All,

Please consider signing on to this letter focused on recommending that the House Committee on Financial Services make fundamental reforms to the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) as the committee consider legislation to reauthorize this important institution.

The Ex-Im Bank’s environmental impacts are now global, as its disproportionate financial support of fossil-fuel projects exacerbates the damage from climate change. As an institution that is wholly funded by the American people, the Ex-Im Bank should comply with all U.S. laws. Unfortunately, Ex-Im Bank ignores most environmental laws in its operation, undermining environmental justice and equity around the world.

Recommended reforms of Ex-Im Bank

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): Ex-Im Bank should fully comply with NEPA
• Endangered Species Act (ESA): Ex-Im Bank should fully comply with the ESA
• Fossil-fuel infrastructure: Ex-Im Bank funding of fossil-fuel infrastructure should be phased out as quickly as possible, if not immediately

Please consider having your organization sign on by using this google sign-on form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemJhwBrDCgmIAEE3RgGvOvAcl9DgTGBbwGLrmS-b6qyYad9g/viewform

Sign on deadline:  5pm ET Monday, June 10th.

Best,

Paulo Lopes

Public Lands Policy Specialist

Center for Biological Diversity

plopes@biologicaldiversity.org