President Biden: Protect our Bedrock Environmental Justice Laws To Meet This Moment of Climate Emergency

Dear friend,

Across the globe, temperatures are rising and climate change is disproportionately harming the people least responsible for this global climate crisis. Particularly, BIPOC communities and women are the most marginalized and least able to adapt as the frequency and severity of extreme weather events worsen. Meanwhile, the fossil fuel industry is reaping record profits from this destruction.

The United States can help tackle the global climate crisis by meeting the emissions reduction targets we committed to in the Paris Climate Agreement. But right now we're far off pace and even set to expand fossil fuel production in the next decade.

We as a country cannot pat ourselves on the back for leading on climate when the Biden administration is still threatening to fast-track dangerous fossil fuel and mining projects that harm frontline communities and the environment. w In order to truly lead on climate, President Biden must galvanize Congress to strengthen protections for our communities and our climate.

We can't let the fossil fuel industry build whatever polluting project they want, wherever they want. The public must be able to have a say in the process and challenge dirty projects that are approved – especially the frontline, low-income and BIPOC communities that have far too often been targeted for these projects.

Sign the petition to demand President Biden repudiate any fossil fuel side deals and work with Congress to protect our communities, our voices, and our climate.

Thank you for speaking up,

Gina Cummings
Vice President of Alliances, Advocacy, and Policy
Oxfam America