Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

September 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Will you join us to stand up against President Trump?

Hi John,  President Donald Trump is acting like a dictator: abducting immigrants, occupying cities, weakening our environmental protections, gutting healthcare and education, silencing voters, and rewarding billionaires while working families struggle. For the past nine months, OLCV along with the …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

September 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM

4 DAYS LEFT: Join the clean air fight!

We have until September 22nd to raise as much support as we can for our fight for clean air!Hi John,  We’ve got only 4 days left to gather as many public comments as we can to keep the Endangerment Finding and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) vehicle standards intact. Our staff will be ou…

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  Lindsey Scholten · [email protected]

September 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM

Make a gift for cleaner air today!

Our fight for clean air has a deadline coming up this week, and we need your help!Hi John,  The Trump administration is attacking our climate once again, attempting to roll back the Endangerment Finding, which gives the EPA authority to regulate climate pollution. This change will undo standards tha…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

September 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM

Do you have a clean energy story, John?

Hi John,   Just reaching out again in case you missed your chance to tell your clean energy story! If you have any experience with home energy efficiency or clean energy upgrades (including any challenges), please share your story to help other folks looking to make these same changes. These stories…

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  Kristi Mellum · [email protected]

September 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM

Stand up for public lands by telling your story! 📝

Our public lands are still under attack. Tell your public lands story now to tell our elected officials what these special places mean to us! Hi John,   Summer vacations are coming to an end. Were you able to get outside this summer and enjoy our public lands? Whether or not you did, our public land…

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Re: 🚨 TAKE ACTION: Stop the Climate Chaos Plan! 🚨

We're coming up on an important deadline... Take action now to protect the American people from dangerous pollution and stop Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's new policy!Hi John,   I’m reaching out about this again, because we’re coming up on the deadline to take action to stop these r…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

September 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM

How did you survive the heat wave, John?

Hi John,   Hot enough for you? For most of us Oregonians, several days in a row near or over 100° are unusual and maybe unbearable. If you're one of the fortunate people with cooling at home or work, extreme heat may be an inconvenience for now. Too many folks in Oregon still don’t have cooling at …

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

August 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM

Your last chance to enter our Photo Contest! 📸🌲

You have until September 1st to submit your photo to OLCV’s Photo Contest for the chance to have your photo on the front cover of the 2025 Environmental Scorecard! Instructions on how to submit inside. Photo from OLCV's 2023 Photo Contest, by Victoria HawkinsDear John,   Labor Day weekend is coming …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM

6 HOURS LEFT: Help us reach our goal! 🎯

It’s the last day of our monthly giving drive. Join our Sustainer Circle at just $5 a month to help us recruit 24 new volunteers!Hi John,   We only have six hours left in our Summer Sustainer Drive and we haven’t reached our goal of getting 20 new monthly donors. If we reach our goal, that means we …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

August 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM

LAST CALL: Our Summer Sustainer Drive ends today!

It’s the last day of our monthly giving drive. Join our Sustainer Circle at just $5 a month to help us recruit 24 new volunteers! Hi John,   Our Summer Sustainer Drive ends today! We need 15 more people to sign up to give to OLCV monthly to reach our goal – will you help? $5 a month is the price of …

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  Laurel Viles · [email protected]

August 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Re: Change starts with you, John 🫶

Join our Sustainer Circle at just $5 a month and help us recruit 10 new volunteers!Hi John,   Did you see my last email? We need your help now to recruit 10 new volunteers, and your $5 a month gift can support us getting there! Give now Donna Maebori, monthly donor and volunteer, knows just how impo…

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  Laurel Viles · [email protected]

August 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Change starts with you, John 🫶

Join our Sustainer Circle at just $5 a month and help us recruit 10 new volunteers! Hi John,   Times are tough, I know. We are only seven months into Trump's second presidency and we've already seen many attacks on our environment, climate, and democracy. But we have a secret weapon: you and thousan…

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  Lindsey Scholten · [email protected]

August 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM

Less than 2 weeks left to enter our Photo Contest! 📸🌲

You have until September 1st to submit your photo to OLCV’s Photo Contest for the chance to have your photo on the front cover of the 2025 Environmental Scorecard! Instructions on how to submit inside. Photo from OLCV's 2023 Photo Contest, by Victoria HawkinsHi John,   OLCV’s 2025 Photo Contest is c…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

August 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM

John, can you give up one coffee a month?

