| | This is a make-or-break moment for the movement to stop climate change. Will you stand with us for forward progress on climate action by supporting our 2014 Annual Fund with a gift of $25 or more today? Our 2014 Annual Fund Campaign officially kicks off next month. We need to raise $750,000 by Earth Day, April 22 to accomplish our 2014 goals and keep moving forward on climate action.
Will you help us reach our first Annual Fund milestone: to raise $100,000 online by March 10?
Now is the time for forward action to solve the climate crisis. But the climate deniers, funded by the powerful dirty energy industry, are trying to take the wind out of our sails by forcing us to defend every inch of ground we’ve already won.
Please make your 2014 Annual Fund contribution today, so we can keep moving forward, not backward.
This year, the biggest fight is shaping up to be around climate pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants. Just a few months ago EPA published their proposed rule to limit carbon pollution from new power plants. These standards are a critical stepping stone to EPA’s proposed rule that will place national limits on carbon pollution from existing power plants—anticipated this June.
Putting national limits on carbon emissions from these plants—the largest source of carbon pollution in America—must be a central part of any effective plan to slash American emissions overall.
The ink had hardly dried on EPA’s new rule before friends of the dirty energy industry in Congress (who received a combined total of $54 million from the fossil fuel industry) sprang into action, calling it a "war on coal" and quickly organizing to defeat it.
- Days after the rule was announced, Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) attempted to attach a last-minute amendment to the Senate's must-pass unemployment insurance extension bill that would have stopped the EPA in its tracks.
- In the final hours before the vote, more than 25,000 EDF activists took action against the amendment, successfully killing it!
- Almost immediately, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced his intent to use the Congressional Review Act to block the EPA's rule, while Rep. Whitfield joined forces with Sen. Manchin to draft legislation that would require EPA to seek Congressional approval for nearly every action they take.
This is a make-or-break moment for the movement to stop climate change. Will you stand with us for forward progress on climate action by supporting our 2014 Annual Fund with a gift of $25 or more today?
It’s been a long, hard fight—and victory is close at hand. With your support, we’re moving our country forward, unleashing our clean energy future, and reducing the risk of climate catastrophe.
 Thank you for being with us,
Emily Stevenson
Manager, Online Membership
P.S. Never forget that your advocacy and support makes a difference: Just a few days ago, EPA finalized standards that will drastically slash smog and soot pollution from automobile tailpipes. Cleaner air is coming, and it’s all thanks to you. Please help us raise $100,000 online by March 10 to build on this encouraging progress—make your 2014 Annual Fund contribution today.  | | | |
