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Fossil fuel pollution and climate disasters are already disrupting millions of lives worldwide. From fires, to floods, to hurricanes like Harvey and Ida, to the brutal winter storm we experienced last February in Texas, we are living in the midst of a climate emergency. We deserve a world beyond fossil fuels: a world where we can breathe clean air and drink clean water, where workers’ rights, community health, and our shared climate come before corporate profits. That’s why we are uniting to ensure all sectors — government, finance, and the Global Petrochemical Congress divest from extractive industry and invest in restorative and sustainable community-based solutions.
Indigenous leaders, pipeline fighters, water protectors, young people, scientists, faith leaders, and more are saying Enough is Enough: It’s time to finally place people’s lives and communities over fossil fuels.
Native and Black frontline leaders and their supporters ask you to attend on Monday, March 6 at 11:00 AM (Central Time) at Discovery Green in Houston or live online at https://www.facebook.com/TexasClimateEmergency.
Join us in demanding the World Petrochemical “Congress” Stop Destroying Native Lands, Polluting Communities, and Fueling Climate Change
Frontline Communities: Carrizo Comecrudo Tribal Nation, Port Arthur Community Action Network, Society of Native Nations, Choices Interlinking, Another Gulf is Possible/Otro Golfo Es Posible
And, their supporters: Movement Rights, Honor the Earth, Defend the Gulf, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Healthy Gulf, Earth Action, Sunrise Movement Houston, Extinction Rebellion Houston, Extinction Rebellion Austin, Clean Energy Now Texas, Coalition Against Pipelines, Texas Climate Emergency, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Earthworks, Center for Biological Diversity, Institute for Policy Studies Climate Policy Studies, Bold Alliance, Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, Rapid Shift Network, Catholic Network US, Businesses for a Livable Climate, Colorado Businesses for a Livable Climate, Small Business Alliance, Call to Action Colorado, Unite North Metro Denver, Wall of Women, North Range Concerned Citizens, Womxn from the Mountain, California Businesses for a Livable Climate, The Green House Connection Center, Montbello Neighborhood Improvement Association, I-70 Citizens Advisory Group, Idle No More SF Bay, System Change Not Climate Change
Demand the World Petrochemical “Congress”
- Stop Fossil Fuels Projects,
- Immediately Divest from Extractive Industries
- Invest in Restorative and Sustainable Frontline Solutions
- Stop Destruction of Native Lands
- Pay Reparations to the Global South and for a Just Recovery from Native Genocide and from Slavery
- Respect Voting Rights and the Will of the People.
Show Your Support
Make a donation to help cover the event expenses.
Líderes y simpatizantes Nativos y Negros de primeras líneas comunican de prensa para exigir que el “Congreso” mundial del petroquímicos deje de destruir las tierras nativas, la contaminación de las comunidades y el fomento del cambio climático
CUÁNDO: Lunes 6 de diciembre a las 11:00 a.m. CT
DÓNDE: Discovery Green,1500 McKinney St, Houston, TX 77010
Live online at https://www.facebook.com/TexasClimateEmergency
QUIÉN:
Frontline Communities: Carrizo Comecrudo Tribal Nation, Port Arthur Community Action Network, Society of Native Nations, Choices Interlinking, Another Gulf is Possible/Otro Golfo Es Posible; and, their supporters: Movement Rights, Honor the Earth, Defend the Gulf, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Healthy Gulf, Earth Action, Sunrise Movement Houston, Extinction Rebellion Houston, Extinction Rebellion Austin, Clean Energy Now Texas, Coalition Against Pipelines, Texas Climate Emergency, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, Texas Campaign for the Environment, Earthworks, Center for Biological Diversity, Institute for Policy Studies Climate Policy Studies, Bold Alliance, Concerned Health Professionals of Pennsylvania, Physicians for Social Responsibility Pennsylvania, Rapid Shift Network, Catholic Network US, Businesses for a Livable Climate, Colorado Businesses for a Livable Climate, Small Business Alliance, Call to Action Colorado, Unite North Metro Denver, Wall of Women, North Range Concerned Citizens, Womxn from the Mountain, California Businesses for a Livable Climate, The Green House Connection Center, Montbello Neighborhood Improvement Association, I-70 Citizens Advisory Group, System Change Not Climate Change
QUÉ:
Comunicado de prensa para exigir que la industria petroquímica * Detenga los combustibles fósiles proyectos * Desinversión inmediata de las industrias extractivas * Invertir en soluciones de comunidades de primera línea restauradoras y sostenibles * Detener a la destrucción de tierras nativas * Paga reparaciones al Sur global, y para una recuperación justa del genocidio nativo y esclavitud
* Respetar los derechos de voto y la voluntad del pueblo.
Show Your Support
Make a donation to help cover the event expenses.
TEXAS DEMANDS to President Biden aligned and in solidarity with the People Vs. Fossil Fuels Demands.
DEMAND #1 President Biden must declare a national climate emergency and halt the construction of oil and gas pipelines, ban fossil fuels exports, and stop fossil fuels, coal, and plastics projects.
DEMAND #2 President Biden must boldly build restorative justice and an equitable, community-controlled, renewable energy transition.
President Biden must direct US-Army Corps of Engineers (ACE), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Maritime Administration (MARAD), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stop the Texas Fossil Fuels Emergency:
- Coal plants and coal ash pollution
- Failed Electric Grid
- Native Ancestral Lands Damaged or Destroyed
- Border Wall where they want to hide Next Decade greenwashed pipeline
- Fracking in the Permian Basin in West Texas, Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, Barnett Shale in North Texas, and Oklahoma Shales
- Destructive Oil, Gas, and Plastics Buildout on the Gulf Coast proposed by Enbridge, Blue Marlin, Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG, Exxon Sabic, Max Midstream, Next Decade LNG, Texas LNG, SPOT, Gulflink, Cheniere and others including the Desal Projects they want for industrial use of water
- Abandoned and Uncapped Wells & Other Infrastructure
- Dangerous Pipelines including Rio Bravo, Whistler, Valley Crossing, Kinder Morgan, Echo 3, Epic and others
- Offshore leasing in federal waters where oil spills in strengthened hurricanes can ruin the Gulf environment
- Leaking Storage Tanks and Transfer Stations
- False Solutions like Hydrogen and Carbon Capture
- Companies grabbing oil and gas mineral rights from private property owners who don’t want to oil and gas on their lands
Demand #3 President Biden must stop infiltration and entrapment activities and overturn, by Executive Action, the unconstitutional anti-protest, anti-free speech laws.
Demand #4 Congress must pass legislation to protect voters from state racist voter suppression laws and gerrymandering.
BANNERS
President Biden: Stop Oil, Gas, Plastics, and Coal Projects.
President Biden: Declare a National Climate Emergency.
President Biden: Build restorative justice now.
President Biden: Build an equitable, community-controlled, renewable energy transition.
President Biden: Overturn unconstitutional anti-protest, anti-free speech laws.
Congress: Defend Voters’ Rights. Stop Gerrymandering.
#PeopleVsFossilFuels
#BuildBackFossilFree
#DefendtheGulf
#TexasClimateEmergency
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