Dear Neighbor,Last week, I wrote to you about some of the nightmarish proposals laid out in Project 2025. From politicizing the civil service to abolishing the Department of Education, Project 2025 is a dark, draconian blueprint for America.At its core, Project 2025 is a plan to take us backward. Key to that goal is Project 2025’s plan to reverse the progress the Biden-Harris Administration and Democrats in Congress have made in the fight against climate change.As large swaths of the country face worsening storms and climate emergencies, Project 2025 gives favor to oil companies and polluters at the expense of all of us who want, and deserve, a clean, healthy environment. Project 2025 would exacerbate the climate crisis by:Directing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to favor fossil fuels over renewables and raise market prices received by fossil fuel companies. These policies would make energy markets less competitive and pave the way for more utility monopolies, raising prices for consumers. Gutting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement by directing the agency to ignore the effects of greenhouse gases on public health and the environment. Project 2025 would also limit the number of industries that are required to report their emissions to the EPA from 41 high-emitting industries to just a handful. Rolling back Democrats’ investments in clean energy production that are cutting pollution and lowering emissions. Project 2025 would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, which is helping to combat climate change and spurring billions of dollars in clean energy investments throughout the country that are expected to create millions of jobs. Removing key protections for public lands, threatening these vital natural resources that also support state and local economies throughout the country. Among many attacks on public lands, the plan would roll back national monument protections, threatening the $59 billion in state and local tax revenue each year tied to recreation.Dismantling the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a hub for climate research and the primary source of weather data. This would eliminate many of NOAA’s core functions and could let companies put even basic weather reports behind a paywall. This would leave Americans less prepared for climate change and extreme weather, causing them to face additional costs associated with such events.This is deadly serious stuff. The climate crisis is no longer theoretical. It is here. We need all hands on deck fighting for solutions like the Inflation Reduction Act – the largest climate investment in history.Instead, Project 2025 would have us bury our heads in the sand. It would erase the progress we have already made and prevent us from making more. For our children and their children, it cannot be allowed to succeed.As always, please remember that my office is here to help. If you or a loved one need assistance, don’t hesitate to give us a call at (703) 256-3071.