Fund the government. Protect our planet.

Dear MoveOn member,

Right now, fossil fuel lobbyists are pushing hard to sneak harmful climate provisions into a must-pass bill to fund the government. Lumping these dirty policies into this critical vote would force members of Congress to choose between voting to fund the government or voting against a bill that takes us a step backward on climate action. Democrats just passed the most significant bill to address climate change in history, the Inflation Reduction Act.¹ What our country needs right now is to keep charging forward on saving our planet—not letting lobbyists turn us back. 

Will you make your voice heard and email Sen. Van Hollen today? Click here to ask him to support a clean continuing resolution to fund the government and protect important climate progress. Tell him to oppose any provisions that would expand the use of fossil fuels.

The proposed dirty-energy provisions would set us back by gutting regulations that make people and our environment safer. The impact of this legislation would threaten tribal authority, endanger public health, fast-track fossil fuel infrastructure projects, cut public input on local fossil fuel development, and revive the dangerous Mountain Valley Pipeline.² We need progressive senators to support a clean government spending bill that excludes all of the above. Corporate interests can no longer take priority over our communities' needs, health, and agency.

A new report from the United Nations just proclaimed that we are headed toward "unchartered territories of destruction."³ It's more clear than ever that we are in a growing climate crisis. Wildfire season has begun, and we are already seeing multiple blazes across the state of Oregon, posing great threats to air quality and thousands of homes.⁴ Historic rainfall and flooding exacerbated an existing water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, leaving 150,000 residents without clean drinking water.⁵ Simultaneously, significant droughts are impacting large swaths of the country from the Northeast to the Southwest.⁶ And this is just domestically. 

Email and urge Senator Van Hollen to do the right thing: fund the government without any provisions that would further harm our communities and planet. Tell him that Congress needs to make it more difficult for the fossil fuel industry to destroy the planet, not easier.

President Biden and congressional Democrats are on a roll. The Inflation Reduction Act they passed last month without support from a single Republican is landmark legislation that is spurring massive climate action, cutting energy and health care costs for families, and making huge corporations pay more of their fair share. But this dirty-energy deal is threatening to derail the momentum they've built less than 60 days before the midterm election. Climate action is wildly popular with voters, especially Democrats.

Thanks for joining us in calling for progressives in Congress to do the right thing and continue fighting anything that would accelerate climate change. We've made progress but know we have a long way to go toward protecting our communities and planet from the devastating impacts of climate change. 

Thanks for all you do.

David, Chris, Casey, Allison, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Fact Sheet: Inflation Reduction Act Advances Environmental Justice," The White House, August 17, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/167915?t=16&akid=332393%2E53570607%2EqDG71N

2. "Progressives flex against Manchin side-deal on permitting reform," The Hill, September 13, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/167616?t=18&akid=332393%2E53570607%2EqDG71N

3. "'Devastating:' World is 'heading in the wrong direction' on climate change, new UN report warns," USA Today, September 13 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/167617?t=20&akid=332393%2E53570607%2EqDG71N

4. "Air quality plummets as smoke from roaring wildfires chokes US west," The Guardian, September 12, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/167618?t=22&akid=332393%2E53570607%2EqDG71N

5. "How Jackson, Mississippi's water crisis is a sign of larger racial inequities," PBS News Hour, September 12, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/167619?t=24&akid=332393%2E53570607%2EqDG71N

6. "Map released: September 8, 2022," U.S. Drought Monitor, September 8, 2022
https://act.moveon.org/go/167620?t=26&akid=332393%2E53570607%2EqDG71N

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