In the aftermath of the despicable series of events fueled by racism and hatred at the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, our nation is coming to grips with a president whose words, deeds and policies provide support and encouragement to white supremacists while inflicting harm on our communities.

Violence, bigotry and hatred cannot be tolerated, especially when they come from the highest levels of government. We stand in solidarity with the people and organizations dedicated to fighting for racial and social justice.

We understand that a truly just and equal society upholds the right of all people to be protected from bigotry and hatred, as well as their right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment. We will continue to fight the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate environmental protections and environmental justice programs where we work best: in the courts. Using the power of the law, we are working with communities to stand up against this administration’s destructive policies.

Dear Friends …

by colorofchange.org

While we were happy to see Steve Bannon leave the White House last Friday as a result of your work to put pressure on the White House, we cannot forget Trump has still been spending his time tweeting praise for memorials to Confederates as “beautiful” and planning to host an incendiary rally tomorrow in Arizona. Let’s be clear, Trump is speaking of white supremacy when he praises the “culture” of men who committed treason against the United States in order to continue a society based upon enslaving Black men, women, and children. When Trump talks about good people fighting for Confederate statues he’s talking about people who chanted “Jews will not replace us” and threatened a Black church the night before killing someone in Charlottesville.

Trump is desperately tweeting because he sees the writing on the wall, white supremacy is now under direct attack. His white nationalist chief strategist has been forced to resign, and these symbols of hate are coming down across the country. Senator Cory Booker has announced that he is introducing a resolution to meet our demands: removing all Confederate statues from the US Capitol. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has also come out to demand that the United States Capitol Hill Statuary Hall as well. We are winning, Bannon is out of power and these monuments are coming down across the country.

Join us in pushing back against Trump’s open advocacy for white supremacy and join us in supporting Senator Booker’s resolution to remove these memorials to the Confederacy from the United States Capitol Hill Statuary Hall. Sign my petition today. Below you will find my original email.

Thank you,

Rachael Payton

Rachael Payton just started a petition to Kick Confederates out of the Capitol! Sign now

I just started a petition titled “Take Em ALL Down! No Confederate Statues in the US Capitol” Following the acts of white supremacist terrorism in Charlottesville, congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle made statements condemning the violence. Paul Ryan wrote, “The views fueling the spectacle in Charlottesville are repugnant. Let it only serve to unite Americans against this kind of vile bigotry,” and Ted Cruz wrote in a statement “…white supremacists are repulsive and evil, and all of us have a moral obligation to speak out against the lies, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and hatred that they propagate.” Will you sign the petition to tell Congress that they should kick the Confederates out of the Capitol? These words ring hollow when Confederate leaders are enshrined with honor in the statuary hall at the US Capitol. Men who committed treason against the United States to keep Black people enslaved should not be in the most hallowed halls of government. Each of these statues were installed despite the obvious betrayal of these Confederates against America in response to the recognition of the humanity of Black Americans. These statues in the capitolare there to project the power of white supremacy directly from the states’ Capitol. These statues Join us and tell members of Congress to remove the Confederates from the Capitol. Join us if you don’t want to see Black people passing Confederates whenever they visit Congress! Thousands of white supremacist gather across the country and commits violent acts of terror and intimidation in the name of these Confederate symbols. These people have been emboldened by Trump who continues to promote racism and signal his approval to white supremacists. While Trump has inflamed these white supremacists, the statues honoring Confederates in the halls of the United States Congress are proof that white nationalism has long needed to be confronted in America. Congress should not keep Confederates in a place of honor, kick Confederates out the Capitol! Together we can help kick the Confederates out of the Capitol and send a strong message to white nationalists and Trump. After the terrorism of Charlottesville we can no longer silently allow the Confederacy and its cause to keep Black Americans enslaved to be honored in the halls of Congress. Will you pledge to join the fight to kick the Confederates out of the Capitol! Thank you, Rachael Payton

We can’t let polluters invade, drill, and destroy communities!

Protect human rights, health, and the environment.

Right now we face a massive expansion of the U.S. pipeline network. You know Trump fast-tracked Keystone XL and the Dakota Access pipelines — those are just the beginning. Other oil and gas pipelines are in the works that could violate human rights and threaten to destroy the environment, wildlife, and people’s way of life. And these pipelines could dash our last hopes for a stable climate.

Stopping the construction of pipelines, and investing in clean energy, is our only option if we’re going to stop runaway climate change. Whether or not these pipelines are a direct threat to your community, more fossil fuel infrastructure is bad news for all of us. Please donate now to help Greenpeace fight back against tar sands pipelines and support all our programs to protect our climate and communities.

More pipelines mean more spills — and that means contaminated water sources, the loss of people’s land and livelihoods, and the suffering and death of wildlife. These dangerous pipelines are also in violation of Indigenous rights — taking the lands of tribal and First Nations and building pipelines without consent. We’re working on every front to defeat pipelines and keep fossil fuels in the ground, but we won’t get anywhere without you.

Give today to power the resistance and support all our work to protect the environment!

Here are just a few pipelines that are in the works:

• • The TransMountain pipeline is a tar sands oil pipeline headed towards the west coast of Canada. It would ship nearly 1 million barrels of the world’s dirtiest crude oil per day. The TransMountain cuts across Alberta and British Columbia, and would make the waters of the Pacific Northwest an oil tanker superhighway.

• • Spill-prone Enbridge just started construction on its Line 3 Replacement tar sands pipeline on both the Canadian and Wisconsin sides of Lake Superior.

• The Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipelines would stretch from Marcellus Shale in West Virginia, bringing billions of cubic feet of natural gas through Virginia and (in the case of the Atlantic Coast pipeline) into North Carolina. In addition to the dangers of a natural gas explosion, a massive escalation in fracking and natural gas plants is a cost our climate can’t afford.

These are just a few of the battles we face against the fossil fuel industry’s attempts to invade, drill, and pollute our communities. Your support now will help us keep fighting on every front to protect people and the environment — pressuring big banks to defund pipeline projects, training activists in non-violent direct action, and bringing the truth about pipelines into the public eye through new reports. I hope we can count on you to stand with us and stand up for our communities and climate!

Thank you,

Vicky Wyatt
Greenpeace USA

P.S. Our rights, our water, our climate, the health of our communities and our whole planet are on the line. Please give now to support all of Greenpeace’s work in this pivotal moment