*[Enwl-eng] Mass bee extinction

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                        It’s a bee massacre: A third of our honeybees are 
lost each year. There's just one way to stop it: a total ban of Bayer’s 
toxic pesticides.

                        If we can collect one million signatures for a 
European Citizens’ Initiative to save the bees, the EU will be forced to 
listen to us.

                        Can you chip in to save the bees?

                        Donate $2 now


            The bees are vanishing at alarming rates: Over the last 10 
years, we’ve lost 30-40% of our honey bees each single year.

            Just three weeks ago, 4 million honey bees mysteriously died 
overnight in Italy. Local beekeepers are devastated. Investigations are 
ongoing, but one thing we know for sure: Bayer’s pesticides play a huge role 
in the global bee die-off.

            That’s why we want to join beekeepers all over Europe for an 
ambitious plan: if we can collect one million signatures for a European 
Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), the EU is forced to listen to us in a public 
hearing.

            But Covid19 has made it hard to collect signatures on the 
streets and we are behind schedule, with many key countries missing from the 
tally. And the deadline is coming up fast.

            Can you chip in $2 for targeted ads and translators to get 
enough signatures for our ambitious plan to save the bees?

            Yes I’ll chip in $2 to save the bees from Bayer’s toxic 
pesticides!

            European Citizens’ Initiatives are one of the most powerful 
tools to pressure European leaders to act. But they’re not used very often, 
because the bar for success is so high: we need to gather at least 1 million 
signatures from more than seven European countries. The sign-up process is 
cumbersome, followed by a rigorous analysis to make sure every single 
signature is valid.

            But it’s worth it, Vladimir. With the help of an ECI, we managed 
to get the disastrous trade deal TTIP off the table. And if we can show 
European politicians that there is a massive movement fighting to save the 
bees, they will finally be forced to act.

            And we don’t have any time to lose. Scientists are sounding the 
alarm: unless we change course now, the bee die-off will threaten our food 
security. Almost all the food we eat depends on insect pollination, and 
honey bees are the most important pollinator.

            But we’re still far from our target -- thousands of signatures 
in key countries are missing, including from countries like Italy, Spain and 
Germany. And because there’s a quota for each country, we need to make sure 
we can pay for targeted ads and translators into European languages to reach 
enough people.

            Can you chip in $2 to save the bees?


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


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            More information:

            Honeybees Need Your Help, Honey NPR. 2 April 2020.
            'Truly inexplicable': Why did four million bees die overnight in 
northern Italy? The Local. 17 August 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: Anne Isakowitsch, SumOfUs
      Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 4:11 PM
      Subject: Mass bee extinction



 
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