ACTION ALERT:
Sign the Petition to President Biden:
Declare a Climate Emergency!

Mayra Souza / The Daily Kos

(May 6, 2024) — Recent reports suggest that the Biden Administration may soon declare a climate emergency under the National Emergencies Act. President Biden holds the authority to deny any new fossil fuel project approvals and to initiate a phase-out of fossil fuel production on federal lands and waters. He must exercise that power to prevent the further escalation of the climate emergency we are currently experiencing.

Our current efforts at mitigating climate change are not enough. The expansion of fossil fuel projects continues to propel the crisis, exacerbating the need for more robust and immediate action.

Declaring a climate emergency would allow us to stop actions our country is taking to make this crisis worse and work on infrastructure to make it better. Such actions are essential not only for mitigating the crisis but also for generating millions of high-quality union jobs.

Declare a Climate Emergency
After years of public pressure, the Biden Administration is reportedly considering declaring a climate emergency. Now, we need your help to ensure he follows through.

We are in the midst of the climate crisis, and this is an emergency. Climate change is the single greatest threat to humanity, and things are not getting any better. Governments across the globe, including the United States, must address and enact urgent course corrections to tackle the climate crisis, given that current plans are insufficient to prevent the worst of what is in store. This is absolutely necessary. 2023 was the hottest year on record.

We are facing sweltering summers in 2024. Extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, have cost the U.S. more than $1 trillion in recent years — globally it is $16 million per hour. Human health is being directly impacted, and inequity is being furthered in the U.S. and globally. Food supplies are directly impacted and over 1 billion people could be displaced in the coming years.

This Is a Climate Crisis; This Is an Emergency
Climate change is the single greatest threat to humanity, and things are not getting any better. Governments across the globe must address and enact urgent course corrections to tackle the climate crisis as current plans are insufficient to prevent the worst of what the crisis has in store — that includes the United States.

Instead of directly and fully combating, the U.S. continues to expand fossil fuels, the leading driver of the climate crisis. While President Biden and Congress have taken steps, we need more and immediate action to avoid catastrophe.

One of those tools is the Biden administration declaring climate an emergency under the National Emergencies Act. 

That would give us the ability to reinstate the crude oil export ban, end new fossil fuel projects and drilling, redirect disaster relief funds toward distributed renewable energy construction in frontline communities, and marshal companies to fast-track renewable transportation and clean power generation. All while creating millions of high-quality union jobs.

President Biden also has the power to deny approvals for any new fossil fuel projects, and mandate a phase out of fossil fuel production on federal lands and waters.

Climate change is already an emergency–we need an emergency declaration and an immediate end to fossil fuel project approvals. It’s time for the Biden administration to step up and act before it’s too late.

Participating Organizations:

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Crazy Eight PAC

Daily Kos

Democracy for America Advocacy Fund

The Democratic Conservation Alliance

Democratic Values

Global Warming Solutions

HollywoodDemocrats.com

Jane Fonda Climate PAC

The Juggernaut Project

National Campaign for Justice

Progressive Reform Network

Ro Khanna for Congress

TakeItBack.Org