rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-congress-to-oppose-anti-wildlife-speed-act?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-congress-to-oppose-anti-wildlife-speed-act' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Animal Commons https://actionnetwork.org/groups/animal-commons https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/421/530/normal/Screenshot_2025-09-15_at_8.33.55%E2%80%AFAM.png Congress is once again considering proposals to weaken environmental reviews in favor of dirty energy companies, and the pressure is mounting. Members of the House Natural Resources Committee have introduced H.R. 4776, the SPEED Act, which would weaken the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The bill narrows the federal actions requiring environmental review, restricts the public’s right to judicial review, and limits consideration of scientific data and climate impacts. Passed in 1970 with bipartisan support and signed by President Nixon, NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the environmental effects of projects before they begin. It also ensures agencies consider less harmful alternatives and gives communities a voice in protecting public health and ecosystems. While expanding our energy infrastructure through distributed solar, wind, and transmission lines are vital to combat the climate crisis, reform efforts that weaken environmental review threaten people, wildlife, and the biodiversity that sustains us. And they are not needed–the overwhelming majority of clean energy projects already receive streamlined federal procedures. We don’t have to choose between speed in the energy transition and the protection of our shared environment. Congress should abandon the SPEED Act and instead push for responsible energy that respects ecosystems and communities. Thoughtful planning and community engagement can deliver clean energy while minimizing the destruction of wild spaces–without the need for irresponsible permitting reform that overwhelmingly benefits dirty energy projects. Please email your representative today and ask them to oppose the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776) and any permitting reform that rolls back NEPA or other environmental safeguards. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-to-oppose-anti-wildlife-speed-act