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  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
May 15, 2023 at 11:10 PM

Friend Friend -- this is happening NOW:

Time sensitive     We’re reaching out because we’re still $25,000 short of our Annual Fund goal — and we realized we still hadn’t heard from you. Friend — this is truly urgent. Here’s the situation: MAGA lawmakers in the House are attempting to hold the country hostage. Their deman…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
May 11, 2023 at 11:37 PM

SIGN NOW: Tell President Biden to Protect the Grand Canyon

Add your name today.   Tell President Biden to Protect the Grand Canyon The landscape around the iconic Grand Canyon is sacred to Indigenous people in the region. It is also vital to protecting Arizona’s drinking water and important to the state’s growing outdoor recreation and to…
  LCV Annual Fund · [email protected]
May 10, 2023 at 9:55 PM

MAGA default bill passes House: Park protections at risk. Clean energy investments ended. ALL public input to be stifled.

Time sensitive     Friend — by now you’ve seen the news. Over bipartisan objections, the MAGA faction in the House has passed a debt-default bill, jam-packed with unrelated anti-environment provisions. As it stands, the bill would eliminate the wildly popular and effective clean ene…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
May 5, 2023 at 5:44 PM

DEVELOPING: House GOP votes to cut clean energy and massively expand fossil fuels -- setting up major showdown

We need your help -- this is really bad.     DEVELOPING… House Republicans have just narrowly passed a bill that would force deep cuts to virtually every environmental agency. They’re threatening to allow the government to default on its debt — triggering a massive economic crisis — …
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
April 30, 2023 at 2:43 PM

Kevin McCarthy showed his hand, Friend. His plan would cut virtually every environmental agency. Help us stop him:

        Friend — tonight is a key fundraising deadline for LCV’s Annual Fund Drive. After midnight, we’ll need to determine how hard we can fight against House Republicans’ attempt to make massive cuts to the EPA and gut environmental programs. Can you help us reach our $45,000 goa…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
April 29, 2023 at 12:21 AM

They said we could never win. Now our victory is making headlines.

Read more about the historic fight for climate action in POLITICO.       In case you missed it — our movement is making headlines, Friend. POLITICO recently highlighted LCV’s campaign to pass historic climate legislation, which culminated when President Biden signed the Inflation R…
  Madeleine Foote, LCV · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 1:41 AM

SIGN NOW: PFAS "forever chemicals" are dangerous. The EPA MUST take action.

Add your name today.   Tell the EPA: It’s Time to Protect Our Communities from Toxic Forever Chemicals Every day, millions of people across the country drink water contaminated with toxic chemicals known as PFAS. These are known as "forever chemicals" because of how long they pers…
  LCV Annual Fund · [email protected]
April 25, 2023 at 7:27 PM

I'll be honest: we're behind on our goal -- and there's about to be a vote that could make massive cuts to the EPA.

Your support helps us go toe-to-toe with corporate polluters and win.       DEVELOPING — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working with House Republicans to threaten a government default crisis to force massive cuts to the EPA and other key environmental agencies, push through a huge…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
April 22, 2023 at 3:44 PM

I hope I didn't miss you, Friend. We're trying to reach you before Earth Day ends.

Our planet depends on LCV members like you.     Happy Earth Day, Friend! Yesterday we reached out to let you know about an important goal: we need 50 LCV members like you to support our hard-hitting environmental campaigns with a monthly gift. There are only hours left for us to reach…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
April 21, 2023 at 7:53 PM

Open Today: On Earth Day, the earth could really use your help.

Our hard-hitting environmental campaigns depend on year-round support.       Friend — tomorrow is Earth Day, a time each year when we show our support for the planet and advocate for a better environmental future for everyone who inhabits it. But not everyone shares those goals. R…
  Darien Davis, LCV · [email protected]
April 21, 2023 at 12:39 AM

Send your message to the EPA: Demand cleaner cars. Demand cleaner trucks. We can DO this.

