*[Enwl-eng] Lloyd's of London

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                        A giant pipeline just leaked 190,000 litres of thick 
tar sands oil on Indigenous land in Canada. Lloyd’s of London quietly 
insures this planet wrecking pipeline.

                        If we force Lloyd's of London to stop insuring the 
project -- we could kill this pipeline forever.

                         Sign the petition


            Lloyd’s of London is insuring an oil pipeline that’s poisoning 
Indigenous land in Canada.

            The Trans Mountain pipeline is a mega-oil highway, transporting 
crude oil across Canada. Just last month, it spilled 190,000 of thick tar 
sands oil near a sacred Indigenous burial ground.

            This is just one of 85 spills from this pipeline in the last 10 
years.

            We can’t wait around for another spill to destroy more 
Indigenous land -- so the affected communities are demanding insurance 
companies drop this dangerous pipeline.

            Lloyd’s of London is in the middle of a huge controversy as its 
original owners have profited off colonialism and the slave trade. Its 
insurance contract on Trans Mountain pipeline is also going to expire in 
August. A huge public outcry about its on-going role in colonialism could 
force the insurance giant to pull out and leave this mega-oil project that 
threatens Indigenous people’s way of life.

            Add your name to demand Lloyd’s of London stop insuring this 
planet-wrecking pipeline.

            If this pipeline is expanded, it will also lead to climate 
disaster.

            Unfortunately for our planet, right before the COVID-19 crisis 
hit, the Canadian courts greenlit the expansion of Trans Mountain pipeline – 
a reckless project that would increase oil tanker traffic by seven hundred 
percent, endangering the already struggling Orca whale population.

            And if you think the global pandemic would stop this pipeline, 
think again -- despite social distancing measures, construction on the 
climate destroying expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline has already 
started. The start of construction also comes the instalment of “man camps” 
which have been linked to violence against Indigenous women and to the 
spread of COVID-19 in Native communities.

            Insurance companies hold the key to stopping this pipeline -- if 
the pipeline can’t get corporations to pay for cleaning up its spills, it 
can’t operate. And two of the biggest insurance companies that insure Trans 
Mountain have already pulled out because of the pipeline's effect on the 
climate.

            Earlier this month, after public outcry, Lloyd’s of London 
apologized for its role in the slave trade and colonialism. Yet, those words 
are empty as Lloyd’s continues to actively participate in the colonization 
of Indigenous people by insuring this pipeline. Lloyd's insurance contract 
runs out next month, and now while it's still in the middle of it PR 
disaster, is the time to push Lloyd's to uninsure the Trans Mountain 
pipeline.

            Tell Lloyd’s to stop insuring the Trans Mountain pipeline.

            SumOfUs has forced financial institutions to pull out of 
dangerous pipelines before. When over 360,000 members like you signed a 
petition calling on major banks to pull the plug on the Dakota Access 
pipeline during the heart of the Standing Rock protests, the largest bank in 
Norway decided to pull funding the day after we brought your names to their 
headquarters.

            And just last week, the US courts forced Dakota Access pipeline 
to drain all its oil and stop operating. Activists were able to stop the 
Dakota Access pipeline because we took action over and over. And together, 
we can stop the Trans Mountain pipeline too, but only if keep the pressure 
on. Please take action now.


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Angus, Anna, Vicky, Nick, and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            Major insurers increase cover for Trans Mountain oil pipeline - 
filings, Financial Post, May 12, 2020
            Sumas First Nation chief says Trans Mountain spill happened just 
south of a cultural and burial ground of great significance, National 
Observer, June 14,2020
            Insurance companies drop coverage for Trans Mountain pipeline, 
City News, July 6th, 2020
            Pub chain and insurance hub 'sorry' for slave links, BBC, June 
18th, 2020









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      From: Angus Wong, SumOfUs
      Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 11:21 AM
      Subject: Lloyd's of London




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