[ [link removed] ]The Amazon rainforest on fire. Clouds of smoke and bright orange flames
are visible.
John,
SOS: The Amazon rainforest just suffered its worst fire season in more
than two decades. Fires tore through 3.3 million hectares of precious
forest in 2024, releasing unprecedented levels of carbon pollution. And
right now, the European Union is on the verge of making it even worse.
EU member states just narrowly greenlit the EU-Mercosur trade deal — a
destructive agreement that would turbocharge agricultural
expansion, reward land grabbers, and lock in more deforestation across
South America.
It would be a death sentence for the Amazon, but the good news is the
European Parliament still has the power to block the deal!
The final vote is just WEEKS away so we have to move fast. We’re planning
a massive, all-out campaign across Europe to mobilise the public
and overwhelm key lawmakers with ads, polling, and protests to stop the
deal — but we urgently need your support to make it happen.
Will you rush a donation to help save the Amazon and forests everywhere
before it's too late?
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The trade deal between the EU and Mercosur (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and
Paraguay) would allow cheap beef, soy, wood and other products grown from
the Amazon’s ashes to be fast-tracked into Europe, fattening corporate
pockets on both sides.
Negotiations on the deal have dragged on for decades, stalled by countries
like France warning that their farmers would be undercut by cheap imports
from nations with lower costs and looser rules on the environment, health,
animal welfare, pesticides, and labor. Until last week, when countries
greenlit the deal.
The vote was so razor-thin it exposed a deep political crisis: six
countries opposed or refused to support the deal, and the “yes” votes
scraped by with one of the smallest qualified majorities ever.
Now, the European Parliament is our last line of defense. We have a real
chance of blocking this deal but we have to move quickly. If all of us
chip in now we could:
* Lobby and pressure key MEPs, including targeted advertising in their
constituencies;
* Mobilize communities across the EU, organizing demonstrations and
coordinated actions;
* Run polling in swing countries to prove just how politically toxic
this deal has become;
* Unleash a media storm, making EU-Mercosur impossible to quietly
rubber-stamp.
We can still stop this deal — but only if we move fast.
Will you rush a donation to help power Ekō’s work defending the world’s
forests?
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Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for
people and the planet.
Thanks for all that you do,
Allison and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Showdown incoming as MEPs signal discontent over EU-Mercosur deal but
von der Leyen to sign anyway Greenpeace 09 January 2026
[ [link removed] ]What’s Happening in the Amazon Right Now Is Terrifying
Scientists SciTech Daily 26 December 2025
[ [link removed] ]EU states back controversial Mercosur deal with Latin American
countries The Guardian 09 January 2026
Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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