Dear John,
While Australia is ravaged by climate-change-driven bushfires, Trump is trying to gut the “Magna Carta of environmental law.”
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) is one of our most important lines of defense against the climate crisis. It requires the federal government to request public input into projects, seek less harmful alternatives, and minimize the impact on our communities and the environment.
Trump wants to gut NEPA so pipelines and dirty fossil fuel projects can bulldoze communities while cutting the public out of the process. And to make matters worse, he’s giving people like you far too little time to weigh in on this proposal. Congress could help save this critical environmental protection -- but we need your help to convince it to act.
Tell Congress: Stop Trump from gutting the “Magna Carta of environmental law!”
NEPA protections have helped stop poorly thought-out, polluting projects across the country -- from drilling on our public lands to the construction of industrial facilities that poison our communities.
Now, Trump’s proposed changes to NEPA threaten places like Malheur National Forest in Oregon, the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, and the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests in North Carolina. And it threatens the ability of everyday people like you to object to potentially disastrous oil and gas projects.
The Trump Administration can’t legally enact these changes without seeking public input. But instead of the allowing the typical 180 days for the public to weigh in that a major proposal like this usually warrants, it’s only allowing 60 days. This process is clearly designed to give the fossil fuel industry and other polluters disproportionate influence on the outcome.
Some Members of Congress are fighting back. Democrats in the House of Representatives are calling for a longer period for public input. But we need them to keep that drumbeat going and to make sure their constituents understand that Trump is putting Big Oil’s profits ahead of their communities.
Protect our wild places, cultural landmarks, communities and climate: Stop Trump from gutting National Environmental Policy Act protections!
The Trump NEPA plan is nothing but a corporate giveaway justified with a lie. The administration claims the proposed changes are about “assisting” federal agencies, “permitting reform,” or “streamlining.” But that is just a misleading way of saying they want to make it easier to approve dangerous projects in favor of letting polluters do whatever they want.
Big Polluters and interest groups like the far-right Heritage Foundation have long dreamed of gutting NEPA. Corporate polluter opposition to NEPA has always been strong, but our movement is even stronger!
Together we can prevent one of the boldest attacks on not only our environment, but also on your voice in our government’s decisions, John.
Help send 30,000 comments: Tell Congress to demand the Trump Administration uphold NEPA protections!
Standing with you,
Lukas Ross,
Senior policy analyst,
Friends of the Earth