It only takes a moment to take on the leading cause of climate change in the U.S.   Tell the EPA: Protect the Climate and Our Health from Deadly Tailpipe Emissions Tailpipe emissions from cars, SUVs, and heavy trucks are the leading cause of climate change in the United States. Eac…
  LCV Annual Fund · [email protected]
April 19, 2023 at 7:18 PM

Defund the EPA. Defund the USDA. Defund National Parks. This is urgent:

Environmental protection in serious jeopardy.       Friend — we’re a few weeks into our Annual Fund campaign, and as things stand, we’re short of our goal. And your support is especially critical at this moment. Congress just returned from recess and Republicans are still playing …
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
April 14, 2023 at 5:22 PM

Environmental safeguards in serious jeopardy in must-pass budget deal -- this is really bad (time sensitive)

Environmental protection in serious jeopardy.       Friend — earlier this week, we reached out about our 2023 Annual Fund. I’m following up because we haven't heard back from you yet — and I really hope we will. Here’s why: right now, congressional negotiations on a massive budget…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
April 12, 2023 at 8:49 PM

These lawmakers just put polluters over people. We're holding them accountable:

We need to spread the word -- there's a cost to protecting Big Oil.       I want to make sure you saw this, Friend. LCV, with our friends at House Majority Forward, has just launched an ad campaign to hold House Republicans accountable for voting to put corporate polluters’ interest…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
April 10, 2023 at 7:35 PM

(FOR REVIEW): Friend LCV Annual Fund Status: [PENDING]

Environmental protection in serious jeopardy.       Friend — we’ve just kicked off our 2023 Annual Fund Drive at LCV, and it comes at a critical time. Here’s the situation: this summer, the government could go into default and risk a major economic crisis unless Congress agrees to…
  Madeleine Foote, LCV · [email protected]
April 5, 2023 at 12:08 AM

Tell Your Representatives: Support the Environmental Justice for All Act NOW.

Help us reach our goal to deliver 5,000 petition signatures to Capitol Hill.   Tell Congress: Support the Environmental Justice for All Act For far too long, communities of color and low-wealth communities have been hit hardest by pollution and the climate crisis. Congress has the…
  Team LCV · [email protected]
March 31, 2023 at 7:20 PM

DEADLINE MIDNIGHT: National Environmental Policy Act in jeopardy -- we need your help [ 3X your impact ].

TRIPLE MATCH: ACTIVE       We really need your help, Friend — our triple match ends at midnight and we are still $5,000 short of our $40,000 goal. We’re so close to the finish line — can you help us get there with a gift right now? Yesterday, the House voted 225-204 to pass H.R.1,…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 30, 2023 at 8:58 PM

DEVELOPING... House passes dirty energy bill H.R.1 in 225-204 vote

We need your help       Friend, the House has just officially passed H.R.1 — a package of Republicans’ worst dirty energy proposals — in a vote of 225-204. This vote was close — and we picked up bipartisan opposition to putting polluters over people. We need to continue speaking o…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
March 28, 2023 at 5:24 PM

H.R. 1 -- worst bill of this Congress -- is headed to a vote. This is bad, really bad.

We need your help       Friend, we’ve have just received word that the House is preparing to vote on H.R.1, what LCV has we’ve dubbed the Polluters Over People Act — THURSDAY. This could be one of the most important environmental votes this year. The bill combines all of the worst…
  Matthew Davis, LCV · [email protected]
March 24, 2023 at 10:33 PM

[ TAKE ACTION ] Massive dirty energy vote imminent: Your representative NEEDS to hear from you

Send your message before the vote   HOUSE REPUBLICANS PREPARE VOTE ON MASSIVE DIRTY ENERGY BILL House Republicans have officially introduced their signature dirty energy package, H.R. 1, and are now barrelling towards a vote. If this becomes law, it will cause irreversible damage…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
March 23, 2023 at 10:27 PM

House GOP prepares bill gutting the National Environmental Policy Act, expanding oil drilling and authorizing pipelines. We need your help:

Time sensitive       %%FIRST NAME%, We emailed you a few weeks ago about House Republicans’ plans for a massive giveaway to fossil fuel industries. Those plans are now collected in a single bill — H.R. 1, the most coveted bill number usually reserved for the party’s top priority legi…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
March 21, 2023 at 10:05 PM

VICTORY: President Biden just declared Avi Kwa Ame and Castner Range two new national monuments, thanks to advocates like you.

