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Lafcadio Cortesi, Rainforest Action Network


Chip in to help hold paper villain Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) accountable.

Here are RAN, we are engaged in one of our largest campaigns yet in an emergency effort to save Indonesia‘s imperiled forests. We’re working in the U.S., Japan, and Indonesia to create the market leverage necessary to transform the corporate practices of APP, the largest paper company in Indonesia. And our campaign is working: major U.S. and European customers like Staples, Random House, Levi’s, and Gucci have stopped buying paper from controversial sources like APP.

Now is the perfect time to put more market pressure on APP, and that is directly where your support will go.
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A picture could save a thousand whales …Phil Kline, Greenpeace


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The very first agenda item at this year’s International Whaling Commission (IWC) meetings in Panama is a proposal that would create a permanent whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic.

This proposal represents one of the best opportunities we’ve ever had to protect whale populations in the South Atlantic…but there’s a problem.

The Japanese government is bribing small countries like the Solomon Islands and Antigua and Barbuda to vote against the proposal to avoid setting an example for whale protection. That’s why me and my team are preparing to head down to Panama to send a message to these delegates ourselves in a unique and creative way

But we can’t make it happen without your support.

Please make your most generous gift today and help us raise $40,000 by June 19th to support our work in Panama and to protect our oceans and planet.

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Here’s the plan: Greenpeace has teamed up with other Latin American conservation organizations and the Panamanian government to place photo exhibitions highlighting the substantial economic benefits of protecting these creatures in front of the delegations voting with Japan. We’ve secured the best locations for these exhibitions and know the delegates will have to see them.

It’s really an amazing opportunity to directly communicate with these countries and show them that letting Japan buy their votes on something this important simply isn’t worth it. And you can bet this will make the news back home in these countries as well. Every delegate we get to think twice about voting with Japan brings us one step closer to the reality of a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic.

Help make this a reality by making a contribution today.

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Panama was the first Latin IWC country to stop allowing Japan to buy their votes and start supporting whale conservation efforts. With the IWC meeting in Panama this year, we have an amazing opportunity to convince other Latin and Caribbean countries to follow their lead.

Every bit of support we are able to take away from the Japanese government’s position is a victory for whales. This is our chance to directly communicate with the people who will decide the fate of the world’s whales.

I’ve been going to these things for years and usually the delegates are completely removed from the public and public opinion. That’s not going to be the case in Panama. Let’s not miss this opportunity. .

Make your donation today and help us raise $40,000 by June 19th to save the whales and protect the planet.

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For the whales,

Phil Kline
Greenpeace Oceans Campaigner

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Dead dolphins …


 

 

 

 

Tell Amazon.com to ban the sale of dolphin and whale meat on its sites worldwide

 

 

 

Last week, public outcry forced Amazon.com to pull over one hundred whale and dolphin meat products from its Japanese site. Consumers were outraged that the world’s largest online retailer supported the killing of whales and dolphins — and Amazon.com listened.

But now, Amazon.com is refusing to put a permanent ban in place to protect these animals in the future.

Melissa Sehgal, an Amazon.com customer, is in Taiji, Japan — the site of an annual dolphin hunt that was exposed in the documentary The Cove. Every day she is witnessing how dolphins are captured and killed, and she wants Amazon.com to help stop it. That’s why Melissa started a petition calling on Amazon to never again sell meat from dolphins and whales.

Click here to sign Melissa’s petition asking Amazon.com to permanently ban whale, dolphin, and porpoise meat from its sites.

Tens of thousands of dolphins, whales and porpoises are captured and killed for their meat every year in Japan. The method by which they are killed is gruesome. “Rods are hammered into (dolphins) spinal cords to paralyze them,” Melissa says. “And then they are dragged by their tails to the butcher house.”

But Amazon.com has responded positively and quickly to consumer feedback before. Melissa also knows that further action from the online retailer could impact the trade in dolphin and whale meat since hunts are happening right now. Without an official policy, Amazon.com could start selling whale and dolphin meat again at any time.

Sign Melissa’s petition to ask Amazon.com to put a permanent ban in place against selling dolphin, whale, and porpoise meat on its sites.

Thanks for being a change-maker,

– Pulin and the Change.org team

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GREENPEACE …Philip Radford, Greenpeace


Killing whales is not science. Donate Now!Please join Greenpeace now with your end-of-year gift to stop the slaughter of whales and protect our planet.

Japanese whaling ships are closing in on whales in the Southern Ocean right now. They call their mission “science,” but no valid science is gathered from their hunts — it’s just a cover for their bloody activities.
It’s not science, it’s senseless killing, and it must end.

Make an urgent gift today to protect whales, the oceans, and our planet.  – will you step up and join Greenpeace now in fighting to stop this slaughter?

We’re only two days away from December 31 and so close to reaching our $125,000 goal. We need just 7 more donations from Washington to reach it and have the resources we need to save whales in the new year.
Whales are smart creatures — they know where they are and who they are. They feel loss and pain. They “talk” to each other. A growing body of evidence shows that whales are very similar to humans in intelligence and self-awareness. There is nothing scientific about killing nearly every whale you encounter and selling the meat for profit.
Commercial hunts by any name must end.
Please donate now to stop the killing and save whales from this deadly “science.”
With your help we’ll mobilize public support, run newspaper ads, lead a coalition of NGOs and pressure the Obama administration and the International Whaling Commission to close these deadly loopholes and put an end to commercial whaling once and for all.
We’ve already been successful in dramatically reducing the market for whale meat to the point where the industry is shutting down. But operations like Japan’s are being propped up by government subsidies.
Right now is the time to tip the scales and completely end commercial whaling. Now’s our chance, and Carmen, there’s not much time left — please join us in the fight to save whales.


For the whales,
Philip Radford Greenpeace
P.S. Please donate now through our secure website or at 1-800-722-6995 to help us reach our $125,000 year-end goal and save the lives of these magnificent whales — we need just 7 more supporters like you from Washington.

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Stories of the lives you’ve changed … Mercy Corps


Mercy Corps
 

This year, your incredible compassion and generosity improved the lives of so many people who faced unimaginable hardship.

You provided medicine and food to children in Ethiopia weakened by drought.

You restored jobs to fishermen in Japan who lost everything to the massive tsunami.

You gave hope to parents in the world’s toughest places who struggle against all odds to build a better life for their children.

Meet just a few of those whose lives you have changed:

Nimo, a 25-year-old mother in Kenya, didn’t have enough drinking water for her family during the region’s worst drought in 60 years. But our teams trucked in tankloads of water to Nimo’s village, part of our lifesaving assistance to more than 1 million people throughout the region.
Thirteen-year-old Herma lived through the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti that killed 150,000 people nearly two years ago. Every week she participates in our Moving Forward program, which uses sports to teach kids the team-building and communication skills they need to feel empowered and secure in their lives. Our youth programs in Haiti have reached more than 90,000 children.
Japan’s massive tsunami in March killed 22,000 people and decimated the fishing industry along the northeast coast. In the coastal town of Minamisanriku, we reequipped salmon fish hatcheries and seaweed-processing facilities as part of our region-wide efforts to save the jobs of fisherman like Isami Hoshi.

These are just three of the lives you’ve changed this year with your generosity. On behalf of the millions of people we serve, thank you for helping restore hope and opportunity.

Sincerely,

Dan O'Neill, Mercy Corps

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