1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

We are watching, in real time, the systematic dismantling of America’s environmental protections, the hollowing out of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the deliberate abandonment of climate science by those entrusted with governing our country. This is not normal policymaking. It is an assault on science, on public health, and on the future of life as we know it. The current administration’s actions represent a dangerous retreat into denial and deregulation at the precise moment when science tells us we must accelerate action. Efforts to weaken or eliminate the EPA’s authority — including attempts to undermine the Endangerment Finding and strip the federal government of its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions — threaten to remove the last meaningful guardrails protecting our air, water, ecosystems, and communities. Let us be clear: this is not just environmental negligence. It is a conscious political decision to side with fossil fuel interests and short-term profit over scientific reality, economic opportunity, and the survival of future generations. While other nations race ahead in renewable energy and climate innovation, the United States is surrendering its leadership, its credibility, and its economic future. We are handing the clean energy transition to global competitors while clinging to outdated industries that deepen pollution and climate instability. This is not economic pragmatism — it is willful decline. Congress cannot hide behind procedural caution or political convenience. The American people expect leadership, accountability, and courage in moments of crisis. This is one of those moments. We demand that Congress immediately: • Defend and codify the EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, including legislative protection of the Endangerment Finding and science-based rulemaking. • Launch aggressive oversight and investigative hearings into the dismantling of environmental protections, requiring sworn testimony from EPA and administration leadership. • Block and reverse deregulation efforts that weaken air quality standards, water protections, climate rules, and biodiversity safeguards. • End federal subsidies and preferential treatment for fossil fuel industries that accelerate climate destruction and distort markets. • Pass binding federal climate legislation that aligns with scientific targets for emissions reduction and rapid decarbonization. • Invest at scale in renewable energy, electrification, and climate resilience, ensuring workers and communities benefit from the transition. • Protect independent science and federal research from political interference and censorship. • Rejoin and lead international climate cooperation, restoring U.S. credibility after retreating from global responsibility. Climate change is not abstract. It is measured in rising seas, extreme heat, wildfire smoke, failing infrastructure, and communities forced to rebuild again and again. By dismantling environmental protections and denying science, this administration is gambling with the stability of our planet, the health of our communities, and the prosperity of generations yet to come. History will judge this moment — and it will also judge those who stood by while the tools to confront the climate crisis were dismantled. Congress still has power. Congress still has leverage. And Congress still has a choice. Fight back against this reckless dismantling. Defend science. Protect our environment. Stand with the American people and the generations who will inherit the consequences of your actions — or your silence.