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<P><STRONG>What’s stopping EU countries from taking
action to prevent climate chaos?</STRONG></P>
<P>The fact that <STRONG>big oil, coal, and gas
companies could sue them for millions if they
do</STRONG>, thanks to the little-known Energy Charter
Treaty.</P>
<P><STRONG>Public pressure could put an end to this
dirty agreement</STRONG> and kick-start the transition
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<P><STRONG>Europe’s got a dirty secret. </STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>It could kill the Paris Climate Agreement, and even block
EU countries from implementing a Green New Deal.</STRONG></P>
<P>A piece of paper signed 25 years ago gives <STRONG>big oil, gas,
and coal companies the power to sue entire countries for
billions</STRONG> over laws that damage their profits. <STRONG>And
right now, they’re using that power to block a green energy
transition and accelerate climate chaos.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) can be used to challenge
oil drilling bans, the rejection of gas pipelines and taxes on
fossil fuels. And it works.</STRONG> Governments are forced either
to relax their clean energy laws, or pay eye-watering sums of money
in compensation to fossil fuel companies.</P>
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<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/507377?t=1&akid=66178%2E15424008%2ENZ90nX">Tell
the EU and the government of Russia to pull out of the Energy
Charter Treaty!</A><U></U></P>
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<P>Citizens all over the EU want a Green New Deal. But<STRONG>
that’ll only happen if we rip up this unfair agreement and stop
letting fossil fuel corporations boss us around. </STRONG>Italy
already did it. Now, the rest of Europe has to follow
suit.<U><STRONG><BR></STRONG></U></P>
<P>The number of lawsuits under the ECT -- which take place not in
normal courts, but in closed-door tribunals -- has exploded in
recent years. <STRONG>There have been over 83 cases in the past six
years alone, and the majority have been decided or settled in favour
of dirty energy corporations.</STRONG> This so-called "Investor
State Dispute Settlement" (ISDS) regime must end.</P>
<P>Take the multinational Vattenfall, which was able to
<STRONG>relax environmental restrictions on one of its coal plants
by suing Germany for €1.4 billion.</STRONG> Or Germany’s own Uniper,
which is threatening the Netherlands with a massive lawsuit if it
goes ahead with a coal ban.</P>
<P>But <STRONG>we’ve got a chance to strike back</STRONG>. All over
the continent, <STRONG>people like you and me are pushing our
governments to take action against the dirty fossil fuel industry.
</STRONG>We’ve made climate change a major issue in recent
elections and staged millions-strong climate strikes.</P>
<P>Now, we need to use that same people power to end the Energy
Charter Treaty -- because <STRONG>if we don’t, we’ll soon be back at
square one.</STRONG></P>
<P><A style="COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-SIZE: 14px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/507377?t=3&akid=66178%2E15424008%2ENZ90nX">There’s
no time to waste -- tell European governments to stop the fossil
fuel industry’s bullying and pull out of the Energy Charter
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>David and the team at
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<P><EM><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">More
information:</SPAN></EM></P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/503002?t=10&akid=66178%2E15424008%2ENZ90nX"
rel=noopener target=_blank>Europe’s Green Deal is under threat from
Energy Charter Treaty, </A>Euractiv, 20 September 2019<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/420319?t=11&akid=66178%2E15424008%2ENZ90nX">One
treaty to rule them all,</A> Corporate Europe Observatory, 13 June
2018<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/420320?t=12&akid=66178%2E15424008%2ENZ90nX">How
the Energy Charter Treaty Could Have Costly Consequences for
Governments and Climate Action,</A> IISD, 19 June 2018<BR><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/507376?t=13&akid=66178%2E15424008%2ENZ90nX">A
Little-Known EU Investor Dispute Treaty Could Kill The Paris Climate
Agreement,</A> Forbes, 5 September
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