To Mark the End of Earth Month, Over 100 Nonprofits, Businesses, Philanthropists, & Cultural Leaders Pledge Renewed Commitment to Protecting & Advancing Climate Solutions

Commitment includes pledging to address climate leadership and investment gap widened by the Trump administration

Read "We Heart People & Planet: Stand for Climate Justice" here.

OAKLAND, Calif., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter organized by The Solutions Project, over 100 nonprofits, businesses, foundations, and key cultural leaders have pledged a renewed commitment to protecting and advancing climate solutions that improve people's lives and promote healthy communities. This pledge demonstrates a commitment to addressing the climate leadership and investment gap widened by the current administration.

"It's time to make a renewed commitment to bold climate solutions that benefit all living beings and Mother Earth," the letter says. "We believe that we can come together to create the positive climate tipping point we need."

The impact of community-led climate solutions is clear. In the last three years alone, community-led climate organizations serving over one million people across the U.S. and supported by The Solutions Project have secured dozens of climate policy and campaign wins. These successes, if defended, will benefit 106 million people by improving air and water quality, creating well-paying jobs, and providing energy efficient, affordable housing all while reducing carbon emissions and protecting the natural environment.

Addressing climate change is not only necessary, it also has widespread public support. Survey after survey proves people want action on climate, including a transition to renewable energy, despite the election results. Still, the current federal administration has launched unprecedented attacks on climate solutions and environmental protection laws, including attempting to freeze or cancel critical investments and grants, close EPA's environmental justice offices, strip away clean air and water protections, and allow more drilling, mining, and logging on public lands. The letter is a response to those assaults:

"No matter what we look like or where we come from, all people deserve the right to breathe clean air, drink safe water, and live in healthy communities," the letter declares. "We want to protect our loved ones from devastating climate disasters and safeguard the planet for future generations. We want a thriving green economy where good housing, food, renewable energy, and jobs are abundant."

"We organized this letter to show a groundswell of support for climate action across the country, even in the face of threats and attacks from the current administration," said Gloria Walton, president and CEO of The Solutions Project. "The climate justice movement is strong, growing, and resilient. To secure a safer, better, freer, and healthier present day and future - we must stay the course, together, and advance community-led climate solutions that improve our material conditions."

The letter concludes: 

"Together, we must fill the climate leadership and investment gap created by the new administration. We commit to stand with people and planet through strategies that include:

• Implementing solutions that increase clean energy, air, and water and meet community needs.
• Increasing investments, action, and policies for climate solutions that improve people's lives.
• Protecting climate gains and wins.
• Uplifting and telling stories that show our collective power to create the future we want.
• Supporting and funding those most affected by the climate crisis.

Join us in this urgent moment. Stand for Climate Justice."

The signers of the letter include community-serving organizations like Catalyst Miami, Just Transition Northwest Indiana, and Little Manila Rising; national efforts like Hip Hop Caucus, Reverb, and TED Countdown; businesses like Seventh Generation; philanthropies like the Kresge and Surdna Foundations; thought-leaders like Bill McKibben and Baratunde Thurston; and celebrities including Chris Evans, Alyssa Milano, and Pedro Pascal. Signatory organizations and leaders are listed on The Solutions Project's website.

"The American people know we're in a crisis — nearly half the country is breathing unhealthy air and climate disasters are getting worse, with the major storms in Kentucky and Arkansas as recent examples. But what's the administration's response? Pulling back investments in solutions and gutting federal agencies like FEMA and EPA," said Mark Ruffalo, award-winning actor and environmentalist who co-founded The Solutions Project. "As this letter shows, we will continue to work together to create the future we want and everyone deserves."

"Indian Country is proud to stand in leadership and solidarity with more than 100 organizations and cultural leaders in signing this letter," said Judith LeBlanc, executive director of Native Organizers Alliance. "It reflects our deeper commitment to mobilizing Indigenous communities to stand with the majority of those who live on Turtle Island and want action on the climate crisis. Our descendants are counting on us to protect democracy and stand up to authoritarianism and the billionaire class."

"Black communities are hit first and worst by climate change, but we are also developing some of the boldest, strongest, and most important solutions, such as Black churches stepping up to serve as solar-powered climate-resilience hubs," said LaTosha Brown, executive director of Black Voters Matter Fund, a partner of the campaign. "This moment that seems like a setback is actually a setup. The Trump administration might want to tear these solutions down, but we won't let them. Instead, we're banding together with partners and allies like The Solutions Project to take climate justice to new heights. We are the makers of our own destiny."

The Solutions Project calls on more leaders, organizations, and institutions across the country to sign onto "We Heart People & Planet: Stand for Climate Justice" and commit to supporting local communities and grassroots organizations that are developing the climate solutions we need. Organizations and leaders can sign on to the letter in expression of their commitment to climate action by going to the campaign page on The Solutions Project's website.

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