Join Sierra Club and partners from across the country for the Make Polluters Pay Week of Action happening from January 26-30th.
You can participate by attending a rally, delivering petitions, reaching out to your legislators, posting on social media, and more to hold Big Oil and Gas accountable.
Why do we need to Make Polluters Pay?
Fossil fuel corporations knew they were causing climate change in the 1950s and spent millions of dollars to hide it and mislead the public.
Now they continue to get richer off of our tax dollars, while our families pay the price. Electricity prices have risen 13 percent since Trump took office and are expected to climb more this winter. All the while, Trump is canceling thousands of clean energy projects that would bring costs down, so his fossil fuel donors can get richer. At the same time, communities across the United States are struggling to recover from fossil fueled climate disaster events that are becoming more deadly and destructive, while Trump continuously cuts relief services.
Just like we aren't allowed to litter and companies are required to clean up toxic waste sites, Big Oil and Gas must be held accountable for their climate mess. We've already seen massive victories due to grassroots advocacy. Vermont and New York passed Climate Superfund laws, and at least a dozen more states are exploring ways to shift the cost of climate damages back where it belongs—onto the corporations that knowingly caused the harm.
But the oil and gas industry is fighting back and lobbying to get total legal immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis.
We can stop them if we work together. From January 26-30, join us in taking action across the country to Make Polluters Pay!
RSVP to join an event near you!
No event near you? There are still a number of ways to take action!
- Host a Letter To The Editor writing party and invite your friends and family!
- If you are in a state with climate superfund efforts (that's CA, CT, DC, HI, IL, ME, MD, MA, MN, OR, RI, TN, UT, VA, and WA) you can use this LTE template: sc.org/LTEActiveLeg.
- If you are not in one of those states, write an LTE to oppose immunity for Big Oil and Gas: sc.org/LTEImmunity
- Share a photo of your action on social media
- Reshare our social posts with your friends: sc.org/ClimateAccountability
- Learn more about the week of action: sc.org/WeekAction
Together, we can make sure the fossil fuel industry is held accountable for the mess they make—it's time to Make Polluters Pay