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The WWF was found to finance torture, gang rape and murder. Please consider to support another environmental organization like Greenpeace which does not accept public money, Friends Of Earth which is also politically independent and organized democratically or Survival International which promotes the protection of indigenous areas against land grab and environmental destruction.

Brazil mine disaster: There must be binding environmental and safety standards, labor law and human rights for imported raw materials: petition at rainforest-rescue.org.
Demand a Fossil Free EIB! The EIB (European Investment Bank) is the public bank that lends the most money in the whole world, even more than the World Bank: petition at 350.org.
Don´t let oil companies threaten the life of indigenous people: petition for the Siona in Putumayo, article in the Guardian, petition against oil drilling at the Waorani, Petition to Lenin Moreno, president of Ecuador.
Try to prevent further clearcuts together with the Penan and Berawan in the direct neighborhood of the Mulu national park in Sarawak which is an UNESCo world nature heritage: petition in es, fr or de.
The EU wants to cut subsidies for palm oil in agrofuel. However the new law contains flagrant loopholes: raise your voice.
Oppose the re-approval of the neonicotinoid pesticide thiacloprid in the EU which harms humans and bees: SumofUs petition. In Switzerland a brave group of farmers, scientists and citizens wants to ban all non-organic pesticides within 10 years: to the petition.
EU/USA: EU: Make sure that people can continue to effectively participate in decisions via the European Citizens’ Initiative, vote for transparent decisions for the eurozone, USA: vote for full net neutrality.

The uprageous regime of ISDS (Investor State Dispute Settlement) is spreading by new trade and investment deals (read more about it). Just on 2019-02-13 the European Parliament has approved the investment treaty with Singapore (EUSIPA). Fortunately all EU member states will still have to consent. Please sign the petition at stopisds.org. The next investment and trade deal for the EU will be JEFTA with Japan: sign against it.

Coastal GasLink/Transcanada is proposing a 670-kilometer fracked gas pipeline that would carry fracked gas from Dawson Creek, B.C. to the coastal town of Kitimat, where LNG Canada’s processing plant would be located. LNG Canada is the single largest private investment in Canadian history. All five clans of the Wet’suwet’en have unanimously opposed all pipeline proposals and are facing violance and intimidation due to their resistance.

also: Oppose a liquified natural gas (LNG) pipeline for fracked gas in Jordan Cove, Oregon, USA (sign here). The project was initially rejected by federal regulators, but now that the Trump administration is overseeing the federal permits, we can’t count on a good decision.

On 2018-12-18 France has passed a legislation which will ban palm oil from diesel fuel by 2020. For the rest of the EU banning palm oil from fuel would currently take time until 2030. This is an unacceptably long period. More than half of the palm oil in Europe is used for agrofuels. Tell the European Commission to take action on this issue.