It's been two weeks since the Green New Deal resolution officially dropped and I’ve never heard so many people talking about the climate crisis with such ambitious, people-centered plans.
I’m thankful because we need to completely transform how fossil fuel extraction decisions are made. But, as you can imagine, Trump and the oil and gas industry aren’t going to come along with us.
As we speak, the administration is moving to confirm David Bernhardt to lead the Interior Department — a veteran fossil fuel lobbyist who wants to open protected public lands and waters to drilling and brings new meaning to the conservative tagline “drill, baby, drill”.
Sign here to tell the Senate to block Bernhardt’s Secretary of the Interior approaching confirmation and protect public lands and waters from oil and gas drilling.
Let me tell you about David Bernhardt... He has pushed hard to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. His former firm has actually sued the Interior Department four times before on behalf of a client around water regulation. And, as Deputy Secretary of the Interior, he played an active role in the Trump administration's work to open public lands to fossil fuel and mining interests.
Bernhardt has made a career out of being a glorified errand boy for the oil and gas industry.
The good news is the Senate still has to vote to confirm Bernhardt as the official Secretary of the Interior. And, we’ve teamed up with Daily Kos, Climate Hawks Vote, and CREDO Action — along with millions of people like you to throw a wrench in Trump’s plans.
But, you need to act now.
Add you name to stop Bernhardt’s confirmation as Secretary of the Interior by telling your Senator to vote “no” now.
Since January, there’s been tremendous opposition to Trump’s agenda to allow oil and gas companies to do whatever they want. Because of your help, SAExploration won’t be seismic blasting in the Arctic Refuge this season — an important milestone to protecting the area from oil drilling.
The fight to stop all new fossil fuel expansion needs to continue with you right now to get to the green future we want.
Every voice counts in the effort to stop Bernhardt and outweigh fossil fuel industry dollars, especially now.
Sign the petition to stop David Bernhardt’s confirmation as Secretary of the Interior.
From offshore drilling to the plundering of Bears Ears to attacks on the Endangered Species Act, there are basically no Interior Department issues that don’t raise questions about Bernhardt’s ability to act objectively. It’s time that Congress provided actual checks and balances so that lobbyists like David Bernhardt don’t get away with turning our country into a giant oil field. Sign the petition to the Senate now.
- Vicky Wyatt, Greenpeace USA
More Information:
Trump to nominate ex-energy lobbyist Bernhardt to head Interior - Reuters
Bernhardt is unqualified to be Secretary of the Interior: He promotes the fossil fuel industry over the Earth.
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