| Dear Friend,
How many times will we let BP and Big Oil destroy our communities?
Next week, RAN along with four Ecuadorean community leaders, Emergildo, Humberto, Mariana and Luis, who have been fighting Big Oil's toxic legacy for decades in the Amazon Rainforest, hope to travel to the Gulf Coast to stand with local communities who are feeling the impact of our country's oil addiction firsthand.
This is an incredible act of solidarity that you can make happen. Now is the time to show that BP's disaster is not an exception, but the rule for a dirty and dangerous industry.
Please donate now to help Ecuadorean leaders travel to the Gulf Coast to stand with communties impacted by BP's oil disaster.
Whether it's BP's ruin of the Gulf, Chevron's "Amazon Chernobyl" or Exxon's deadly spill in Alaska, one thing is crystal clear: we must end our addiction to oil and herald in a clean energy future.
Emergildo, Humberto, Mariana and Luis know all too well Big Oil's legacy of denying, delaying and litigating away responsibility for its reckless behavior. They have been fighting a decades-long legal battle to get Chevron to pay for the 18 billion gallons of highly toxic waste that was dumped into their water.
Next week, with your help, they will share their stories and survival strategies with communities in the Gulf, who, tragically, need support to protect their health, culture and livelihoods.
Your support can help oil-impacted communities from around the world build a movement strong enough to hold companies like BP and Chevron accountable.
From coast to coast and country to country, front-line communities have borne the brunt of Big Oil's destruction and our country's addiction to oil. But these communities are also where the movement to demand freedom from oil begins.
We have all seen how the hottest front-page story can fade from political view before companies make good on their promises or politicians make their rhetorical commitments into reality. This delegation is a critical step in building a movement strong enough to hold Big Oil and our politicians accountable even when the TV cameras turn off.
Support frontline communities in coming together to challenge corporate power and Big Oil's business as usual.
It is our job to make sure that when we look back years from now on the summer of 2010, this horrific disaster will be remembered as a breakthrough moment in the transition to a clean energy future, and not just another deadly symptom of our addiction to oil.
Our job starts today!
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| For a better world, | Rebecca Tarbotton
Acting Executive Director
Rainforest Action Network | |
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