The US Senate will vote this Monday, November 9th, on this “permitting reform” bill, deceptively named the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA).

The bill threatens our efforts to protect communities from the dangers of plastic pollution, undoing more than five decades of precedent and freezing critical federal regulations at the worst possible moment. BAAJA will lead to less scrutiny of proposed fossil fuel power plants and pipelines, fewer opportunities to fight back against harmful projects like hyperscale data centers, and the permanent enshrining of bad environmental policies and free passes for polluters. It also undermines Tribal sovereignty, weakening the longstanding consultation requirements that give Tribal Nations a voice in decisions affecting their land, water, and culturally and spiritually significant places.

Tell your federal representatives that they need to do MORE to protect communities from corporate polluters and their enablers in the Trump administration, not less.