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[ [link removed] ]A huge mountain of plastic waste

John,

In a few weeks, governments are meeting in Canada to negotiate a global
treaty to end plastic pollution! But a tiny group of fossil fuel-loving
politicians are trying to wreck the talks.

We have a plan to stop them.

Canada’s environment minister Steven Guilbeault will play a key role in
the negotiations — it’s essential that he stands firm against the oil
lobbyists. That’s why we’ve got a kick-ass campaign strategy mapped out
to put him under maximum pressure. But to make it happen we need your
help.

If 5000 of us chip in the cost of a coffee now, we can get to work
straight away – taking out billboard ads across Ottawa to show massive
public backing for a strong treaty, commissioning polls in key
constituencies showing the political risk of failure and showing up
with media-grabbing actions right outside the negotiations.

We’ve done this kind of thing before – and won! – like when we pulled out
all the stops to win a ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids in the EU. With
your help, we can win again. Can you chip in now to end the plastic
crisis?



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Plastic is truly everywhere – the food we eat, the water we drink, deep
ocean gullies, clouds in the sky… researchers have even found
microplastics in the heart tissue of patients undergoing surgery. And the
terrifying thing is no one knows just how much harm it’s doing. 

It’s why 175 countries agreed to develop a legally binding treaty on
plastic pollution by the end of 2024. But now a small group of
oil-producing governments are trying to undermine progress – pushing for a
weak deal that leaves them free to keep spewing out as much plastic as
they like.

A handful of countries like Saudi Arabia and Russia are fighting tough
rules on plastic because the world is turning away from oil as an energy
source – and ramping up oil-based plastic production is their best bet to
fill the gap. But here’s the thing: we’re beating them on energy and we
can beat them on plastic too. 

Citizen pressure is why those same oil nations failed to scupper climate
talks in December, despite their best efforts. It’s how we can get the
plastic negotiations back on track too. But we need to move fast. Can you
chip in now? 



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Vicky and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Countries meet in Kenya to thrash out global plastic pollution treaty.
Financial Times. 20 November 2023

[ [link removed] ]Nations agree to end plastic pollution. UN News. 2 March 2022

[ [link removed] ]First steps agreed on plastics treaty after breakthrough at Paris
talks. The Guardian. 6 June 2023

 

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