Indigenous peoples across the Amazon are confronting a human rights emergency. From Brazil to Peru, Indigenous Earth defenders' lives are increasingly at risk. The Amazon, Mother Earth, and our climate cannot stand to lose another single Indigenous life.
While the Amazon burns, BlackRock is fanning the flames. Instead of using its power to actively push for companies to decarbonize – as science makes clear is necessary – BlackRock has decided to put its profits first.
Munduruku, Yanomami, Kayapó, and other Indigenous territories are under violent invasion from illegal miners in the Brazilian Amazon. Show your solidarity by calling on Climate Envoy John Kerry and the Biden Administration to speak out for Indigenous rights!
The Amazon is at the tipping point, yet banks continue to fund and invest in Amazon oil. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and HSBC must stop financing the expansion of Amazon crude and exclude all Amazon oil and gas from investments and financing.
It's been over two years since Ecuador's two major oil pipelines ruptured, spilling an estimated 672,000 gallons of crude into the Coca River. The spill affected some 27,000 Kichwa Indigenous people who drink, bathe, fish, swim, and depend on the river for clean water.
U.S. human rights lawyer Steven Donziger has been unjustly convicted of criminal contempt of court and has been held under house arrest for OVER TWO YEARS in retaliation for a historic environmental court judgment against Chevron.
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