Climate disasters are getting worse, John.

Fossil fuel companies are getting richer. And every year, we brace
ourselves for record-breaking devastation unlike anything we've ever seen.
That is just wrong.

Yet for some reason, every time a town is leveled, a community is
displaced, or lives are lost, we attribute the devastation to a random
name: Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Andrew. To name a few.

So we have a radical idea, John:
What if we instead named them after the companies who are to blame?

[ [link removed] ]Can you add your name to our petition calling on the World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to rename climate disasters after the fossil fuel
companies that are causing them?

Let's make one thing very clear: It is no accident that climate disasters
are getting worse every year. The devastation they cause is a direct
result of burning coal, oil and gas, and mining, fracking, and pipelines
that are destroying our planet and our communities.

In fact, there is a proven connection between climate change and these
disastrous events:

* Heatwaves in South Asia are 30 times more likely because of climate
change.^1
* Heavy rains that caused catastrophic flooding — killing more than 400
people — in South Africa in mid-April were made twice as likely to
occur by climate change.^2
* Nearly 15 million homes across America were ravaged by natural
disasters, from wildfires and hurricanes to blizzards and tornadoes in
2021. 1 in 10 homes in the US were affected by climate change
disasters in 2021.^3

So why not name these catastrophic events after the companies getting rich
off of them — and make sure the world knows who's to blame?

Here are a few companies to get us started: ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP
America, Shell Oil, and Total.

It's time that we finally give them the credit they deserve for destroying
our planet, and we really hope you'll help us make it happen:

[ [link removed] ]Please add your name to the petition calling on WMO and NOAA to name
climate disasters after fossil fuel companies.

Thank you for adding your name today.

- Team 350

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1 - [ [link removed] ]Nature
2 - [ [link removed] ]The Guardian
3 - [ [link removed] ]The Hill




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