*[Enwl-eng] Bee-killers are back

[ENWL]

                        Banned neonics are still being sprayed all over 
Europe.

                        We have 5 days to persuade Europe’s leaders to crack 
down on the use of bee-killing pesticides.

                        Can you chip in $1 to protect the bees?

                        DONATE $1 NOW


            Two years ago you won a ban on bee-killing pesticides across 
Europe. Yet some countries are still flooding their fields with these 
neonics -- using an "emergency" loophole in the pesticide law.

            We just found out that EU politicians are about to discuss this 
toxic loophole -- at a closed-door meeting in only 5 days. But economic 
fallout from Covid-19 means leaders are under huge pressure to let the 
pesticide industry keep cashing in on the bee massacre.

            Bayer and Co are breathing down ministers’ backs -- but with 
your help we can drown them out.

            Your $1 donation will pay for targeted ads to reach key 
ministers and show them that the people back the bees, NOT Bayer. If 
everyone reading this email chips in a little we have a fighting shot at 
convincing ministers to close this toxic loophole -- but only if we move 
fast.

            Can you chip in $1 to save the bees from toxic pesticides?

            Since we banned neonics in 2018, more and more evidence has 
emerged of just how dangerous they are to bees. Even years after they're 
used, their residue in crop fields is enough to poison and kill as many as 
half the bees foraging there.

            But in Spain, Belgium, Romania, Lithuania, Poland and Finland, 
industrial farms -- often backed by Bayer and Co themselves -- are abusing 
the EU's "emergency" pesticide authorisation system to keep using neonics by 
the tonne. They claim they have no other choice, but we all know farmers 
don't need bee-killing pesticides to grow healthy crops.

            The EU already asked agriculture ministers to stop allowing 
these authorisations. But as recently as last month, amid Covid-19 chaos, 
lettuce growers in Belgium were granted a new neonic licence.

            We urgently need to crack down on these rule-breakers before 
more countries decide to follow. Our bees can't hold out much longer -- with 
the emergency meeting days away, will you chip in $1 to force the EU to act?

            Yes, I'll chip in $1 now to save the bees from toxic neonics.

            The past few months have been overwhelming for us all -- and 
megacorporations like Bayer are all too eager to profit from the upheaval by 
demanding less oversight and fewer regulations.

            That's why it's so important that you and I keep holding them to 
account. We need to come out of this crisis with a healthier planet, not a 
sicker one. That means fighting harder than ever on behalf of bees and the 
rest of our natural world.

            Thankfully, I know you're up to the challenge. Even in the midst 
of the pandemic, SumOfUs members like you chipped in to help beekeepers 
speak truth to power during Bayer's online AGM. And you've teamed up in 
droves to demand the EU's plans for a coronavirus recovery put people and 
the planet over banks and big business.

            The bees are lucky to have you on their side. Please, can you 
act now to protect them once more?

            Yes, I'll donate $1 to save the bees from toxic neonics.


            Thanks for all that you do,
            Anna, Rachel and the team at SumOfUs


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            More information:

            Bee Emergency Call, API Services, 1 Feb 2017

            EU Commission to crack down on recalcitrant member states over 
neonicotinoids, Euractiv, 26 Feb 2019

            Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed -- AGENDA 
of the 18/19 May 2020 meeting, EU Commission, April 2020



      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: Anna Liberadzki, SumOfUs
      Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:32 PM
      Subject: Bee-killers are back



 
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