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  LCV Rapid Response Team · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 9:05 PM

Your help needed: Biden to make major environmental announcement tomorrow

Time sensitive           DEVELOPING… we've just received word that President Biden is preparing to announce the details of his infrastructure plan tomorrow in Pittsburgh. Leaks are indicating that the plan could be as big as $3 trillion — setting the stage to modernize our …
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 10:21 PM

URGENT -- major environmental announcement imminent

We need your help           Friend — earlier this month, a group of donors put up a match fund to triple every contribution to environmental campaigns. The fund expires at midnight on Wednesday, and we're still $42,000 short. As deadlines go, this is a big one. President Biden…
  Sara Chieffo · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 2:53 PM

RSVP now for a virtual conversation with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm!

April 1 at 1:30 ET. Space is limited!         Friend — Our new Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm is a force of nature. As the governor of Michigan, she led the state out of the last recession by investing in clean energy, strengthening the auto industry, and supporting…
  Sammi Sluder · [email protected]
March 27, 2021 at 4:48 PM

Mask up for public lands!

New US-made mask from the LCV Shop           Protect your community and public lands with the LCV Shop's new US-made mask! Pre-order today to get yours in time for Earth Day » Raise your hand if you're still wearing a mask. We know that the pandemic is not over and that wea…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 3:52 PM

Please take a look -- the biggest conservation effort in history is underway, and we haven't heard from you

Triple match is about to end           Earlier this month, we reached out with an update on a historic conservation effort underway within the Interior Department. We haven't heard back — and the truth is, this is too serious to miss. Here's the situation: Shortly after inaug…
  Brooke Still · [email protected]
March 25, 2021 at 1:37 PM

Sign Today: Burger King must ban toxic chemicals from their packaging

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  Brooke Still · [email protected]
March 25, 2021 at 1:37 PM

Sign Today: Burger King must ban toxic chemicals from their packaging

Help us get to 5,000 messages         TAKE ACTION: TELL BURGER KING TO STOP MAKING TOXIC TRASH Chipotle, McDonald's, and Taco Bell have something in common — all of them are removing toxic PFAS chemicals from their packaging. But one restaurant may still be serving communiti…
  LCV Rapid Response Team · [email protected]
March 23, 2021 at 5:13 PM

Response Requested Today: Major voting reform package heads to key Senate committee tomorrow

IMPORTANT           Friend — earlier this month, the House passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act. It's a sweeping bill tackling automatic voter registration, early voting, vote-by-mail, gerrymandering reform, and more. The stakes with this bill are massive. Since the election,…
  The Women of LCV · [email protected]
March 22, 2021 at 10:26 PM

Compounding crises: How climate change and COVID-19 disproportionately impact women

March is Women's History Month       Hi friend, Before we share with you our celebration email for Women's History Month, in light of the recent misogynistic, anti-Asian attacks in Atlanta and the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to take a moment t…
  Jim Yablonski · [email protected]
March 20, 2021 at 5:38 PM

It's that time again - time to vote for your favorite t-shirt design!

Enter to win an LCV Shop gift card when you vote for your favorite Earth Day design           It's that time of year again, friend! Earth Day is a month away, and we need your input on the design for this year's LCV Earth Day t-shirt. Plus when you vote, you will be entered to …
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
March 19, 2021 at 5:21 PM

DEVELOPING...Anti-environment lawmakers resist conservation order. This could be big

This could be the most significant conservation effort in US history           This story is developing quickly, friend. Right out of the gate, President Biden issued an executive order, calling for conservation of 30 percent of US lands and waters by 2030. With Deb Haaland of…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
March 17, 2021 at 3:06 PM

Triple Match Status: [PENDING] -- and key environmental negotiations are happening NOW

This is the next major battle for the environmental movement           Friend — this is a huge moment. Last week, President Biden signed the COVID-19 relief bill into law. He's vowed to follow it up with a major infrastructure investments package, teeing up the most important …
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 16, 2021 at 7:23 PM

