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What’s solar-powered, green, and eats climate pollution for breakfast?

Trees, of course!

Celebrate Arbor Day by becoming an Angel Investor in EDF’s MethaneSAT before tonight’s midnight deadline.

Climate change is leaving trees behind—literally.

A less than 2 degree Celsius increase in global average temperature will shift the suitable ranges of our North American tree species northward at a rate of two miles per year—and unlike people and animals, trees can’t just pick up and move.

More than 129 million trees have died in California alone since 2014, thanks to warmer, drier conditions that have sparked more wildfires and exploded populations of bark beetles that attack and kill stressed trees.

The fastest, cheapest thing we can do right now to fight climate change is to slash industrial methane pollution.

A 45% reduction in methane pollution from the global oil and gas industry by 2025 would deliver the same climate benefits over 20 years as closing 1 in 3 of the world’s coal-fired power plants.

That’s why we’re building a satellite to measure methane emissions from man-made sources virtually anywhere on Earth, starting with the oil and gas industry.

By providing reliable, fully transparent data on a worldwide scale, MethaneSAT will help transform a serious climate threat into a crucial opportunity.

In honor of our anticipated 2021 launch date, we’re seeking 2,021 Angel Investors to donate $5 or more by midnight tonight to get MethaneSAT off the ground.

Together, we can begin to reverse the global trend of rising temperatures that is putting us and the trees which clean our air at risk.

Thank you for being a part this historic undertaking,

Emily Stevenson
Manager, Online Membership

P.S. As a MethaneSAT Angel Investor, you’ll receive a limited-edition, numbered Angel Investor certificate suitable for framing. As we get closer to our launch date, you’ll also be invited to attend interactive webinars and conference calls with EDF staff who will provide updates on your donation at work. Donate to MethaneSAT before midnight tonight to secure your Angel Investor status. 

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