This year ferocious wildfires burned tens of thousands of acres of Amazon
rainforest to the ground.

We should be pulling out all the stops to protect the rest, but Europe’s
leaders want to delay a new law that would do just that.

Sign and share: Protect rainforests not corporate profits.

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John,

The worst wildfires in two decades just turned tens of thousands of acres
of pristine Amazon rainforest to ash.

This extraordinarily precious place is heading full speed towards a death
spiral. But Europe's leaders want to DELAY a new law that would protect it
-- all so they can boost big business profits.

We have one last chance to stop this reckless move. The EU parliament is
about to vote. Let's show every single MEP that people want them to
protect the Amazon, not corporate greed. Sign and share:

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The new deforestation law is a game-changer. The EU is one of the world’s
most important markets and this law requires any product imported and sold
to be deforestation-free, from the beef we eat to the coffee we drink. In
just 12 months, it would stop an area 14 times the size of Paris being
chopped down.

Until weeks ago, the law was a done deal, due to kick-in on 1st January.
But then big business started lobbying furiously for a delay, claiming it
would be a massive bureaucratic headache and they needed more time to
comply.

It’s a lie. If they win this delay, they will use every trick in the book
to kill off the law completely, aided by dozens of newly elected far right
MEPs who want to dismantle Europe’s environmental policies.

Our community is built for moments like this. Tens of thousands of Ekō
members have forced MEPs to pass laws, taking on some of the most powerful
industries in the world -- like when Ekō members won national bans on
harmful pesticides, like glyphosate. Now let’s do it again for the
rainforest.

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


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Delay of EU Deforestation Regulation may ‘be excuse to gut law,’
activists fear
Mongabay. 17 October, 2024

[ [link removed] ]EU deforestation law delay brings losses to most vigilant
Reuters. 8 October, 2024

 

 

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