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[ [link removed] ]Oil operation in the Amazon rainforest

John,

As megafires tear through primary rainforests in Brazil, reckless climate
criminals are cashing in on hundreds of oil and gas operations across the
Amazon. But oil and gas companies destroying the Amazon aren't working
alone. 

Behind them stand powerful banks that have poured an astounding $7
trillion directly into fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement. Without
this financing, these oil and gas operations wouldn't exist – the worst
offenders are flying completely under the radar! Their profits are even
soaring.

We’re going to change that. We have a crack team ready to expose the big
banks responsible for this Amazon emergency, then run smart campaigns in
the media and with shareholders to force them to change. We’ll shine the
spotlight on them like never before. 

It could be a turning point for the planet. Can you help hold these
Amazon-destroying climate criminals to account?



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The Amazon is speeding toward a point of no return — scientists say if 20%
of the forest is lost, it will set off a domino chain that will cause the
whole ecosystem to collapse. Local communities are crying out. 18% of the
forest is now gone.

We should be in red alert. Yet JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and Bank of
America are carrying on with business as usual, pumping trillions into
dirty energy even AFTER they promised to slash emissions. The companies
they shower with loans, investments, and insurance are responsible for 71%
of all greenhouse gas emissions.

If banks defunded fossil fuels, it could literally reset our global
economy – and the fight against climate change. But right now, the
financial incentives are all wrong. We need to change the calculation
by making these banks as famous for fuelling climate chaos as they are for
plastering their names all over sports stadiums. Here’s how we’ll do it:

* Make the CEOs famous for their role in climate destruction, hounding
them at public appearances and splashing their faces on billboards and
in the media;

* Pass new regulations to close loopholes and make fossil fuel projects
too expensive and too difficult to bankroll;

* Organise employees of targeted banks and insurers to oppose their
companies’ policies from the inside;

* File shareholder resolutions around the world to change the rules for
investing in favour of the planet.

Will you join the fight and help take on the big banks destroying the
Amazon?



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These banks are the root of the climate crisis that’s causing the Amazon
to die – and countless other tragedies. If we’re going to save the planet,
we’ll have to change the way they do business.

We know it can be done, John. Because we’ve done it
before when we convinced insurance giant AIG to stop underwriting a
disastrous, climate-wrecking coal mine near the Great Barrier Reef. But we
need your help to win again. Are you in?



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Yasmin, Will, Danny and the team at Ekō



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Weak banking regulations leave two-thirds of Amazon vulnerable to oil
and gas
Mongabay 11 June 2024
 
[ [link removed] ]World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the
Amazon’
The Guardian 11 June 2024
 
[ [link removed] ]Banks are propping up the fossil fuel industry to the tune of €6.5
trillion, new report finds
Euronews 13 May 2024
 
[ [link removed] ]Amid record-high fires across the Amazon, Brazil loses primary forests
Mongabay 23 April 2024

 

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