Stop Trump's Plan to Poison Southwest Water

The Colorado River is on the brink—and Trump just lit the fuse.

In a reckless move, the Trump administration fast-tracked a massive oil infrastructure project that threatens the drinking water of over 40 million people across the Southwest. Using a fabricated “energy emergency,” they bypassed critical environmental reviews to greenlight an expansion of the Wildcat Loadout Facility in Utah, which would dramatically increase crude oil shipments along the Colorado River.

This project is a disaster waiting to happen. Oil trains would snake through more than 100 miles of fragile terrain alongside the Colorado River, risking catastrophic spills, wildfires, and irreversible contamination. And the administration had the audacity to claim this would have “no significant impact.”

Tell the Bureau of Land Management: “Don’t let oil companies poison the Southwest’s water supply. Protect the Colorado River from oil contamination and an environmental catastrophe.”

The Colorado River sustains life across seven states. This is a fight for clean water, climate justice, and our shared future. We can’t let oil profits come before people.

Political leaders are sounding the alarm. Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Representative Joe Neguse, and Attorney General Phil Weiser have all condemned the project. But with the Supreme Court recently narrowing the scope of environmental reviews, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Trump’s fossil fuel agenda is overriding science, safety, and public input to serve Big Oil.

We must act now. The Bureau of Land Management still has the authority to reverse course—but only if we generate massive public pressure.

Add your name to demand that the Bureau of Land Management immediately rescind approval of the Wildcat Loadout expansion and initiate a full Environmental Impact Statement. 

The petition to the Bureau of Land Management reads: “Don’t let oil companies poison the Southwest’s water supply. Protect the Colorado River from oil contamination and an environmental catastrophe.”