Hi John,   Our sustainer drive is happening now, so I wanted to make sure you saw my last email. Can you give up one coffee a month and join our Sustainer Circle at just $5 a month? Give now We know there are lots of great causes out there, but our work is funded by individual grassroots supporter…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

August 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM

Looking for something to do this weekend?

OLCV’s Environmental Photo Contest is still on, so get outside this weekend and take some photos of yourself or your loved ones on our precious public lands, for the chance to be featured on the cover of our upcoming Environmental Scorecard! Photo from OLCV's 2023 Photo Contest, by Victoria HawkinsD…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

August 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM

John], this heat has me thinking…

Dear John,   Every summer I’m reminded of one scary truth: this will likely be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives. Summer can be a reminder of the urgency of the climate crisis for a lot of us in Oregon, from the increasing number of scorching heatwaves to life-threatening wildfires. Ther…

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

August 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM

Re: 🚨 TAKE ACTION: Stop the Climate Chaos Plan! 🚨

We're coming up on an important deadline... Take action now to protect the American people from dangerous pollution and stop Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's new policy!Hi John,   We’re coming up on an important deadline, so I want to make sure you saw my last email. It’s up to us to …

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

August 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Stop the Climate Chaos Plan! 🚨

The EPA is required to protect the American people from dangerous pollution. Yet, Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin want to set a new policy… Dear John,   The current administration is up to no good again, this time attacking our public health and pollution policies, and attempting to im…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

August 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Re: Enter OLCV’s 2025 Environmental Photo Contest!

You can be a part of this year’s Environmental Scorecard by submitting your photos by September 1st.Hi John,   OLCV’s 2025 Environmental Photo Contest started a couple weeks ago, so I wanted to check if you’ve gotten your photos in! We’d love to include your photos of wildlife, climate, or you and y…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

July 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Fwd: John, you’re invited to join our summer book club!

Hi John,   I wanted to make sure you saw my invite to our summer book club! This year we’re reading Love Your Mother by Mallory McDuff for our equity summer learning project with all of our staff, and would love for you to join us for a wrap-up discussion in September. If you’d like to be a part of …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

July 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM

John, protect our public lands before it’s too late!

Your love for public lands can make a real difference today. Dear John,   I’m sure you’ve seen our emails: with the recent attacks on our public lands, we’ve been all hands on deck to fight for their protection. In the past month, we saw a horrific proposal to put 250 million acres of public lands f…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

July 23, 2025 at 12:31 AM

Enter OLCV’s 2025 Environmental Photo Contest!

You can be a part of this year’s Environmental Scorecard by submitting your photos by September 1st. Photo from OLCV's 2023 Photo Contest, by Victoria HawkinsDear John,   It’s that time again… OLCV’s Environmental Photo Contest is here! We’re already working on our Environmental Scorecard for the Or…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

July 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM

John, an OLCV member wants to share this with you

Our members took their time writing their public lands stories. We wanted to share one with you. Dear John,   This summer we’ve been all hands on deck to fight for our public lands. We’ve learned that public pressure is exactly what we need to win and protect our public lands from the unprecedented …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

July 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM

John, take a stand for public lands!

We're still in the fight to protect our public lands, and it's up to us to keep putting on the pressure. Will you sign our petition to protect our public lands now? Hi John,   Although we’ve had recent wins for our public lands, such as the removal of the proposal to put 250 million acres of public …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

July 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM

John, will you share your story for public lands?

