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width=600 height=394><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">February 11: Liv
Tualau sits with activists atop flood prevention sandbags placed on the
steps of Australia’s Parliament. Photo: Joseph Sikulu</SPAN><BR></P>
<P><STRONG>#CutAllTies:</STRONG> As politicians headed to work yesterday
morning, 350 Australia activists shone a light on <A
href="http://act.350.org/go/188428?t=5&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">the
insidious influence of the coal lobby</A> over Parliament. Bushfire
survivors and Pacific Climate Warriors converged in Canberra, the capital,
to create a “Trail of Destruction” of burnt debris from Parliament House
straight to the Minerals Council office just 800 meters away.<BR><BR><IMG
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width=600 height=395><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Survivors lay
bushfire wreckage using wheelbarrows. Photo: Joseph Sikulu</SPAN></P>
<P>350 Australia is calling on the Minerals Council to step out of the way
and make room for Australia’s urgently needed transition to 100% renewable
energy. Their first target Rio Tinto is a powerful player in the coal
coalition, but one of the most vulnerable to international pressure. You
can <STRONG>urge Rio Tinto to leave the Minerals Council</STRONG> and sway
others by signing on to the global petition now.</P>
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Samir Flores was murdered for fighting a fossil fuel project in Mexico.
People around the world came together in vigils for Samir after his death.
Photo: Gastivists, 2019</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>Climate Defenders:</STRONG> A new report spotlights 10 shocking
cases of human rights abuses among thousands by fossil fuel companies from
around the world. From the forced removal of communities in Turkey to make
way for coal; to restrictions on the right to protest in the United
States; to contamination of Indigenous waters in the Ecuadorian Amazon:
fossil fuel extraction endangers local people and their ways of life. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188470?t=7&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">Find
out more</A> – and <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188471?t=8&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">watch
the featured video</A> below to hear directly from Climate Defenders about
the resistance. <BR><BR></P>
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width=600 height=360><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">An activist outside
MUFG’s Tokyo headquarters connects the bank’s coal investments to
devastating bushfires in Australia.</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>Moshi Moshi:</STRONG> Japan is rushing to <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188472?t=9&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">build
out new coal at home</A> – and 3 of its biggest banks are set to fund
hundreds more coal projects around the world. An innovative <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188473?t=10&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">new
campaign</A> is helping people in Japan to get on their phones and tell
Japan’s big banks to stop funding coal, the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel.
You can <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188474?t=11&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">send
a letter</A> right now to demand Japanese banks stop funding Vung Ang 2
coal plant in Vietnam.</P>
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width=600 height=358><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Campaigners outside
the Siemens AGM in Munich, with signs reading “Australia is burning.”
Photo: Campact!</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>Siemens fuels fires:</STRONG> German activists stole the
headlines as technology giant Siemens held its Annual General Meeting in
Munich last week. Outside the conference center and online, they demanded
Siemens stop providing signalling technology to the Adani mine’s railway.
Indigenous leaders from the Wangan and Jagalingou Family Council in
Queensland spoke out about Adani’s failure to properly consult traditional
owners about the mine. Siemens is still sticking with its plans: but the
fight to Stop Adani continues. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188475?t=12&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">More</A></P>
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width=600 height=361><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Global Climate
Strike on September 20, 2019 in New York City. Photo: Shadia Fayne
Wood</SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG>NYC fossil fuel ban:</STRONG> New Yorkers are celebrating as
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188476?t=13&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">a
monumental new ban</A> on all new fossil fuel projects within the city.
This is the largest municipal ban announcement of its kind in the world,
building on a mounting global movement for a just transition off fossil
fuels. The ban is energizing the communities still hard at work stopping
dangerous projects like the Williams fracked gas pipeline. </P>
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Story</H1>
<P>“As a Pacific Island woman… I urge the Australian government to
immediately cease its support for the fossil fuel industry.”</P>
<P>Jacynta Fuamatu, a Samoan artist and activist living in Australia,
explains how Pacific communities keep standing up in the face of
destruction from climate-induced disasters like the ones now hitting
Australia. The answer? Cut all ties with the fossil fuel industry. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188477?t=14&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">Read
her powerful words</A></P>
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to Watch</H1>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">Climate Defenders on the frontlines of
fossil fuel extraction are standing up for their communities and our
climate. Listen to their stories, and stand with them by sharing on <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/188471?t=15&akid=112729%2E4050260%2E87F5Xx">this
new 3-minute video.</A></SPAN></P>
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