Friend,

Just a tiny dose of neonicotinoid pesticides can cause permanent damage to a baby bee's brain.1

But these pesticides are still readily available in most of the country, including on Amazon, the world's largest online store.

And we're working against the clock here: Bee populations are in freefall. The Western bumblebee, for example, has plummeted by 93% in just two decades. And the American bumblebee has already nearly disappeared from eight states.2,3

We can't let these precious pollinators die off when we know how to save them.

Will you donate to help us save the bees? Until midnight, generous donors will match your Earth Day gift, up to $50,000 nationwide.

Together, we've accomplished so much together for pollinators in the past year:

We mobilized activists to collect more than 100,000 signatures asking Amazon to stop selling neonics.

Building off our national network's previous victories across the country, earlier this year New York and New Jersey became the latest states to ban some of the worst uses of neonics.

We secured $2 million per year for roadside pollinator habitat in the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

We aren't taking our foot off the gas now, but we need your support to keep all of our campaigns going strong. Donate now.

Thank you for making it all possible,

Rex Wilmouth
Senior Program Director

1. Katie Hunt, "Pesticides damage the brains of baby bees, new research finds," CNN, March 3, 2020.
2. Amy Joi O'Donoghue, "Dramatic decline found in Western bumblebee populations," The Denver Post, June 25, 2020.
3. Elizabeth Gamillo, "The American Bumblebee Has Nearly Vanished From Eight States," Scientific American, October 6, 2021.

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From: Environment Colorado <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2022
Subject: Double your impact for the bees this Earth Day
To: Friend <[email protected]>

Friend,

Bee populations are in freefall, with as many as 40% of honeybee colonies dying each winter -- and native bees are in just as much trouble. We need to step up if we're going to save the bees.1

I know that our society can stop bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides, fight the climate change that's devastating bee habitats, and create a more bee-friendly ecosystem.

That's the future we're working for -- and until midnight on Earth Day, generous donors will match your gift, dollar for dollar, up to $50,000 nationwide. You can double your impact to help save the bees and make that ambitious future a reality -- donate now.

Pollinators, including bees and butterflies, are responsible for the growth of more than 90% of flowering plants and 75% of the world's food supply -- and the latest news as to the survival of these creatures is devastating.2

A recent study showed that at the current rate of the warming of the planet, wildflowers will reduce by 40% and their nectar by 60%, severely harming bees' food supply.3

Meanwhile, bee-killing pesticides have contributed to a loss of almost half of beekeepers' beehives in just one year, as the chemicals affect bees' ability to forage, reproduce and build their colonies.4

And despite the mountain of evidence showing how bee-killing pesticides are harming our pollinators, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering allowing a plan that will extend the use of four of the worst neonicotinoids for the next 15 years.5

It doesn't have to be this way. Will you donate to help save the bees?

We've already made great strides in helping to save our precious pollinators, including:

• We helped convince Lowe's and Home Depot to take bee-killing pesticides off their shelves, and together with our national network, we've mobilized activists to collect more than 100,000 signatures asking Amazon to stop selling neonics.
• Building off our national network's previous victories across the country, earlier this year New York and New Jersey became the latest states to ban some of the worst uses of neonics.
• We've helped pass federal protections for pollinators on Department of Defense-owned land, and secured $2 million per year for the next five years for roadside pollinator habitat in the infrastructure bill.

But we can't do any of this work without you, Friend. We need your help if we're going to save the tiniest creatures doing the most for our food supply -- and until midnight tomorrow, your donation will be matched up to $50,000 nationwide.

Can we count on your donation to help save the bees?

Thank you,

Rex Wilmouth
Senior Program Director

1. "Save the Bees," Environment America, last accessed April 5, 2022.
2. Ricky Ben-David, "Israeli bee tech startup Beewise pulls in $80m investment for robotic beehives," The Times of Israel, March 30, 2022.
3. Ellen Moss and Darren Evans, "Experimental Climate Warming Reduces Floral Resources and Alters Insect Visitation and Wildflower Seed Set in a Cereal Agro-Ecosystem," Frontiers in Plant Science, February 23, 2022.
4. Oliver Milman, "Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects," The Guardian, March 8, 2022.
5. Oliver Milman, "Fears for bees as US set to extend use of toxic pesticides that paralyse insects," The Guardian, March 8, 2022.

Your donation will be used to support all of our campaigns to protect the environment, from saving the bees and protecting public lands, to standing up for clean water and fighting climate change. None of our work would be possible without supporters like you. Environment Colorado may transfer up to $50 per dues-paying member per year into the Environment Colorado Small Donor Committee.