The fight for our public lands isn’t over. We need to hear your public lands story so we can continue to advocate for them. Here’s my story. Hi John,   In case you haven’t already seen the news, the Reconciliation Bill,—a.k.a. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”— that passed last week, did not contain the …

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

July 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM

John, let’s chat about what happened this session 💬

The 2025 Legislative Session is officially over, so let’s debrief how we did. Dear John,   The 2025 legislative session concluded at 11:15 on June 27th. We did not accomplish all that we hoped to. It was a missed opportunity for lawmakers to respond to the escalating risks – from climate impacts, r…

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

July 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM

URGENT: We have less than 30 hours to stop the Reconciliation bill!

The Reconciliation bill just passed the Senate. Contact your member of Congress to stop this detrimental bill from moving forward. Hi John,   As of just a few hours ago, the U.S. Senate passed the Reconciliation Bill,—a.k.a. Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill—which is the most anti-environmental bill of all…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM

6 HOURS LEFT: What’s our next step in this fight?

There’s only six hours left in our drive. We need your help now to hold our elected officials accountable!Dear John,   There’s only 6 hours left to go in our drive. We need your help now. Our work is powered by your support. Without you, we would have no Environmental Scorecard. We need to demand ou…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM

What’s our next step in this fight?

Before the Legislative Session officially ends, let’s take a moment to highlight all the amazing work that we did this spring, and get ready for what’s to come. Dear John,   There are only a couple of days left in session and today is the final day of our spring membership drive! We need your help n…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM

We're crossing the finish line, John! 🏁

We're in the final days of session. We need your support now, we can't fight for a Healthy Oregon without you!Hi John,   It's the last week of session, so I want to make sure you saw my last email. Things are down to the wire, and we've still have lots to do to get our priorities across the finish l…

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

June 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM

🚨Our Public Lands Are Under Threat🚨

Hi John,   Our public lands are under threat. The current version of the Republican Budget Reconciliation bill—AKA Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill—directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history. The process for selling off these public lands would be …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM

John, here’s an inside look at this session 👀

Dear John,   Each day we’re nearing the end of the wire of this year’s session. The Legislature will adjourn by June 29th or possibly sooner. With the climate and environmental attacks we’re seeing at the federal level, this session is critical for our state to deliver on our environmental values. …

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM

Re: Take action: tell legislators to pass SB 1153 and protect our rivers!

SB 1153 is currently stuck in the legislature, and needs your help to move forward this session.Hi John,   I’m following up on my email about SB 1153 to give you an update: SB 1153 has still not been sent to Ways and Means, meaning that it is stuck in the legislature and needs help moving forward. W…

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  Team OLCV · [email protected]

June 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM

Celebrating Juneteenth!

Hi John,   Today is Juneteenth, serving not only as a celebration of Black freedom and resilience, but also a reminder of all the structural inequalities, racism, and discrimination still present in our country today.  It’s important for us to acknowledge Oregon’s longstanding history of racism, par…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Let’s change wildlife funding, John!

Dear John,   If you’ve kept up with our emails, you may have already heard of HB 2977: a bill that would provide critical funding to address Oregon’s biodiversity crisis and to protect and recover the native wildlife and habitats that make Oregon so special. I’m reaching out today to provide an exci…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM

The transportation package is moving forward!

The luxury vehicle tax was added to OLIS! We need your help to move it forward.Hi John,   It’s official, the luxury vehicle tax was just added as an amendment. It is the -11 on OLIS. Thank you to all those who sent their emails to legislators in support of this amendment that will fill the gaps of e…

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  Brad Reed · [email protected]

June 17, 2025 at 12:16 AM

Time is Running Out to Pass the Full Energy Affordability Package

Only a few weeks remain in session and we still need lawmakers to pass the full energy affordability and resilience package to protect Oregonians from skyrocketing utility bills and extreme weather events. Hi John,   With only a few weeks left in Oregon’s legislative session, we still have moves to …

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM

John, you’re invited to join our summer book club!

Hi John,   You’re invited to join OLCV’s summer book club! This year, for the first time ever, we’re inviting you to join all of our staff to discuss the following book: Love Your Mother by Mallory McDuff. If you’d like to be a part of our book club, we invite you to sign up and purchase the book s…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Take action: Fund Transportation Electrification and Oregon Community Paths in the Transportation Package!