Our movement, along with local advocates, made this win a reality.       I have exciting news to share, Friend. President Biden has just declared Nevada’s Avi Kwa Ame and Texas’ Castner Range as the latest national monuments under the Antiquities Act. This designation will protect t…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 20, 2023 at 5:55 PM

URGENT: Dirty energy bill H.R. 1 headed to a vote -- this is a worst-case scenario, Friend.

TRIPLE your impact to help defeat this legislation.       DEVELOPING — after weeks of meetings with energy industry lobbyists, House Republicans have combined their worst proposals into one piece of legislation: H.R. 1, the so-called “Lower Energy Costs Act.” This is a worst case…
  Doug Lindner, LCV · [email protected]
March 19, 2023 at 11:08 PM

SIGNATURE NEEDED: DC Statehood. NOW.

We need your help to reach our goal before time runs out.   TELL CONGRESS: STATEHOOD FOR D.C. NOW Congress just voted to override the will of Washington D.C.’s elected Council, overturning local voting rights legislation and a revision of the city’s criminal code. It’s the latest…
  Matthew Davis, LCV · [email protected]
March 18, 2023 at 7:50 PM

I testified before the EPA about clean air protections

Environmental justice and healthy lungs, for everyone.       Friend — right now, LCV is in the middle of an all-out campaign to clean up the air we breathe. 63 million people in America are currently exposed to unhealthy spikes of daily soot air pollution, and more than 20 million p…
  Doug Lindner, LCV · [email protected]
March 17, 2023 at 11:14 PM

(FINAL DAY) Sign the petition to the Senate: Quickly process backlog of Biden's judicial nominees

You can still help       The deadline is TODAY Friend, Federal judicial nominees are waiting to be confirmed by the Senate. President Biden’s nominees for lifetime judgeships are mostly women, mostly people of color, and mostly public-interest lawyers, unlike any other president. But…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
March 16, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Friend Match Status: [3X Match Active]

Supporter Status: PENDING.       Friend — on Tuesday, House Republicans introduced their signature dirty energy package, H.R. 1, and are now barrelling towards a high-stakes vote on a bill that could cause irreversible damage to the environment if it were to become law. We are exp…
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 14, 2023 at 8:31 PM

DEVELOPING... GOP-led House votes to gut drinking water protections

Triple Match Status: [ACTIVE]       Yesterday, we shared the disappointing news that ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project was approved — and today, we expect the pro-polluter led House to release their dirty energy plan in a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. But as we said, there is …
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 13, 2023 at 11:34 PM

Biden APPROVES devastating Willow oil drilling project. Here's what happens next:

With your help, we'll keep fighting for a better environmental future.       BREAKING — the Biden-Harris administration has just approved the Willow Project, a massive oil drilling project proposed by ConocoPhillips in Alaska. Make no mistake, Willow will have devastating environm…
  Doug Lindner, LCV · [email protected]
March 12, 2023 at 2:48 AM

Sign the petition to the Senate: Quickly process backlog of Biden?s judicial nominees

We need your help to reach our goal before time runs out.   URGENT: TELL THE SENATE TO CONFIRM JUDICIAL NOMINEES NOW Federal judicial nominees are waiting to be confirmed by the Senate. President Biden’s nominees for lifetime judgeships are mostly women, mostly people of color, a…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
March 10, 2023 at 7:19 PM

They're going to try to pass it: Gutting the National Environmental Policy Act. Massive expansion of oil drilling. Keystone XL. We need your help:

Triple your impact. Save clean energy.       Friend — days ago, oil and gas lobbyists came to Capitol Hill with a wish list: A massive expansion of fossil fuel production. A steep discount on drilling leases. Severe limits on the public’s right to review environmentally devastatin…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
March 9, 2023 at 1:22 AM

This is really happening, and we need your help: New House bill expands oil, gas, and coal leases. Shreds environmental review. Sells public land for pennies.

