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Dear John,
This April, Earth Month, I have been reflecting on the rapid decline of the western monarch butterfly <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c32782c33bf75179bdba3af179878bdf767581e9ac
655937ae0c7d3271a969a53fe3ef5b2a4bf245451994b70ce71f4154> – what that means for ecosystems and as an indicator of the extinction crisis we are now in. The month calls on us to be steadfast
in defense of our natural world.
The Trump administration followed its announcement last month of 31 deregulatory actions to undermine environmental protections and the mission of the EPA with the push to revive coal
<https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c343608f8cee85a7fb4b1d99f10857d93ba8a7d4e7e98956223a1ec7ae373e775888bf57797431a62843af0ec49ca1351d> this month. Our voice was
loud and amplified across major media outlets in response including New York Times <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c3029ed28b9ad1bdc31d414f58593f35cc484e9a3aabbe6eeddef94828b6
466eaabd8ea819db765dbf67de0121c77e7f34> , Politico <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c3057942a1c8e141822d2e3c960ddeff4c7de4429a2bddc6de1a1672520868d203bf18e8a2a08c19011f62993d1b9
5c9d1> , and the Washington Post <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c3a3f082ea67399714cc6a4933bf88b6294ea6386b848ca2b5f02986d52ca6142514a27bd084b742219a0256b2ee9f7e26>
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Ben
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SPOTLIGHT: Sierra Club Sues to Restore Environmental Justice Websites and Data
We filed suit, alongside allies, against the administration's removal of websites and data tools that track climate and pollution impacts on vulnerable communities. As their illegal
onslaught of attacks against our environment, our federal workers, and our communities continues, they’ll continue to see us in court <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c3f42ac7e
8e49b0a5efff7bc00dcb2691aa048fb021cd1ace284dba4461566c6204e8a20db7e17294d8e0bc09dcea40c27> .
Earth Month Chapter Highlight: The Atlantic Chapter
On April 26, Sierra Club’s Atlantic Chapter in New York hosted an Earth Week Climate Action Youth Summit <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c3cc9aca80b9f04ea851bd3981e294a420ab254
b1b272c70931756c977c6b34e512b3b2ee3cbd6f425c142c2dd724350a1> , at which I was proud to deliver a keynote address. New York has been the target of recent efforts by the Trump administration
to roll back key areas of progress within the state. This month alone, the administration shut down construction of a major offshore wind project <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2
593c317f78841eab0a44ce817f4ab586a013e51a0e9dc55cea5d2cab88710cebb7cac4cc8b914e4a025365fa2653bc5b45a11> in the state and it is currently trying to end NYC’s groundbreaking congestion
pricing program <https://click.emails.sierraclub.org/?qs=101e37e39d2593c32639fe27d60051931e6294628272662b83132916b16e18ddbb50cfccd59d82e4bf77448a1dd920411786d1a97f42d22f> .
Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership. Please reach out to me at ben.jealous@sierraclub.org <mailto:ben.jealous@sierraclub.org?subject=> or Shabina at shabina.bahl@sierraclub.org
<mailto:shabina.bahl@sierraclub.org?subject=> anytime with questions or input.
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