Please -- read this all the way through. Biden's infrastructure bill will be the most important environmental fight of this presidency

This is the next major battle for the environmental movement           Friend, I hope you read this all the way through — fresh off signing the massive COVID-19 relief package, the Biden administration is preparing to advance a new infrastructure plan for the country. This c…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
March 13, 2021 at 4:08 PM

URGENT: Ambitious climate legislation introduced in the House --this is the moment we've been waiting for

We need your help to get this through the House           Friend, Last week, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation's (CLEAN) Future Act. This Act demands that the United States act aggress…
  Matthew Davis, LCV · [email protected]
March 12, 2021 at 3:44 PM

Major climate change fight in the House -- environmental mobilization underway (time sensitive)

Fight. Like. Hell.           Friend — the clock is ticking. Environmental leaders in the House Energy and Commerce Committee have introduced the CLEAN Future Act — setting up a major environmental showdown in the House. This is a huge opportunity. If we get it passed, it me…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 10, 2021 at 5:39 PM

DEVELOPING...Voting rights push underway NOW -- senators picking sides

We need to move quickly           DEVELOPING: Last week, the House passed H.R.1 — a sweeping bill tackling automatic voter registration, early voting, vote-by-mail, gerrymandering reform, and more — in a vote of 220 to 210. This is big — really big. The bill now moves to the 5…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
March 9, 2021 at 5:44 PM

Trump just lashed out on H.R.1 -- we have to push the Senate on this NOW

There's a narrow window to get this through           Friend — I hope you've been following the fight over H.R.1 — this is huge news. In recent weeks, Republican-led governments in 43 states have passed bills dramatically restricting voting access. The harm to our democracy i…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
February 26, 2021 at 9:58 PM

URGENT: House votes 227-200 to protect 1.49 MILLION acres of land

BREAKING           This is huge, friend — in a vote of 227-200, the House has just officially passed a package of eight major public lands bills. What happens next is up to us — the package is poised for a vote in the Senate. With the chamber split 50-50, any vote we get thro…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
February 24, 2021 at 5:27 PM

Celebrating Black Leadership

Highlighting the barrier-breaking officials within the Biden-Harris administration           Dear Friend, This Black History Month, LCV and the entire environmental movement celebrates Black leaders who are at the forefront of advancing environmental and climate justice. Tod…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
February 23, 2021 at 6:24 PM

You need to be following this -- Deb Haaland confirmation fight underway right now

HEARING UNDERWAY           DEVELOPING…the first committee hearing on the nomination of Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary is underway right now. Everyone in the environmental movement needs to be following this — this is likely to be a critical confirmation fight of the …
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
February 22, 2021 at 8:20 PM

DEVELOPING...Judge throws out Trump policy that limited EPA's use of science -- this is huge

Industry groups are already preparing a response           Friend — in the final weeks of the Trump administration, Trump's EPA finalized a rule attempting to block the agency from using vast swaths of scientific data in their rulemaking. The plan could have undermined meanin…
  =?iso-8859-1?Q?Estefany_Carrasco-Gonz=E1lez?= · [email protected]
February 21, 2021 at 5:49 PM

Texas

How you can contribute to relief efforts on the ground and take action now         Friend — the freezing temperatures, winter storms, and subsequent grid failures and utility outages in Texas over the last week is a humanitarian disaster fueled by the climate crisis. We hope…
  Sammi Sluder · [email protected]
February 20, 2021 at 5:06 PM

New shirt alert! Check out our latest environmental tees

It's a new era and we are ready to get going           We are in a new era, friend. A time where we can get things done instead of regressing on hard-fought progress. After the last four years of Trump, we are celebrating the new opportunities with a pro-environment majority …
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
February 19, 2021 at 3:23 PM

Please read this today: Oil and gas industry moves to restart business as usual

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  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
February 19, 2021 at 3:23 PM

