Well, friends of San Francisco Bay, there’s no doubt: it’s a bleak day. With Trump officially heading back to the White House, we’re bracing for another four years of chaos and assaults on the rule of law, the environment, and climate justice.
I know many of us are scared about what the future holds. I’m right there with you. And I want you to know that Baykeeper will be on your side for the coming four years, as we have been when past administrations have prioritized an anti-environmental agenda.
It’s not going to be easy. Trump’s playbook, Project 2025, includes plans to gut environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and environmental justice protections. It will accelerate destructive coal mining and oil drilling, hand over scientific evaluation to dirty industries, and make it easier for corporate polluters to dump chemicals into our waters. At the same time, we expect the Supreme Court and a new Senate majority to rubber stamp these dangerous policies.
One good thing: Baykeeper’s scientists and attorneys are ready for what’s coming.
Thanks to you, we spent Trump’s first term fighting back. We challenged his administration’s harmful policies on pollution and bad science on water policy. We threw up roadblocks to their attempts to expand toxic fossil fuel operations, hand over California’s fresh water to industrial agriculture, and decimate fish populations. And we stopped their plan to pave over 1400 acres of wetlands in the South Bay.
This time, we’re ready to fight from day one.
We’ve studied Project 2025 and its impact on the Bay. We’ve created our own playbook to deal with a weakened EPA and to use novel legal arguments to challenge bad decisions. We’re tracking Supreme Court cases that could undermine the Clean Water Act and working with legislative partners to strengthen California laws to fill the gaps.
Our experts are gearing up to face the many threats coming the Bay’s way. And we need your support.
Your gift will keep us on the front lines as the Bay’s most effective defender. You’ll deploy our experts to fight the Trump administration and all its bad policies. And you’ll be standing up for your belief in protecting people and the environment.
Thank you for acting now to defend the Bay. I’m so grateful to have you standing with us.
Together, in solidarity for the future,
Sejal
Photo of Sejal by Gail Odom. Photo at top by Robb Most.