URGENT: surprise bee vote
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The vote on a ban of bee-killing pesticides is tomorrow. We only have 24 hours to convince European parliamentarians to side with the bees.
Please, will you chip in so we can bombard key politicians with our message to save the bees in key Brussels newspapers?
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We’ve never been so close to a historic ban on bee-killing neonics -- but Big Pesticide and its friends in politics are plotting to stop the ban in its tracks.
A European Parliament committee will vote on killing the bee-saving proposal this Thursday.
Can you chip in and help us launch an emergency campaign? Together, we can convince enough parliamentarians to side with the bees!
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The battle is on: A historic ban on bee-killing pesticides is on the table. But we’ve just learned that politicians in the European Parliament will try to stop it -- before member states even get the chance to vote!
They are planning to have their committee colleagues vote the ban down this Thursday, June 22nd.
That gives us two days to convince enough Parliamentarians to side with the bees and save the game-changing neonics ban.
With your donation we can place ads in Brussels newspapers targeting key Members of the European Parliament ahead of the vote. Can you chip in?
Donate CA$92 now Donate CA$139 now Donate CA$185 nowThe European Commission’s historic proposal would mean an almost complete ban on three widespread neonicotinoids.
It’s a crucial follow up to a partial ban on these dangerous pesticides adopted in 2013. Four years later, it’s even harder to ignore the scientific consensus that neonics used on crops are harming the bees that pollinate them. And the European Food Safety Authority has acknowledged that too.
The Commission’s proposal, though far from being perfect -- it allows the banned neonics to be used in greenhouses -- is a huge step towards a future free of bee-killing pesticides.
With your donation we can launch an emergency campaign to stop opponents of the ban from killing it in its tracks.
Can you help us stop them -- and win this battle for the bees?
Donate CA$92 now Donate CA$139 now Donate CA$185 nowTogether, we’ve helped make a historic bee-saving decision happen before: After more than 700,000 of us signed a petition to the French Environment Minister, France decided to ban neonics completely. People power got us this win!
Let’s build on this progress and make the game-changing EU-wide ban happen as well!
Thanks for all that you do,
Wiebke and the team at SumOfUs
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More Informationen:
Europe poised for total ban on bee-harming pesticides, The Guardian, 23 March 2017.
Attack of the bee killers, Politico, 22 March 2017.
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