*[Enwl-eng] Game over for the bees

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A brave group of beekeepers is taking on Bayer in court.
                        Bee defenders are in a crucial court battle against 
the pesticide lobby -- but they’re running out of money in the final stages 
of this fight.

                        If we lose, it’ll be game over for the bees.

                        Can you please chip in to help the bee defenders win 
this case?

                        Donate $1 now


            A small, brave coalition of beekeepers is taking on pesticide 
giants Bayer, Syngenta, and BASF in court to save the bees.

            They’re rapidly running out of money at this crucial time and 
they need your help to win this case.

            If we lose, it could mean a world where Bayer and its friends 
get free rein to sell bee-killing pesticides again that decimate bee 
populations.

            That would be game over for the bees.

            Lawyers are telling us that right now it could go either way. 
Earlier this year, SumOfUs members like you chipped in so beekeepers could 
hire the best lawyers to win this case. But lawyers don’t come cheap and now 
beekeepers are facing a stack of unpaid bills. They need your donation for 
the final stages of the court battle.

            Please will you chip in $1 to save the bees?

            We need to protect the bees and other pollinators: over a 
billion jobs depend on them, and you have a bee to thank for every one in 
three bites of food you eat.

            But the threat of large-scale bee-deaths is looming large thanks 
to bee-harming pesticides called neonics.

            In 2018, SumOfUs members across Europe celebrated a huge win, 
when the EU listened to us and decided to protect the bees and ban three 
neonic pesticides. But Bayer’s court case threatens that win.

            Bayer is challenging a previous, partial ban on bee-killing 
neonics from 2013 -- before we got our big win last year. If Bayer is 
successful, it’ll undermine the main arguments that led to last year’s 
complete ban, leaving that wide open to be challenged in court too.

            The beekeepers of the Bee Defender Alliance are our main hope to 
defeat the pesticide lobby. They are the voice of beekeepers and independent 
scientists.

            But they’re up against Bayer, Syngenta, and BASF in court --  
powerful and wealthy corporations that can strong arm the European 
Commission to get what they want.

            A donation from you would go a long way towards protecting the 
bees -- paying for top notch lawyers and other resources that the beekeepers 
need to win.

            You can help defeat the pesticide giants by chipping in to 
support the Bee Defender Alliance’s people-powered fight.

            We may never have as much money as the big corporations, but 
SumOfUs members like you have shown that when we stand together we punch 
above our weight.

            Hundreds of thousands of you pushed France to become the first 
country to ban the chemicals responsible for the global bee die-off.

            Together, we’ve sent beekeepers to confront Bayer’s corporate 
executives at its annual shareholder meeting. And we’ve forced big hardware 
chains across the world to stop selling neonics.

            We then worked around the clock to get Canada to join France in 
banning neonics, achieved a European ban on first three then four toxic 
neonics, AND we stopped U.S. grocery store giants like Kroger from selling 
bee-killing products.

            Can you please chip in $1 to help stop the pesticide lobby from 
tearing up this historic win for the bees?


            Thanks for all that you do,
            Rebecca, Tricia and the team at SumOfUs


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            More information:

            EU to ban pesticide that is deemed harmful to humans and the 
environment, Environmental Journal, 28 October 2019
            EU court upholds insecticide ban to protect bees, Reuters, May 
17 2018 (the ruling that Bayer is now appealing against)
            'Far-reaching consequences': Bayer to appeal against EU verdict 
neonics, Farming UK, 30 July 2018
            Agri giant under pressure to drop appeal on neonicotinoids ban, 
Euractiv, 9 August 2018



      SumOfUs is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together 
to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, 
sustainable path for our global economy.


      From: Rebecca Falcon, SumOfUs
      Sent: Friday, November 08, 2019 11:00 AM
      Subject: Game over for the bees



 
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