Tell the Senate: Build Clean Energy the Right Way

America needs to build clean energy faster.

But faster cannot mean reckless.

Thousands of proposed wind, solar, battery, and transmission projects are waiting to move forward. Senators from both parties are now negotiating legislation that could speed energy permitting and modernize the electric grid.

That could be a major climate breakthrough.

It could also become an excuse to bulldoze wildlife habitat, weaken environmental review, and fast-track harmful projects in the name of clean energy.

Please sign the petition urging Senate negotiators to accelerate responsibly sited clean energy and transmission while protecting communities, wildlife, and ecosystems.

The climate crisis demands rapid action. Our use of fossil fuels is driving deadly heat, destructive wildfires, stronger storms, rising seas, and accelerating species loss.

America must replace dirty energy with cleaner power as quickly as possible.

But not every project belongs everywhere.

Massive solar developments can fragment habitat and consume large areas of undeveloped land. Projects should be steered toward rooftops, parking lots, brownfields, abandoned mines, and other previously disturbed places whenever possible.

Offshore wind must also be guided by independent science. Projects must be carefully sited and monitored. Scientists have identified potential impacts from construction noise, vessel traffic, habitat changes, and altered ocean conditions. Those concerns require rigorous review and safeguards—not unsupported claims that offshore wind is causing whale deaths or a rush to approve projects without sufficient caution and knowledge of the impacts.

Those concerns should shape smarter development—not become an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels.

Congress should speed interstate transmission, improve grid interconnection, and create clearer review timelines. It should also require strong wildlife surveys, cumulative-impact analysis, community participation, long-term monitoring, and avoidance of critical habitats and migration corridors.

We do not have to choose between climate action and protecting nature that sustains us.

We need both. Please sign the petition urging Senate negotiators to build clean energy faster, site projects responsibly, and protect the wildlife, habitats, and communities already threatened by climate change.

The petition to Senate permitting negotiators reads: Reach a bipartisan agreement that accelerates transmission and responsibly sited clean-energy projects while preserving strong environmental review. Prioritize rooftops, developed areas, degraded lands, and other low-conflict locations. Avoid critical wildlife habitat, protect marine and terrestrial ecosystems, require independent science and long-term monitoring, and preserve meaningful Tribal and community participation. Do not fast-track fossil-fuel infrastructure—or renewable projects that would cause unacceptable ecological harm. Build the clean-energy future the climate requires without sacrificing the natural world we are trying to protect.

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Source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/07/28/how-green-energy-will-survive-trump-fight-climate-change/