NRDC Supporter,

Do you remember how you felt after the 2016 election?

It was a little more than three years ago when all of us here at NRDC and people across the country felt shock and disappointment after witnessing Donald Trump's victory. I remember it clearly because we sent this note out that morning:

It was a bitter pill to swallow. And President Trump kept his word: pulling us out of the Paris climate agreement, racing us toward a grim, fossil fuel dependent future, and trying to roll back as many environmental protections as possible.

But we made this promise:

And we've been doing just that. We've filed 100 lawsuits against the Trump administration — and won 92% of the cases resolved.

And in 2020, with your support, we'll fight even harder: Donate to our year-end campaign with a tax-deductible gift today, and it will be MATCHED to go twice as far to stop Trump environmental assaults! All gifts matched up to $500,000.

Shortly after the election, we reached out again because we knew how much would be at stake under Trump:

And the Trump administration has spent the last three years working overtime for its polluter industry allies, weakening regulations for clean energy, climate, safe drinking water, and more.

But NRDC, backed by supporters like you, has been there at every turn, using the courts to derail the Trump administration's anti-environment assaults. For example:

• We STOPPED Trump's plans to illegally reinstate oil and gas leasing in the pristine sensitive Arctic Ocean and wildlife-rich Atlantic deep-water canyons
• We continue BLOCKING his attempts to resurrect the disastrous Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, which would carry 830,000 barrels per day of some of the dirtiest crude oil on the planet through the America heartland
• We DERAILED his ploy to let oil, gas, and coal companies avoid paying millions of dollars in royalties

Plus, we're still in the middle of critical court cases to protect the Endangered Species Act, defend bees and other pollinators, uphold the bedrock Clean Water Rule, and more.

And the fights we take on today — and the victories we amass against the Trump administration — will dictate what kind of planet is waiting for us in the future.

So please, make an urgent donation right now to ensure we can do the absolute most to defend our environment in the most effective way possible. Every dollar you donate will be MATCHED!

Thank you for never giving up.

Mitch Bernard
Chief Counsel, NRDC