UK to leave dangerous Energy Charter Treaty.

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Dear John

We're always hearing really bad news for our climate.

Which is why I was shocked to wake up to some great news yesterday morning.

The government has finally announced the UK is going to leave the dangerous Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). A treaty which lets fossil fuel companies sue governments for taking climate action.

100,000 people signed a petition asking the government to do just that. And we got a response. We were told the UK would exit the treaty if efforts to make sure fossil fuel firms couldn’t use it to hold back climate action failed.

But last autumn, as more countries came to the conclusion that an agreement designed to hand all the power to polluters and big business just couldn’t be fixed, our government went a little bit quiet.

We didn’t think that was good enough. We’ve been chasing this promise every month, asking the government to admit that the ECT is broken, and make plans to leave. We’ve been reminding them that thousands of people are waiting for the exit that was promised. And now it seems the government finally got the memo.

We’re leaving the ECT. That means fossil fuel firms from nearly 50 countries won’t be able to use it to challenge decisions that protect people and planet in future. And in my book, that’s a huge and long-deserved win.

We really couldn’t have done this without supporters like you. So, if you can, could you set up a monthly donation to help vital campaigning work like this continue?

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Generous donations from amazing supporters like you means we can hold those in power to account. Because our work isn’t over yet.

ISDS mechanisms are other sets of rules which let foreign investors sue our government. These are still in place in other treaties between the UK and tens of other nations around the world. So to really safeguard people and planet, we need the government to ditch all those too.

But don’t worry, with your support we’ll keep campaigning until they’re all gone.

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For now, though, it’s great to be able to share the news of this landmark win with you today.

Thanks for everything you do to support us.

Yours in victory,

Kierra
Campaigner, Friends of the Earth

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