#BuildBackFossilFree
Dear President Biden,
Build back fossil free.
Our country is in crisis. In the midst of a pandemic and climate catastrophe, our communities turned out in record numbers to elect you. Now it’s time to fulfill your promises to end the era of fossil fuel production, protect communities reeling from the climate and COVID-19 crises, and #BuildBackFossilFree.
Mr. President, you should use all the tools at your disposal to avert further climate devastation while helping people recover from the pandemic. That means using your executive authority from Day One to:
- Stop the Bad — Stop approving the fossil fuel projects fueling climate chaos. Protect the Black, Indigenous, Brown, AAPI and working-class communities that are disproportionately harmed.
- Build the Good — Declare a climate emergency. Repair the harm caused by environmental racism and Build Back Fossil Free, delivering jobs, justice, and clean energy for all.
Joe Biden, you must live up to your promises and take executive action to deliver healthy communities, millions of good-paying jobs, and a better life for people on the frontlines of fossil fuel racism, pollution, and the climate crisis.
Here’s a list of executive actions President Biden should take immediately
Learn more about the historic October 2021 People vs. Fossil Fuels mobilization in D.C. More →
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Tell Biden: You can’t "build back better" unless you build back fossil free.
Biden and his new administration need to hear from you: Take executive action to end the era of fossil fuel production, protect communities reeling from the climate and COVID-19 crises, and #BuildBackFossilFree.
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"For too long tribal nations, Indigenous communities and our local ecosystems have been forced to bear the burden of the toxic waste created by the United States' dependency on fossil fuels. Our homelands are poisoned without our consent. President Biden must not just respect our treaties and strengthen Indigenous sovereignty but require that all federal projects that will impact our communities must secure Free, Informed, and Prior Consent."
– Indigenous Environmental Network“Joe Biden, we’re counting on you to stop approving fossil fuel projects. Put people over polluters!”
– Unique Vance, Los Angeles, Center for Biological Diversity"Biden has a climate mandate and he must seize it to lead a national climate mobilization that protects and invests in frontline communities and centers workers' rights."
– Varshini Prakash, Sunrise Movement“We need Joe Biden to #BuildBackFossilFree and to #BuildBIPOCBetter. That means protecting and investing in the Black, Indigenous, Brown, and working-class communities that corporate polluters have been targeting for generations, have been hit hardest by climate disasters, and have now been suffering the highest casualty rate from COVID-19. We need you to immediately implement a fossil fuel moratorium for EJ communities to protect BIPOC communities from further harm. Our communities are not sacrifice zones!”
— Erika Thi-Patterson, Campaign Director, the Action Center on Race and the Economy
About Us
Fossil fuel pollution and climate disasters are already disrupting millions of lives. We deserve a world beyond fossil fuels: a world in which workers’ rights, community health, and our shared climate come before corporate profits. That’s why we — hundreds of groups representing millions of people across the country fighting for climate, racial, and economic justice — are coming together to ensure Biden becomes the climate president he promised to be.
Add your organization to the #BuildBackFossilFree campaign.
Steering Committee
Action Center on Race & the Economy
Bold Alliance
Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas
Center for Biological Diversity
Cheyenne River Grassroots Collective
Earthworks
Food & Water Watch
Friends of the Earth
GreenFaith
Greenpeace USA
Indigenous Environmental Network
Movement Rights
Oil Change International
Port Arthur Community Action Network
Pueblo Action Alliance
Rise St. James
Sierra Club
Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic
National Organizations
1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
198 methods
350.org
Alliance for Climate Education
Amazon Watch
Animas Valley Institute
Another Gulf is Possible
Atmos Financial
Aytzim: Ecological Judaism
Ben & Jerry’s
Beyond Extreme Energy
Blue Future
Breast Cancer Action
Can You Hear Us?
Care About Climate
CatholicNetwork.US
Center for Climate Change Communication
Center for International Environmental Law
Center for Popular Democracy
Climate First!
Climate Hawks Vote
Climate Justice Alliance
Climate Mobilization Project
Climate Trace
Collaborative Center for Justice
Common Ground Rising
Daily Kos
Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action
Dēmos
Descendants’ Alliance
Earth Action
Earth Day Initiative
Earth Ethics
Earth911
EcoEquity
Effective Climate Action Project
Elders Climate Action
Food & Water Watch
FracTracker Alliance
Fridays for Future USA
Future Coalition
Geos Institute
Global Exchange
Global Witness
Green America
Green Education and Legal Fund
GreenLatinos
Healthy Gulf
Hip Hop Caucus
Human Dimensions TV
In the Shadow of the Wolf
Indigenous Peoples Power Project
Indivisible
Institute for Policy Studies Climate Policy Program
International Marine Mammal Project
LittleSis
Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
Lutherans Restoring Creation
Mothers Out Front
National Network for Immigrant & Refugee Rights
Nuclear Information & Resource Service
Oceanic Preservation Society
OneUpAction International
Other98
Our Climate
Oxfam America
Pacific Environment
Patagonia
People’s Action
People’s Justice Council
Plastic Pollution Coalition
Poder Latinx
Power Shift Network
Progressive Democrats of America
Property Rights & Pipeline Center
Quaker Earthcare Witness
Rainforest Action Network
RapidShift.Network
Revolution Coalition Network
RootsAction
SAVE THE FROGS!
