According to the American Lung Association, nearly 50% of the people living in the U.S. breathe unhealthy levels of air pollution.

Fossil Fuels Are Causing Climate Change

For decades, fossil fuel companies have extracted and burned coal, oil, and gas, even as their own scientists warned that doing so would destabilize the climate. Carbon pollution stays in the atmosphere for thousands of years. The longer we delay action, the greater the damage becomes.

Climate change is not a distant threat. It is happening here and now, and it will get worse unless we act.

Fracking releases methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas that traps heat 80 times more effectively than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period.

Climate Change is a Public Health Emergency

Climate change isn’t just about temperature charts. It’s about our homes, our health, and our future.

We all deserve to breathe clean air and drink safe water. But pollution from extracting and burning fossil fuels is harming our health every day.

Dirty air increases rates of asthma, heart disease, and cancer. Extreme heat increases the risk of heatstroke, pregnancy complications, and dangerous working conditions. Wildfire smoke blankets communities in toxic pollution. Supercharged storms cause flooding that contaminates drinking water, destroys our homes, and puts our very lives at risk.

Climate Change is Driving Up Costs

We’re also paying for climate change with our wallets.

More and more people are facing higher insurance premiums – or being dropped from their insurance entirely – as disasters grow more frequent and destructive. Taxpayers shoulder the costs of rebuilding after floods, fires, and storms. Utility bills rise as extreme heat drives up electricity demand. Food prices climb when droughts and floods damage crops.

While working families struggle to keep up, fossil fuel companies continue to rake in massive profits. The risks and costs get put onto everyday people, while a few at the very top get richer and richer.

Make no mistake: fracked gas is not a bridge fuel towards a better climate, it is standing in the way of real clean energy and a safer future. The Trump administration is working to expand oil and gas as a gift to the fossil fuel donors who helped Trump get elected, but we can help stop it.

It’s Threatening Our Lands, Water, and Wildlife

Climate change is accelerating habitat loss and ecosystem disruption at an unprecedented pace.

Rising temperatures, prolonged drought, and more intense storms are degrading forests, drying up rivers, and eroding coastlines. Ocean warming and acidification are threatening marine life and coastal ecosystems, while habitat shifts are pushing species into smaller and less suitable ranges.

As ecosystems fall out of balance, the critical services they provide — from habitats for endangered species to flood protection for nearby communities— become less reliable.

We Have the Solutions

We’re up against a lot, but a better future is possible. We’ve faced big, entrenched problems before and won, and we can do it again. The solutions to today’s crises already exist if we choose to act on them.

Clean energy is one of the fastest-growing sources of new jobs in the United States. Wind, solar, and energy storage are powering homes and businesses without the toxic pollution that harms our health.

Right now, dozens of clean energy projects are being proposed around the country. We can help bring solar and wind to our cities and states – lowering costs, strengthening local economies, and making our communities more resilient.

It is our responsibility to act now — to protect our families from worsening climate impacts, protect our health, and leave behind a safe, livable world for our children and grandchildren.

Together, we can build a future powered by clean energy, grounded in fairness, and shaped by the belief that every person and every place deserves to thrive.