Please read this today: Oil and gas industry moves to restart business as usual

We need your help today           Friend — we reached out earlier this month with details on a major effort by the oil and gas industry to restart leasing on public lands. One of Biden's first orders as president was to halt these deals to allow a top-to-bottom review of our b…
  Sara Chieffo · [email protected]
February 18, 2021 at 5:18 PM

IT'S HERE: The 2020 LCV National Environmental Scorecard

This is the best way to hold Congress accountable for climate action         During a challenging, unprecedented year, under the most anti-environment president ever, pro-environment members of the 116th Congress kept us moving forward. LCV's 2020 National Environmental Score…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
February 17, 2021 at 4:17 PM

DEVELOPING...Oil industry ramps up major pressure campaign hitting Western lawmakers

We need your help today           We've got a big problem, friend. One of Biden's first acts as president was to enact a pause on all oil and gas leasing on public lands in order to undertake a top-to-bottom review of the rigged leasing system — leases Trump was trying to fina…
  League of Conservation Voters · [email protected]
February 14, 2021 at 2:19 PM

We ❤️ parks!

Send a valentine to one of these national parks and monuments!         Happy Valentine's Day, friend! This Valentine's Day, we're feeling a deep love and appreciation for our wide open spaces. Whether we're able to visit our national parks and monuments now or are dreaming of…
  Matthew Davis · [email protected]
February 12, 2021 at 3:15 PM

Coming soon: LCV's 2020 National Environmental Scorecard!

Sign up to be one of the first to receive your senators' scores.         It's almost time, friend! We've spent months crunching the numbers and results are almost in — LCV's 2020 National Environmental Scorecard will be released NEXT week. This critical work to hold Congress …
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
February 10, 2021 at 4:20 PM

URGENT: Right-wing lawmakers push anti-environment riders in must-pass COVID-19 bill

Time-sensitive — open today           This is urgent. Just a couple weeks ago, President Biden signed an executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on public lands while the Interior Department conducts a top-to-bottom review of the rigged leasing system. It's a huge deal…
  Darien Davis · [email protected]
February 2, 2021 at 6:19 PM

Join Us: "These Votes Have Impacts" Special Report Facebook Live

You don't want to miss this!         TUNE IN: LCV is hosting a LIVE Virtual Conversation with Luz Collective to launch our new report, These Votes Have Impacts: Environmental Leadership from Congressional Caucuses of Color. RSVP now to let us know you'll join us today at 1:00P…
  Vinnie Wishrad · [email protected]
February 1, 2021 at 5:14 PM

Please read -- final membership deadline extended to 11:59pm today

Time sensitive       Friend — last week we reached out with the news that President Biden had halted drilling for oil, gas, and coal leases on federal land — among a series of sweeping environmental executive orders. The response from oil-backed lawmakers is coming in hard. GOP House …
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
January 31, 2021 at 3:53 PM

LCV Membership Deadline. Your status: [PENDING] -- please, take a look

This is it           Friend — we're facing down an important deadline tonight at midnight, so I'll be quick: Renew your LCV membership before midnight, and a group of donors will triple match your contribution, and any contribution you make to environmental campaigns this year…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
January 30, 2021 at 3:53 PM

Membership deadline is tomorrow -- this is important

One more day to match your donation and help us win in 2021.           Friend — tomorrow at midnight is our 2021 Membership Drive deadline, and it's a big one. Hitting our goal determines just how big we can go in our environmental campaigns — all year long. This isn't a momen…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 29, 2021 at 5:21 PM

Friend -- take a look, it's about your membership

Major pressure campaign underway           Friend — we reached out on Wednesday with the breaking news that President Biden had just issued a series of executive actions halting new oil and gas leases on public lands, restoring science-based policy-making to the federal govern…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
January 28, 2021 at 5:28 PM

