In one parched corner of the Amazon, along the Acre River, residents have been waiting for months on end for water that simply won’t come. The river is now so low they’ve had to truck water in.
The Amazon gone dry is not normal.
Climate change is destroying our planet. Yet the worst offenders behind it – a rotten, predatory financial industry that has poured an astounding $4.6 trillion into fossil fuels since pledging to slash emissions – are flying completely under the radar. Their profits are even soaring!
We’re going to change that. We have a crack team ready to hit the ground running come January – to expose the big banks’ responsibility for this emergency, then run massive campaigns in the media and with shareholders to force them to change. We’ll shine the spotlight on them like never before.
It could be a turning point for the planet. Can you chip in to take on the climate criminals destroying the Amazon?
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