Seeding Sovereignty
Seventh Generation
Society of Native Nations
Stand.earth
Sunrise Movement
Surfrider Foundation
Sustainable Energy & Economy Network
Sustaining Way
The Borneo Project
The CLEO Institute
The Enviro Show
The Future Left
The Natural History Museum
The River Project
The YEARS Project
Unitarian Universalist Association
Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth
Waterspirit
WE ACT for Environmental Justice
WeAct
Western Environmental Law Center
WildEarth Guardians
Women’s Earth & Climate Action Network (WECAN)
Women’s Environment & Development Organization
World Centric
Young Entertainment Activists
Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
Zero Hour
State and Regional-level Organizations
350 Colorado
350 DC
350 Hawaii
350 New Hampshire
350 New Hampshire Action
Alabama Interfaith Power & Light
Berks Gas Truth
Better Path Coalition
California Kitchen
Call to Action CO
Central California Environmental Justice Network
Church Women United in New York State
Clean Energy Now Texas
Climate Action Rhode Island / 350 Rhode Island
Colorado Businesses for a Livable Climate
Colorado Democratic Party Energy & Environment Initiative
Courage California
Extinction Rebellion Massachusetts
Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition
Florida Rising
Fossil Free California
Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah
Micronesia Climate Change Alliance
Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light
MN 350
NC Warn
New Energy Economy
New Jersey People’s Party
New Mexico Environmental Law Center
New York Communities for Change
New York Progressive Action Network
North Carolina Climate Justice Collective
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Our Revolution Michigan
Pass the Federal Green Deal Coalition of Washington
Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania
Power Past Fracked Gas
Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights
Pueblo Action Alliance
Rogue Climate
SoDak 350
South Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
Southwest Native Cultures
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Texas Coalition Against Pipelines
Texas Grassroots Network
Wilderness Workshop
Youth Vs. Apocalypse
Local Organizations
2degrees Green Neighbors
350 Austin
350 Bay Area
350 Butte County
350 Central Mass
350 Charlotte
350 Conejo / San Fernando Valley
350 Deschutes
350 Eugene
350 Everett
350 Juneau
350 Kishwaukee
350 Madison
350 Mass. Berkshire
350 Merced
350 NH Action
350 Pensacola
350 Pittsburgh
350 Sacramento
350 Santa Barbara
350 Seattle
350 Silicon Valley
350 Spokane
350 Tacoma
350 Triangle
350 Yakima
350 PDX
Athens County’s Future Action Network
Austin Climate Coalition
Call to Action Madison
Citizens Alliance for a Sustainable Englewood
Climate Conversations North Central Washington
Compressor Free Franklin
Conejo Climate Coalition
Extinction Rebellion PDX
Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area
Fossil Free Environment
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard
Frac Sand Sentinel
GASP – Clean Air. Healthy Communities.
Idle No More SF Bay
Idle No More SoCal
Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition
Indivisible Denver
Kickapoo Peace Circle
Liveable Arlington
Long Beach Alliance for Clean Energy
Long Island Activists
Long Island Network for Change
Milwaukee Riverkeeper
Napa Climate NOW!
No Coal in Oakland
North Country 350 Alliance
Northern Colorado Community Rights Network
NY02 Indivisible
Occupy Bergen County NJ
Our Revolution Bemidji
Our Revolution Minnesota CD07
Our Revolution Minnesota CD08
People’s Organization for Progress
Progressive East End Reformers
Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action
Renewables Now Loveland
Rutgers Council American Association of University Professors – American Federation of Teachers
San Bernardino Valley Audubon Sociey
SanDiego350
Santa Cruz Climate Action Network
Show Up Long Island
Sisters Health & Wellness Collective
Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt, New York
SoCal350
Social Eco Education Los Angeles
Suffolk Progressives
Sunflower Alliance
Sustainable Jersey City
Together We Will Long Island
Tompkins County Progressives
Western North Carolina Climate Action Coalition
Youth Climate Strike Los Angeles
Add your organization to the #BuildBackFossilFree campaign.