DEVELOPING... Oil industry mounts massive campaign to retake public lands

Yesterday was the single biggest day for climate action in more than 10 years           Friend — I hope you're following this — yesterday, President Biden announced a series of sweeping executive orders on the climate crisis, environmental justice, and the important role of sc…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
January 27, 2021 at 5:35 PM

BREAKING: Biden signing series of major climate change executive orders

This is the single biggest day for climate action in more than 10 years.           DEVELOPING …today, President Biden is issuing a series of new executive orders, spelling out a historic all-of-government response across every federal agency to tackle climate change while addr…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 26, 2021 at 3:52 PM

Your LCV Membership: [PENDING] -- renew today. It only takes $5 right now

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  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 26, 2021 at 3:13 PM

Your LCV Membership: [PENDING] -- renew today. It only takes $5 right now

Please — give this a look           Friend — really quick — I'm reaching out to ask if you'll renew your LCV membership for 2021. Right now, all it takes is $5. After four years of resisting Trump in every way possible — we get it if you want to take a breather. But the truth…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 25, 2021 at 5:14 PM

Climate change -- seriously, how much can we fix in the next 100 days? That depends on you

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  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 25, 2021 at 5:13 PM

Climate change -- seriously, how much can we fix in the next 100 days? That depends on you

There's no time to waste           Friend — this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. A real shot. To address climate change. To tackle racial and economic injustice. To fix a broken economy. To put an end to the COVID-19 pandemic. The last four years, the environmental move…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 24, 2021 at 5:30 PM

These are our demands. Agree? Let's make 'em happen

Read this today.           Friend — this email gets into a bit more policy detail than we usually share over here. I hope that's ok — the truth is, it really matters, and as a part of our movement we wanted you to be in the know. Immediately after Biden took office, he took s…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
January 23, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Friend -- preparing a major push for environmental justice. We need your help

Please — read this today       Friend — since we reached out after Inauguration Day, thousands of people from all over the country are pitching in with $5, $10, $20 donations — some becoming LCV members for the very first time, and many making monthly contributions. We're asking — will…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
January 23, 2021 at 3:19 PM

Friend -- preparing a major push for environmental justice. We need your help

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  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 4:25 PM

This is huge: Paris Agreement -- rejoined. Keystone XL -- gone for good. What happens next is on us

Let's do this.           Yesterday, Joe Biden took the oath of office. And today, we've already shut down Keystone XL. We're on track to reverse 100 of Trump's rollbacks on public health and environmental rules. We're in motion to rejoin the Paris climate agreement. That's a s…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 21, 2021 at 4:24 PM

This is huge: Paris Agreement -- rejoined. Keystone XL -- gone for good. What happens next is on us

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  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 8:07 PM

Today is just the beginning

Happy Inauguration Day!         Friend, It's finally here: Today we can say clearly, welcome President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris! This is a new day for people and the planet. With President Biden and Vice President Harris in the White House, and an all-star …
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 19, 2021 at 6:21 PM

Huge response needed: New major loophole for polluters. Massive mining projects. EPA blocked from using science. It all just happened

I wish I were making this up           Tomorrow is inauguration, friend — and we have serious work to do. In recent days, Trump has quietly enacted some of the most damaging anti-environment policies of his term. That includes a wave of mining and drilling projects on protect…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 17, 2021 at 3:07 PM

Friend, RSVP to join LCV and meet the Biden-Harris administration's new climate team

            Hi Friend, As one of our most valued members, I want to invite you to join us on Tuesday, January 19th at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT for a webinar with incoming National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and incoming Deputy National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi in conversatio…
  Gene Karpinski · [email protected]
January 16, 2021 at 3:13 PM

Friend --Trump's EPA just tried to permanently exempt the oil and gas industry from greenhouse gas limits

Please — read this today           In a historic 232-197 vote this week at the Capitol, Donald Trump was impeached by the House again. We're in a dangerous moment for the country, and for the environment, friend. At this point, Trump has virtually zero accountability to the p…