Dear NRDC Supporter,

When Earth Day rolls around, many of us often think of special places we've visited. A national park. A forest trail. A wildlife refuge. A mountain view. We think of those places and imagine them pristine, protected, sacred.

But when Big Oil billionaires imagine those same places... they see opportunity. They see development. They see dollar signs.

Right now, the Trump administration is pushing to fast track industrial exploitation of even our most cherished wild places — including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. All to make a profit.

NRDC has been defending public lands for decades with support from our over 3 million Members and supporters. And we're not stopping now.

When you donate $5 today, your gift will be DOUBLED up to $40,000 to protect our public lands and our environment, but only through Earth Day on 4/22.

Across the country, protections are being rolled back to make it easier to industrialize lands that were meant to be preserved for generations to come.

Here's what that actually looks like:

• Critical wildlife habitat is being opened up, putting species like caribou, polar bears, and migratory birds at risk. Just this month, the Trump administration announced plans to gut the U.S. Forest Service.
• Long-standing protections are being targeted, including safeguards that have preserved millions of acres of intact and old-growth forest.
• Public lands are being leased and developed, prioritizing short term extraction over conservation.
• Irreversible damage becomes more and more likely, as roads, infrastructure, and destruction reshape the visage of our country as we've come to know it.

And here's what NRDC is doing about it. With your support we are:

• Taking the Trump administration to court — including our active lawsuit defending the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — to challenge unlawful drilling and development.
• Using a mix of grassroots advocacy and public pressure to dissuade industry and decision-makers from launching new fossil fuel projects.
• Bringing scientific evidence to bear to arm journalists, activists, and the public with the information they need to create a network of resistance against the destruction of public lands.

And it's working. From the court room, to government agencies, to board rooms across the country, NRDC is standing as a powerful line of defense against Big Oil billionaires. But we need your help to keep up the fight.

Will you give just $5 or more today? Your 2X matched support right now will help us stand up to polluters wherever and whenever they try to illegally carve up our public lands for profit.

This Earth Day, the stakes are clear.

We need to stand up for public lands while we still can. We need to show the fossil fuel industry that our shared heritage is worth more than their quick profit. We need to act as stewards of the Earth, not benefactors.

And we need to do it now. Before we have nothing left to defend.

This Earth Day, I hope you'll join me in the fight for our planet and our future.

Sincerely,

Bobby McEnaney
Director, Land Conservation, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)