Dear John,   As you may have heard, the transportation package (HB 2025) dropped earlier this week and there have been hearings all week long. So many of you showed up to make your voices heard in support of a transportation package that works for all Oregonians. Although this bill is better than w…

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

June 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM

Re: John, federal cuts are threatening our climate…

Hi John,   I want to make sure you saw my last email. We need to do everything in our power to stop the Budget Reconciliation bill, with all of its detrimental funding cuts, including cuts to historic IRA climate investments. Will you take a second to take action against these cuts? Take action Sin…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM

LAST CALL: John, it’s go time for our transportation package!

Dear John,   Today is our last day to turn out volunteers to testify for the transportation package, so we need your support now! Will you help us advocate NOW for a transportation package that reflects all of our values? Donate now We can’t achieve the lifeline transportation package all Oregonian…

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  Sarah Kline · [email protected]

June 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM

John, it’s go time for our transportation package!

Hi John,   Big news: the Legislature has finally unveiled the long-awaited transportation package (HB 2025)! While this package includes several things we advocated for – like Safe Routes to School and wildlife crossings – some important items are missing, including dedicated funding for transporta…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM

Take action: tell legislators to pass SB 1153 and protect our rivers!

Dear John,   Clean water, strong rivers, and healthy fish and wildlife are part of Oregon’s identity — yet many of our state’s outdated water laws are at odds with those values. Right now, with SB 1153, we have a chance to protect the public benefits our rivers provide: by tightening a dangerous lo…

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  Britney VanCitters · [email protected]

June 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM

John, federal cuts are threatening our climate…

Dear John,   If you haven’t already heard the news, the U.S. House recently passed the Reconciliation bill, which is full of cuts to vital community and environmental programs, such as Medicaid, SNAP, and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) climate investments. Can you take a moment to take action ag…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Oregon's wildlife needs you, John!

Take action TODAY to protect Oregon’s native wildlife. Hi John,   As an Oregonian, I know that you know how valuable our wildlife is to our state. Oregon would not be the special state it is without our fish, wildlife, and the habitats they rely upon. From whale watching and birding to fishing, our …

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

June 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM

Re: Stop utility companies from charging YOU for their lobbyists and lawyers

Action needed: write your lawmakers to support “getting junk out of our utility bills” TODAY.Dear John,  I'm writing to you today to ask for a last call of support for the passage of Get the Junk out of Rates (SB 88). It has been almost a month since there was a public hearing on SB 88 and with only…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

May 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM

Tell the Legislature and the Governor Hands Off the Bottle Bill!

Hi John,   Oregon's Bottle Bill is iconic. Since 1971 it has helped Oregon achieve record recycling outcomes while keeping our beaches, parks, and waterways free of littered beverage containers. Last year, Oregonians redeemed more than 2 billion aluminum, plastic, and glass beverage containers. Not…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

May 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Tell Oregon lawmakers: We need a strong Climate Justice Budget in 2025!

Federal rollbacks are threatening climate progress. Now more than ever, Oregon must lead. Hi John,   Over the past few years, the Oregon Legislature has made smart investments in climate solutions: like helping renters stay cool during deadly heat waves, supporting rural clean energy projects, and c…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

May 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM

Fwd: Oregon wolves are calling out for you!

John, help us stop our Major Threat, SB 777: a bill that sets back the recovery and management of wolves. We need one final push from you to eliminate this bill!Dear John,   Whether or not you saw my last email, I'm writing to you today to follow up and let you know that the Wolf Depredation Compens…

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  Eliza Walton · [email protected]

May 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM

Re: Can you give the POWER Act some power, John?

The POWER Act (HB 3546), one of our Energy Affordability & Utility Accountability priority bills, passed out of its committee and needs your help to pass the Senate!Hi John,   Did you see Britney’s last email? Either way, I wanted to give you an update on where the POWER Act is now.  As of last …

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