 If you think oil, gas, and coal companies pay to get anti-climate politicians elected to Congress, think again. I mean, you’re right — but it’s only the beginning. Once those candidates get elected, they keep on raking in more and more dirty dollars. So while the people paid Joe Manchin $174,000 in 2020 (that’s the annual salary for serving in the U.S. Senate), the fossil fuel industry and its boosters paid his campaign more than $577,000.1 Wonder which he feels accountable to, the people of West Virginia or ExxonMobil?2 Well, at Greenpeace, we’re accountable to YOU. We never sell out. But we do ask our members and supporters to renew for each new year — and right now there are only three days left before our January 31 deadline. We’re counting on you! Please renew your Greenpeace USA membership for 2022 now in the cleanest, greenest, and most efficient way by making this the year you start a monthly contribution. Your gift will immediately be put to use exposing the dirty dollars being pumped into our democracy and winning impactful victories in all our critical campaigns! Our growing movement can secure groundbreaking climate action at the highest levels, like the Build Back Better Act, if we show politicians we’re too big to ignore! Run for Congress as a climate denier, and chances are some fossil fuel companies will contribute to your campaign. Get ELECTED as a climate denier — or even a climate skeptic — and that’s when the dirty money pipeline REALLY starts flowing. They’ve got you just where they want you!
In 2021 alone, the fossil fuel industry spent over $83M on lobbying.3 They even sent lobbyists to last year’s COP26 climate conference.4 Oil, gas, and coal companies spent heavily during the 2020 election cycle to keep the Senate under the control of notorious climate denier Mitch McConnell (R-KY) with major oil companies like Valero, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips contributing more than $1 million each to the conservative Senate Leadership Fund.5 They continue to keep the pumps open for their hero, Maserati Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who has accepted the MOST money from fossil fuel companies so far in the 2022 cycle.6 I feel dirty just writing about this level of corruption, especially since it reveals the gross inequities of our American electoral system and our entire democracy. But I feel proud to represent Greenpeace, and I’d be grateful to have your support once again this year. Please renew for 2022 now with a recurring monthly gift to Greenpeace USA. It’s easy, it’s effective, it’s affordable since you choose your monthly gift — and most importantly, it means you’ll speak truth to power each and every month. Thank you for being a part of the solution — not the problem. Janet Redman [1] opensecrets.org/industries/summary.php?ind=E01&cycle=2022&recipdetail=M&sortorder=U Greenpeace 702 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20001 | 1-800-722-6995
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