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We're all still reeling from last week's events, but as President-elect Trump
prepares to enter the White House the threats to our wildlife, climate, air and
water are becoming all too clear. Please, forward this message on to any
friends or family who can help. -Kierán
It's been a week since Donald Trump was elected, and as impossible as it seemed
seven days ago, the news has gotten worse. The first post-election steps taken
by Trump and his team are heart-stopping for wildlife and wild places.
Now that the shock has worn off, I'm angry -- angry at the wildlife that will
die, at the wild places that will be forever destroyed, at the possibility of
Interior Secretary Sarah Palin. I'm angry to see the work of a quarter-century
threatened by the election of a man who claims that climate change is a Chinese
hoax.
Now it's time to turn that anger into action. The Center is going to be
spending the next four years doing everything we can to stand between the Trump
administration and the safety of our wildlife, the viability of our climate,
the health of our people and the preservation of the wild places we all love.
We'll do whatever it takes -- in the courts, on the streets and in the halls of
power -- to win for the wild. You can help by making a donation today to the
Wildlife and Wild Places Defense
Fund<http://biologicaldiversity.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oR23upUAJ6bokx6BDhB0JsXe4tvmeK21>.
One of Trump's first actions was naming industry hatchet man Myron Ebell to
head up environmental issues for his transition team. Ebell may be best known
for his coal industry-funded attacks on climate science, but at the Center
we've known Myron a long time, from back when he was working in Congress to gut
the Endangered Species Act. He may finally get his wish, and endangered
species, from wolves to monarch butterflies, will pay the deadly price.
Many of our crucial victories are now in jeopardy, including the protection of
more than 600 endangered species and half a billion acres of habitat and the
defeat of the Keystone XL pipeline. Three of Trump's 7 stated priorities for
his first day in office are aimed at the environment, including opening our
public lands to oil, gas and coal production. Not only will Donald Trump not
stop the Dakota Access Pipeline, he's personally invested in the project.
We will have to fight each of these proposals one by one, from the border wall
to drilling in the Arctic -- and everywhere in between. Fighting the Trump
administration on all these different fronts at once won't be cheap, which is
why we need you to step up today with a contribution to the Wildlife and Wild
Places Defense
Fund<http://biologicaldiversity.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rrmDMpdquBOqyrZOIVh%2Bb8Xe4tvmeK21>.
We won't despair. Yes, Trump's vision is dark. His election shocks us deeply.
But American democracy is strong, and our commitment to wildlife, wild places,
clean air, clean water and social justice is unwavering. We will regroup,
reenergize and hit harder every day.
We hope you're with
us<http://biologicaldiversity.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RiHGxYdOldPddKCLnUCyq8Xe4tvmeK21>,
because we're in the fight of our lives.
For the wild,
[Kierán Suckling]
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Kierán Suckling
Executive Director
Center for Biological Diversity
@KieranSuckling<http://biologicaldiversity.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ldFdvFbKr%2FhyrgZCM5k%2F224%2BA8nlrjKz>
