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<P>Banned neonics are still being sprayed all over
Europe.</P>
<P>We have <STRONG>5 days to persuade Europe’s leaders
to crack down on</STRONG> the use of bee-killing
pesticides. </P>
<P><STRONG>Can you chip in $1 to protect the
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<P>Two years ago you won a ban on bee-killing pesticides across
Europe. Yet <STRONG>some countries are still flooding their
fields with these neonics</STRONG> -- using an "emergency" loophole
in the pesticide law.</P>
<P>We just found out that EU politicians are about to discuss this
toxic loophole -- at a <STRONG>closed-door meeting in only 5
days.</STRONG> But economic fallout from Covid-19 means leaders
are under huge pressure to let the<STRONG> pesticide industry keep
cashing in on the bee massacre.</STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>Bayer and Co are breathing down ministers’ backs</STRONG>
-- but with your help we can drown them out.</P>
<P>Your $1 donation will pay for targeted ads to reach key ministers
and <STRONG>show them that the people back the bees, NOT
Bayer</STRONG>. If everyone reading this email chips in a little we
have a fighting shot at convincing ministers to close this toxic
loophole -- but only if we move fast.</P>
<P><A
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href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/532124?amount=1¤cy=USD&t=1&akid=73684%2E15424008%2EwQwQeB">Can
you chip in $1 to save the bees from toxic pesticides?</A></P>
<P>Since we banned neonics in 2018, more and more evidence has
emerged of just how dangerous they are to bees. <STRONG>Even years
after they're used, their residue in crop fields is enough to poison
and kill as many as <EM>half</EM> the bees foraging
there.</STRONG></P>
<P>But in Spain, Belgium, Romania, Lithuania, Poland and Finland,
industrial farms -- often backed by Bayer and Co themselves -- are
<STRONG>abusing the EU's "emergency" pesticide authorisation system
to keep using neonics by the tonne</STRONG>. They claim they have no
other choice, but we all know farmers don't need bee-killing
pesticides to grow healthy crops.</P>
<P>The EU already asked agriculture ministers to stop allowing these
authorisations. But <STRONG>as recently as last month, amid Covid-19
chaos, lettuce growers in Belgium were granted a new neonic
licence</STRONG>.</P>
<P>We urgently need to crack down on these rule-breakers before more
countries decide to follow. Our bees can't hold out much longer --
with the emergency meeting days away, will you chip in $1 to force
the EU to act?</P>
<P><A
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href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/532124?amount=1¤cy=USD&t=2&akid=73684%2E15424008%2EwQwQeB">Yes,
I'll chip in $1 now to save the bees from toxic neonics.</A></P>
<P>The past few months have been overwhelming for us all -- and
<STRONG>megacorporations like Bayer are all too eager to profit from
the upheaval</STRONG> by demanding less oversight and fewer
regulations.</P>
<P>That's why it's so important that you and I keep holding them to
account.<STRONG> We need to come out of this crisis with a healthier
planet, not a sicker one</STRONG>. That means fighting harder than
ever on behalf of bees and the rest of our natural world.</P>
<P>Thankfully, I know you're up to the challenge. Even in the midst
of the pandemic, <STRONG>SumOfUs members like you chipped in to help
beekeepers speak truth to power during Bayer's online AGM</STRONG>.
And you've teamed up in droves to demand the EU's plans for a
coronavirus recovery put people and the planet over banks and big
business.</P>
<P>The bees are lucky to have you on their side. Please, can you act
now to protect them once more?</P>
<P><A
style="FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; COLOR: #00abbd; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/532124?amount=1¤cy=USD&t=3&akid=73684%2E15424008%2EwQwQeB">Yes,
I'll donate $1 to save the bees from toxic neonics.</A> </P><!-- ak.wysiwyg=code --><IMG alt=""
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<P>Thanks for all that you do, <BR>Anna, Rachel and the team at
SumOfUs </P>
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<P>More information:</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/532145?t=9&akid=73684%2E15424008%2EwQwQeB">Bee
Emergency Call</A>, API Services, 1 Feb 2017</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/532146?t=10&akid=73684%2E15424008%2EwQwQeB">EU
Commission to crack down on recalcitrant member states over
neonicotinoids</A>, Euractiv, 26 Feb 2019</P>
<P><A
href="https://act.sumofus.org/go/532213?t=11&akid=73684%2E15424008%2EwQwQeB">Standing
Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed -- AGENDA of the 18/19
May 2020 meeting</A>, EU Commission, April 2020</P></TD></TR>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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