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<P>Friends,</P>
<P>As the global response to COVID-19 strengthens, we’re seeing countless
acts of compassion, community solidarity, and resilience, even as the
death toll grows.</P>
<P>Doctors, nurses, and ordinary workers all over have been pushing ahead
on the frontlines to slow the rate of transmission. Yet there’ve been
<STRONG>some stark reminders that the climate crisis doesn’t stop amid a
global pandemic.</STRONG></P>
<P>The strongest storm of the year has just slammed into the Pacific
islands of Fiji and Vanuatu. On top of that, fossil fuel companies
are exploiting this moment to drive forward more climate-wrecking
projects. <BR><BR>It’s enraging – and that’s why it’s so important that we
all unite right now around the principles for a <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194730?t=5&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">Just
Recovery from COVID-19</A>. Thousands of organisations and people across
the world have already signed on.</P>
<P>Our coronavirus response must put people and planet – not corporations
and polluting industries – first. It’s the only way we can build back
better from this crisis. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194750?t=6&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">Please
watch and share this new video about the 5 Just Recovery principles now,
so that our voices are heard around the globe.</A><BR><BR></P>
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<P>In the news below, you’ll find plenty of stories from people keeping up
their campaign efforts even in these tough times, giving us all a shot at
a more sustainable, just future. <BR><BR>In solidarity, <BR>Nicole</P>
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Case You Missed It </H1>
<P><STRONG><IMG alt=""
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width=600 height=333><BR><BR>Cyclone Harold:</STRONG> A deadly category 5
storm – the strongest of 2020 so far – slammed into the Pacific island
nation of <STRONG>Vanuatu</STRONG> just as the country declared a national
emergency for COVID-19. Some residents have had to ignore distancing
orders and seek refuge in evacuation centers. Medical supplies are already
scant. The cyclone then ravaged its way through <STRONG>Fiji</STRONG> and
<STRONG>Tonga</STRONG>, having already <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194732?t=8&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">killed
27 people</A> in the <STRONG>Solomon Islands</STRONG> last week.</P>
<P>“We now face two life-threatening disasters at once – and both threaten
the existence of an already disadvantaged people,” said Fenton
Lutunatabua, Pacific Managing Director at 350.org. It’s a harrowing
example of the injustice of the climate crisis, which hits those who did
the least to cause it hardest. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194733?t=9&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">Read
more</A><BR><BR><A
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<P><STRONG>‘Unacceptable’:</STRONG> Activists are sounding the alarm as
the oil industry <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194734?t=11&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">takes
advantage</A> of this moment of crisis to push ever more fossil fuels.
With talks underway in the <STRONG>United States</STRONG> for a fourth
stimulus package on infrastructure, thousands are <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194735?t=12&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">writing
to Congress to make sure Big Oil doesn’t see a penny</A>.</P>
<P>And the Keystone XL pipeline may be going ahead, after some states <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194736?t=13&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">pushed
through new measures</A> protecting pipelines as “critical
infrastructure.” TC Energy (formerly TransCanada) has dispatched workers
along the route despite the public health threat, putting them and <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194751?t=14&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">vulnerable
rural and Indigenous communities at risk</A>.</P>
<P>We can’t let fossil fuel companies manipulate COVID-19 at the expense
of our communities: <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194417?t=15&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">sign
the petition now</A> to demand TC Energy halt their Keystone XL activity
and withdraw its workers now.</P>
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width=600 height=353><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Hundreds took part
in a coordinated online Climate Strike hosted in Turkey last
Friday.</SPAN><BR><BR><STRONG>Climate action continues:</STRONG> The UN
announced last week that its annual climate talks – <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194738?t=16&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">COP26
due to be held in Glasgow</A> – will be postponed because of coronavirus.
But organizers are adapting their plans and holding online actions to keep
climate and a Just Recovery on the agenda.</P>
<P>In <STRONG>Turkey</STRONG> on Friday, a hundreds-strong digital strike
and livestream concert featuring Turkish artists was broadcast on Youtube,
with thousands more tuning in. Expect more #ClimateStrikeOnline actions
from across the globe this Friday – and please keep posting your own
solidarity snapshots on social media. </P>
<P>If you’re looking for actions to run from home, try <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194739?t=17&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">these
creative ideas</A> from our Coronavirus Organizing guide. And if your
climate justice group is shifting to an online format for the first time,
you can request ‘hands-on’, one-to-one coaching from our group of
experienced facilitators by <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194740?t=18&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">filling
out the form here</A>. <BR><BR><IMG alt=""
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width=600 height=338><BR><BR><STRONG>#CutAllTies:</STRONG> Ahead of Rio
Tinto’s annual general meeting this Wednesday, people took to social media
and email to tell the mining giant to ditch <STRONG>Australia’s</STRONG>
Mineral Council, one of the world’s biggest fossil fuel lobbying groups.
The company has <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194741?t=19&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">already
admitted</A> the Council is undermining the 2015 Paris Agreement by
promoting coal. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/193887?t=20&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">Take
a moment to write to Rio Tinto</A> and tell them it’s time to cut all ties
with the Council. It’s a simple and effective campaign action to take,
even in isolation.</P>
<P><STRONG>Just Recovery:</STRONG> Amid the COVID-19 emergency response,
we’re starting to see Just Recovery principles put into action.
<STRONG>Portugal</STRONG> will <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194742?t=21&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">treat
migrants as residents</A> to ensure they have access to basic health
services, and <STRONG>Spain</STRONG> intends to set up a <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194752?t=22&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">permanent
basic universal income</A> to help people recover from the economic
devastation. In <STRONG>Ukraine</STRONG>, <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194744?t=23&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">people
are opposing</A> cuts to health care and education budgets that would
maintain coal subsidies, while activists in <STRONG>the UK</STRONG> are
calling for <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194745?t=24&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">strict
climate conditions on airlines</A>. And this New York landlord <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194746?t=25&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">cancelled
April rent</A> for his tenants, urging them to stay safe and support loved
ones.</P>
<P>If you haven’t yet, make sure you <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194730?t=26&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">read
and sign on to the Just Recovery principles</A>. You can use the
#JustRecovery hashtag to share inspiring local and national examples that
embody them.</P>
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Corner</H1>
<P>This new podcast series from HEATED looks at the relationship between
coronavirus and the climate crisis. The first episode featuring 350.org
co-founder Bill McKibben is <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194747?t=28&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">available
here</A>, and you'll find new episodes when they’re released on <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194748?t=29&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">the
HEATED site</A>. Bonus: you get special access to extended interviews if
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<P>Hear from Hinako, from the 350 <STRONG>Japan</STRONG> team, as she
reports back on their Moshi Moshi bank call-in campaign. Three of the
world’s biggest coal financiers are Japanese banks – so the team decided
to mobilize people to call customer hotlines and push them to change their
policies. <A
href="https://act.350.org/go/194749?t=32&akid=118251%2E4050260%2ETFO7Cw">Read
more on how they did it, and find out what’s next</A></P>
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