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WASHINGTON—“A bipartisan majority of Senators just showed us that common-sense solutions to our changing climate are still possible today. Keeping methane waste to a minimum on America’s public lands is a no-brainer that greatly benefits birds, taxpayers and public health,” said Matthew Anderson, 51�������’s VP of climate in response to the this morning.

“Climate change is today’s biggest threat to birds. When our political leaders listen to the overwhelming majority of the American people who support reducing greenhouse-gas pollution, we know we can protect birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.”

In 2014, 51������� published its . The study shows that more than half of the bird species in North America could lose at least half of their current ranges by 2080 due to rising temperatures. These species include the , the  and the Florida Scrub-Jay. Given the urgent threat climate change poses to birds and people, 51������� supports common-sense, bipartisan solutions that reduce carbon pollution at the speed and scale necessary.

51������� is to urge the Trump Administration to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement. To learn more about 51�������’s efforts to protect birds from climate change, please visit www.audubon.org/climate.

The 51������� protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education and on-the-ground conservation. 51�������'s state programs, nature centers, chapters and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, 51�������'s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. 51������� is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more how to help at www.audubon.org  and follow us on and at @audubonsociety.

Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, ngonzalez@audubon.org, (212) 979-3068.