Storms a brewing

 

I’ll get right to it: The climate-driven extreme weather events you’re witnessing are being driven by the short-sighted greed of the fossil fuel industry. They are costing billions. And they are costing lives.

Fossil fuel companies won’t stop this on their own. And governments aren’t doing enough to hold them accountable.

But at Greenpeace WE’RE only accountable to the people and the planet. We’ll fight them hard because the future of life is at stake!

There is now $600,000 in matching funds available to quadruple your impact, but only until December 31. Your planet needs you. Make your year-end gift of $20.00 or more to Greenpeace USA today.

You can trust your eyes. You can trust your heart. And you can trust the science. Climate change is fueling extreme weather that is getting more unpredictable, more destructive, and much more intense. And it’s not some distant threat. It’s happening right now in our lifetimes.

This year alone you’ve seen …

• Severe flooding in Nashville, following torrential rains, that killed at least seven people and destroyed dozens of homes …¹
• Another heartbreaking and horrifying wildfire season in California and the Pacific Northwest that is threatening lives and communities and damaging critical forested wildlife habitat …²
• Hurricane Ida which is now the seventh costliest in the last 20 years. Just think of how much good the billions of dollars being spent AFTER these hurricanes on cleanup and recovery could do if we spent it BEFORE the storms on clean energy and climate resiliency!³
• The severe heatwave in the Pacific Northwest. There are places in this country where people never even installed air conditioning in their homes. They didn’t need it! 100+ degree temperatures were all but unknown. Now, they are the new normal.⁴ And it isn’t just heat.
• The polar vortex caused freezing temperatures in the Gulf Coast and Southern Plains where no one living had ever experienced them before. The Texas power grid was shut down for days!⁵

More heat. More cold. More rain. More drought. More hurricanes. More floods. We have more of everything. Except more time. We’re running out.

You have only five days left to have your year-end gift to Greenpeace quadrupled. Please don’t miss your chance. Give now.

The executives at fossil fuel companies can afford to move away from places where the worst impacts of the climate crisis are being felt. But billions of people can’t. They will suffer … and millions may die … unless we stop the reckless burning of oil, gas and coal.

We’re always grateful for your support, but I hope we can count on you again today. Please support this critical fight for our lives, our homes, our planet, and our future. Make your year-end gift to Greenpeace NOW.

In solidarity,

Rolf Skar
Special Project Manager, Greenpeace USA

[1] climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/torrential-spring-rains-lead-flash-flooding-around-nashville-end-march
[2] greenpeace.org/usa/welcome-to-the-2021-california-wildfire-season/
[3] cnbc.com/2021/09/08/hurricane-idas-damage-tally-could-top-95-billion-making-it-7th-costliest-hurricane-since-2000-.html
[4] yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/11/2021-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-virtually-impossible-without-global-warming-scientists-find/
[5] climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/understanding-arctic-polar-vortex

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