Your support goes three times as far when you give today.       Friend — earlier this week, we updated you on congressional Republicans’ plan to jam through a dirty energy bill that would devastate public lands and waters, gut environmental review policies, and double down on destr…
  Madeleine Foote, LCV · [email protected]
March 7, 2023 at 7:57 PM

House to vote this week on bill to gut clean water protections. Your representative needs to hear from you NOW:

Congress is barreling toward a vote THIS WEEK. They need to hear from you.   URGENT: Take Action to Stop Congress from Gutting Clean Water Protections Republicans have scheduled a vote THIS WEEK that would undo drinking water protections for millions of Americans. We only have a …
  LCV Rapid Response · [email protected]
March 7, 2023 at 3:05 AM

URGENT: HORRIFYING dirty energy bill advancing in the House. We need to respond:

TRIPLE MATCH: Active       DEVELOPING… House Republicans are officially cobbling together a devastating dirty energy bill from a grab bag of Big Polluter requests. Hearings and markups are underway now, and it looks like a floor vote on a package could come soon. We need to act qu…
  Matthew Davis, LCV · [email protected]
March 4, 2023 at 10:00 PM

Take a Deep Dive into LCV's 2022 National Environmental Scorecard

2022 LCV Scorecard is live!       “What a year of historic progress! In 2022, pro-environment majorities in the House and Senate showed the world what’s possible when our leaders are committed to delivering the action on climate, clean energy, jobs and justice voters demand.” -LCV S…
  Matthew Davis, LCV · [email protected]
February 28, 2023 at 11:26 PM

IT'S HERE: LCV's 2022 National Environmental Scorecard

2022 LCV Scorecard is live!         The 2022 National Environmental Scorecard is Here! Exciting news, Friend! Today, LCV released our 2022 National Environmental Scorecard, and we wanted to make sure you were among the first to see it. Since 1970, the Scorecard has been the gold st…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
February 28, 2023 at 12:44 AM

Huge update on effort to rebalance the courts: We're winning. We can't stop now.

We need your help to confirm even more pro-democracy judges.     Friend — earlier this month, we let you know about a backlog of judicial nominations that is putting voting rights and our environment at risk. Since then, senators have taken notice, confirming judges at a record pa…
  Madeleine Foote, LCV · [email protected]
February 27, 2023 at 2:22 AM

TAKE ACTION: 63 million Americans are exposed to unsafe soot levels. The EPA must act NOW

Join 30,000 environmentalists demanding stronger clean air standards   THE EPA MUST ACT TO PREVENT DEATHS FROM POLLUTED AIR Everyone deserves to breathe clean air. A recent rule proposed by the EPA could create cleaner air for families and drastically reduce the number of pollutio…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
February 22, 2023 at 11:17 PM

(Open this today): Campaign ACTIVE to protect voters in GA, PA and elsewhere. We need your help

Time sensitive       Friend — last week we reached out with an important update that we’ve officially launched a major effort to protect and expand voting rights in 17 states.  This is big. Right now in Georgia and Pennsylvania, state Republicans are organizing to force through new v…
  Leah Donahey, LCV · [email protected]
February 22, 2023 at 5:27 AM

[ TAKE ACTION ] It's not too late to tell the Biden administration to reject the Willow oil drilling project.

