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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

Kathleen, the future is in our hands

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Kathleen, Election Day is finally here. We're reaching out one last time to make sure you have the information you need to vote before polls close.

Our email below includes all the information you need to vote. Send it to a friend, a colleague, or a family member. The future of climate action in the United States is in our hands.

— Greenpeace USA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greenpeace USA
Subject: This has to be about going forward

Kathleen, did you vote yet? Election Day is on Tuesday, and the future of climate action in the United States is at stake. If you haven't voted early already, make a plan now.

Click here to find all of the information you need to cast your vote before polls close on Election Day.

There are two possible futures ahead of us. For the sake of everyone who lives on this planet, it's vital that climate voters like yourself choose which of them we will live in.

In one of those futures, we elect a President who believes that tackling the climate crisis is of utmost importance. That we're in a pivotal moment to move toward a clean energy economy that builds resilience to climate disasters and strengthens our democracy and voting rights.

In another future, we elect a President who does not believe in climate change and partners with Big Oil to prevent new environmental policies from being enacted — presenting a risk to the health and safety of our planet and the people we love.

The future is in our hands.

But this election is about far more than just our next president. Important races up and down the ballot will determine what Congress that president will have to work with, along with the future of climate action at the state and local levels all across the country.

Kathleen, the climate crisis demands that this election can't just be about "not going back" — it has to be about going forward. Actually forward. Far beyond where we are now.

You hold the power to determine which future we will live in by seeking out the truth, remaining well-informed about every candidate on your ballot, and making sure your voice is heard before polls close.

Make sure you have all of the information you need to cast your vote before polls close on Tuesday.

Remember: We likely won't have election results right away. Counting every vote will take time. No matter what happens, we will be prepared to defend our democracy from any threats or challenges.

Every vote matters, and we will stand together to ensure every ballot is counted!

In solidarity,

Greenpeace USA

Big Oil is suing Greenpeace USA. We need your help to fight back and keep this movement alive — for people, and for our planet.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Did you vote yet?

Kathleen, did you vote yet? Election Day is on Tuesday, and the future of climate action in the United States is at stake. If you haven't voted early already, make a plan now.

Click here to find all of the information you need to cast your vote before polls close on Election Day.

There are two possible futures ahead of us. For the sake of everyone who lives on this planet, it's vital that climate voters like yourself choose which of them we will live in.

In one of those futures, we elect a President who believes that tackling the climate crisis is of utmost importance. That we're in a pivotal moment to move toward a clean energy economy that builds resilience to climate disasters and strengthens our democracy and voting rights.

In another future, we elect a President who does not believe in climate change and partners with Big Oil to prevent new environmental policies from being enacted — presenting a risk to the health and safety of our planet and the people we love.

The future is in our hands.

But this election is about far more than just our next president. Important races up and down the ballot will determine what Congress that president will have to work with, along with the future of climate action at the state and local levels all across the country.

Kathleen, the climate crisis demands that this election can't just be about "not going back" — it has to be about going forward. Actually forward. Far beyond where we are now.

You hold the power to determine which future we will live in by seeking out the truth, remaining well-informed about every candidate on your ballot, and making sure your voice is heard before polls close.

Make sure you have all of the information you need to cast your vote before polls close on Tuesday.

Remember: We likely won't have election results right away. Counting every vote will take time. No matter what happens, we will be prepared to defend our democracy from any threats or challenges.

Every vote matters, and we will stand together to ensure every ballot is counted!

In solidarity,

Greenpeace USA

Big Oil is suing Greenpeace USA. We need your help to fight back and keep this movement alive — for people, and for our planet.

DONATE NOW

Thursday, October 31, 2024

QUIZ: Can you unmask the climate villains?

Knowledge is Power: Use yours to unmask anti-democratic evildoers. Take the quiz

There are monsters on the loose, Greenpeacer —

But it's not costumed trick-or-treaters, or even horror movie hellions, who give us the heebie-jeebies.

No — the real monsters are Big Oil bad guys and the politicians in their back pockets, and they're hiding in plain sight.

They've conspired against climate progress and the people for years, with laws designed to crack down on protests and protect industry profits — even if it comes at the cost of our climate, our functioning democracy, and the frontline communities these politicians are elected to serve.

Take our quiz to see if you have what it takes to help us unmask the monsters bedeviling our democracy and our climate.

TAKE THE QUIZ

Happy Halloween,

Greenpeace USA

Big Oil is suing Greenpeace USA. We need your help to fight back and keep this movement alive — for people, and for our planet.

DONATE NOW

Monday, October 28, 2024

Energy Transfer wants to drown us out

This is great, Kathleen:

After we emailed yesterday about the risks of Energy Transfer's lawsuit, grassroots climate champions like you stepped up! We're now just 8.3% away from our critical $50,000 end-of-month goal — but even being this close, up against this expensive of a lawsuit, we can't afford to lose the momentum.

If you read our last message, then you know what's at stake. (And if you didn't, we're forwarding it below.) We're laser-focused on saving both our planet and the First Amendment rights at the heart of our movement — and we have our work cut out for us.

So please, don't let Big Oil drown us out. Answer the call ahead of Thursday's midnight deadline and rush a gift of $20 or more to help us reach our $50,000 goal!

DONATE NOW

For people, the planet, and the right to protest for both,

Greenpeace USA

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Greenpeace USA
Date: Sun, Oct 27, 2024
Subject: [ENCLOSED] Facts Big Oil doesn't want you to know

Don't Let Corporate Greed End our Grassroots Movement

By now, you know that Energy Transfer (ET), the oil company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, is suing Greenpeace USA for $300 million under the false and racist claim we masterminded the 2016-17 Indigenous-led Standing Rock resistance.

But we have to ask, Kathleen: do you fully understand what's at stake if the court sides with Big Oil in February?

If you do, you can contribute toward our $50,000 October goal here — but if not, here's what you need to know:

1. The lawsuit claims our unapologetic solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux, and our public criticism of the pipeline, makes us the leaders of a sprawling conspiracy to bring ET to its knees — and for that alone, we must pay.

2. ET would have you think that calling out the impacts of their greedy business model amounts to advancing an "extremist agenda," when it's simply what science demands and what our planet deserves.

3. We did NOT organize or direct the Standing Rock protest. But if you take ET's word for it, our vocal, unapologetic support for the peaceful protesters who were involved is enough to point the blame at us for everything that happened, under a toxic new standard of "collective liability."

So if the Court awards Energy Transfer the $300 MILLION judgment they're after, it won't just be Greenpeace USA that suffers the effects — it'll establish a basis that entitles Big Oil bullies to legally silence anybody who speaks out for the planet or the people they harm.

But while our vision is bold and our actions are daring, our agenda is not extremist, Kathleen: so we can't take the easy way out. Too much — from the future of our right to protest to the green, liveable future of our planet — is at stake to back down.

But the entire point of lawsuits like this is to draw out expenses so much that defendants literally can't afford to fight back. So before our October 31 deadline, we need your help to reach our $50,000 goal and sustain the fight for our future and our First Amendment rights.

Will you please rush $10, $20, or your best gift now to help us stay afloat?

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DONATE $20