John -
Climate activists in Latin America are up against the entire force of the fossil fuel industry:
Big Oil is extracting more than 8 million barrels a day across Latin America and the Caribbean, and they plan to grow by 5.8 million barrels a day by 2028.1
The Brazilian government and fossil fuel companies are planning to start offshore oil extraction near the mouth of the Amazon River, one of the three largest rivers in the world.2
Our movement has been working within Amazonian local communities to stop the fossil gas extraction, but the pressure from big corporations and the politicians they are bankrolling is mounting... and we need your help to fight back:
In the very heart of the Amazon forest, fossil fuel company Eneva is extracting fossil gas near the territories of the Mura Indigenous people.3
350.org has been supporting the Mura people's fight to protect their lands for over three years, but they feel the growing pressure from Eneva to expand its operations in the region.
That is why in that exact same region, we are launching a solar energy campaign — our biggest and boldest climate campaign to-date to empower remote communities in the Brazilian Amazon to take renewable energy generation into their own hands.
But this campaign will not be easy. And we are facing a rapidly approaching deadline on September 30 — the date when we close the budgets for our next fiscal year.
The fossil fuel industry is fighting for its life, but if we all come together to take them down, we can make destructive fossil fuels a thing of the past, one step at a time:
So thank you for never giving up hope, John.
If all of us do what we can — one day, one community, or one donation at a time — we can create a brighter future for all.
In solidarity,
Aggy Appiah-Hall
Global Campaigns Director
350.org
1 - The Guardian
2 - Reuters
3 - 350.org