Lorelei,
Last night was bittersweet. Here in Washington, fossil fuel industry billionaires spent a record-breaking $25 million to stop us from putting a just price on carbon pollution.
We still don't know the final results — but whatever happens, we should be proud that the people-powered campaign for Initiative 1631 gave Big Oil a run for their money. We know that more than 800,000 people have voted to make polluters pay, and in the face of such enormous opposition, that's incredible.
And we still have things to celebrate: across the country, voters elected a wave of progressive champions to the House — sending a decisive message to Trump and his fossil-fueled cronies that their hateful, divisive agenda does not represent us.
Now, it's time to make it clear to our new members of Congress what we elected them for — and that they have work to do.
Sign our letter here to call on our new Congress to step up and be the real climate leaders we need.
More than anything, yesterday was a testament to people power. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers like you made phone calls, sent text messages, and knocked doors here in Washington and all around the country. Thank you.
People power is what carried bold progressives — like Deb Haaland in New Mexico, Rashida Tlaib in Michigan, and Ilhan Omar in Minnesota — to historic victories from coast to coast. People power passed the historic Clean Energy Initiative in Portland, Oregon, which will fund green jobs and healthy homes for people most impacted by climate change. And people power grew a powerful movement for climate justice here in Washington — and that won't disappear just because the election is over.
Yesterday also made it clear that the fossil fuel industry still has a powerful stranglehold over our democracy — and that Big Oil and their allies will spend whatever it takes to protect their profits.
Washington wasn't the only place where fossil fuel billionaires crushed spending records and outspent grassroots, people-powered efforts: Big Oil money bankrolled the campaigns opposing Initiative 1631 here, Proposition 112 in Colorado, and Measure G in San Luis Obispo, California by as much as 40 to 1.
Now, it's up to us to build a political movement so large that our voices can finally drown out big polluters' dirty money — in Washington and nationwide.
We know that the longer we wait, the worse this problem is going to get. Climate pollution isn't going anywhere — and neither are we.
Onward,
May
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