This is our FINAL shot: stop the largest oil project on federal lands   FINAL CHANCE: Take action against the Willow oil drilling project on federal lands The Biden-Harris administration has released the final environmental impact statement and is proposing to allow ConocoPhillips’…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
February 19, 2023 at 2:37 AM

The environmental movement is indebted to Black activists.

Help carry on their legacy by taking action today.         Dear Friend, This Black History Month, LCV remembers that we are indebted to generations of Black activists whose courageous actions gave rise to the environmental justice movement over four decades ago. Their struggle…
  Amanda Gnaedinger, LCV State Democracy Policy Director · [email protected]
February 17, 2023 at 8:27 PM

This is important: We're making a MAJOR move to protect democracy in 17 states. We need your help:

Time sensitive       We can't have a healthy environment without a healthy democracy. Friend — I have huge news: LCV is officially underway with a massive effort to protect free and fair elections in 17 states. This is truly urgent — we’re aiming to: Block voter suppression in Ge…
  Madeleine Foote, LCV · [email protected]
February 10, 2023 at 2:42 AM

LAST CHANCE: Tell President Biden to cut dangerous methane pollution

We need your help to reach our goal before time runs out.   FINAL OPPORTUNITY: Take action to cut dangerous methane pollution In just a few days, the Biden administration will close public comments on a proposed rule to cut dangerous methane and other pollutants from the oil and g…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
February 8, 2023 at 6:06 PM

DEVELOPING... major chance to rebalance the courts. This could be huge -- but we need your help.

Our hard-hitting campaigns need your support.       HAPPENING NOW — a slate of amazing pro-environment, pro-democracy federal judicial nominees is getting passed out of the Judiciary Committee, clearing the way for the Senate to confirm them to lifetime judgeships. Here’s why thi…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
February 8, 2023 at 3:06 AM

Meet the new environmental champions in Congress.

These environmental advocates represent Americans, not corporations.         Dear Friend, Last November, champions of democracy and our environment beat the political odds and are now taking office. This could not have been possible without our movement. When the pundits count…
  Doug Lindner, LCV · [email protected]
February 4, 2023 at 3:21 AM

(Time Sensitive) Tell the Senate: STOP WAITING. Confirm these judges NOW:

We need your help to reach our goal before time runs out.   URGENT: TELL THE SENATE TO CONFIRM JUDICIAL NOMINEES NOW Federal judicial nominees are waiting to be confirmed by the Senate. President Biden’s nominees for lifetime judgeships are mostly women, mostly people of color, a…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
February 2, 2023 at 4:24 PM

Honoring the Civil Rights & Environmental Justice Legacies of Black Leaders Through Action

We can't have a healthy environment without a healthy democracy.       HONORING THE CIVIL RIGHTS & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE LEGACIES OF BLACK LEADERS THROUGH ACTION As we celebrate Black History Month, LCV honors the pioneers in the environmental justice movement, including civ…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
February 1, 2023 at 6:25 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Still time to renew, Friend

You can still help       Friend, We took a look at the numbers this morning and unfortunately realized we came up JUST SHORT of our $35,000 goal. But the campaigns for climate action, clean energy, and environmental justice are too important to give up now. We received authorization…
  Gene Karpinski, LCV · [email protected]
January 31, 2023 at 5:05 PM

DEADLINE TONIGHT: Friend's membership status: Join now.

Your impact goes three times as far when you join today.       MIDNIGHT DEADLINE:  Claim your 3X match by becoming an LCV member for just $5 today >> Friend — there's a critical fundraising deadline at midnight tonight. If we fall short, it'll mean scaling back major enviro…
  LCV Membership Team · [email protected]
January 30, 2023 at 5:29 PM

LCV membership deadline tomorrow -- please claim your membership today.

Your impact goes three times as far when you join today.       JANUARY 31 DEADLINE IMMINENT: Claim your 3X match by becoming an LCV member for just $5 today >> Here’s the situation: In a vote of 221 to 205, Republicans in the House have just passed legislation that forces o…