*[Enwl-eng] Amazon poll

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                        Thousands of fires are wiping away the Amazon 
rainforest right now.

                        But some top EU politicians still want a trade deal 
with the chief arsonist, Brazil’s far-right President Bolsonaro.

                        Can you chip in $2 to save the Amazon from this 
disastrous trade deal?

                        Donate $2 now


            An area of Amazon rainforest roughly the size of a football 
pitch is destroyed every minute under Brazil’s far-right President 
Bolsonaro.

            The devastation is even visible from space, and has made some EU 
leaders say they won’t push ahead now with a trade deal with Latin America 
that would make matters worse. Vladimir, that’s a positive sign -- but we’re 
not out of the woods yet.

            The European Commission has just named a new trade chief. We 
need to show the new boss that this trade deal would reward the arsonists --  
and that people across Europe won't have it. That’s why we commissioned an 
opinion poll of people across Europe -- and now we need to get the results 
into key media in Brussels where the Trade Commissioner is sure to see them.

            Will you chip in $2 to save the Amazon from burning down?

            EU negotiators have spent 20 years working on an agreement with 
Latin American countries, and all that time they’ve been lobbied by 
corporations like carmakers, factory farmers and pesticide giants to make 
the deal fit their needs -- at the expense of people and planet.

            75% of Europeans surveyed want the EU-Mercosur trade deal to be 
stopped if it contributes to deforestation and environmental damage, the 
poll conducted by YouGov shows.

            But the corporate-backed trade deal still has its fans in many 
governments and the European Commission, and won’t be scrapped for good 
without a lot more public pressure. That’s why we need to get these figures 
out there, and why we need to connect the dots between the deal and the 
Amazon burning.

            A number of European governments are publicly making the right 
noises about the deal, and with an extra push, we could defeat this zombie 
deal for good.

            Will you chip in $2 to help stop the trade deal and save the 
Amazon?

            The Amazon is a natural treasure, and it’s also the ancestral 
home to millions of Indigenous people.

            If you chip in $2 today, you can turn these poll results into 
pressure on the new Commissioner and other politicians with ads in key media 
in Brussels.

            You and I may not have millions to lobby, but when we come 
together and all chip in just a bit, we win big. You helped defeat the awful 
TTIP trade deal -- and now you can stop the EU-Mercosur deal too. Will you 
chip in $2 to save the Amazon from this disastrous deal?

            Yes, I'll chip in $2 to stop the EU-Mercosur trade deal and save 
the Amazon.


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


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            More information:

            Mercosur accord contradicts EU Green Deal and fails to protect 
communities, study says The Irish Times. 10 August 2020.
            Germany revives hopes for EU-Mercosur deal Euractiv. 22 
September 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: Fatah Sadaoui, SumOfUs
      Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 5:03 PM
      Subject: Amazon poll



 
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