Prevent Polar Bear Habitat from Melting Away

Climate change is causing Arctic temperatures to rise to historic levels, melting the ice floats polar bears rely on to catch the seals that make up the base of their diet.

Polar bears can’t maintain their necessary diet when they are forced onto land, so they are at high risk of starvation and death when they lose their hunting grounds on sea ice. We could lose two-thirds of the world’s polar bear population by 2050 if we don’t act now to stop climate-altering pollution.

Congress has made funding available for every state to invest in their communities and fight the climate crisis - but many of these funding opportunities are still in the process of being distributed.

Tell your state governor and local leaders to use funding from recent federal climate legislation to invest in local built- and natural- climate solutions.

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Climate change is already being felt by every community across the country–from intense heat waves and flooding to extreme storms and uncontrollable wildfires. The climate crisis is putting the health and safety of our families and the survival of our local wildlife at risk. It’s time to invest in climate solutions so our community can fight for our future and develop resilience to climate change’s impacts.

In recent years Congress passed historic climate legislation including the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act that makes federal funding available for every state down to the local level. This funding can be used to invest in local clean energy projects that will create jobs and lower energy costs while making our air and water cleaner and reducing climate-altering pollution.

This funding can also be used to build local climate resilience and reduce carbon in our atmosphere through natural climate solutions. Restoring carbon-storing habitats like prairies and forests removes carbon from the air and creates wildlife habitat, re-establishing wetlands and floodplains can protect communities from flooding and improve our water quality, and installing green infrastructure and green spaces in cities helps clean the air while creating recreational spaces for people and fighting climate change. Similarly, investing in renewable energy, battery storage, and electrification can keep jobs in-state while making businesses more efficient and drastically reducing planet-warming emissions.

Later is too late – we must use the funding at our disposal to act on climate for our wildlife, water, air, and future generations.

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