers are facing a wave of new courtroom battles that will require incredible time and resources to fight.

So the match donor is extending this critical match opportunity for just one more day to give you one last chance to support our legal efforts to protect our bedrock environmental laws. All gifts are being matched, up to our $100,000 goal — but only until midnight TONIGHT!

Here's the thing, NRDC knows how to win in court: in fact, we just scored another HUGE legal victory, with the EPA agreeing in court to reconsider the Trump administration's weak and illegal Lead and Copper rule — a rule that would have left millions of people exposed to toxic lead in their drinking water.

Because of that win, the EPA will now go back to the drawing board and told the court that it is planning to propose a new measure requiring 100 percent of the nation's toxic lead service lines to be removed! We are so close to finally ridding this country of the lead-contaminated water crisis, especially in low-income communities and communities of color.

Dramatic legal victories like this one are only possible because of people like you who have stepped up at critical moments like this one to support our legal work.

But as of now, we're short of our goal, so please, take advantage of this deadline extension and support NRDC's 2023 courtroom battles with a matched donation before midnight.

Thank you for your generous support. Every bit of it helps our lawyers fight back for this planet.

Sincerely,

Ben Smith
Senior Director, Digital Advocacy & Fundraising, NRDC