How we can make fossil companies pay their share for climate damages..
| | | Concepcion Castillo saw her dreams shattered when her home flooded in 2023, just a year after moving in. As a first-time homeowner, she was left to cover all the costs alone – having been told before that her home wasn't in a flood zone. As climate change intensifies disasters like this, fossil fuel companies rake in record profits. But there's hope: New York State has a historic chance to raise $3 billion a year from these companies to help affected families – setting a huge global precedent! But fossil fuel companies are doing everything they can to stop it, so we have to push back! Sign the petition now; we will push lawmakers in Europe – where many of the biggest oil companies are based – to do the same. But time is short, add your name now! | | | | | Dear friends, | | "Everything. Furniture, my kids' memories, my kids' school memories ... toys." — Concepcion Castillo, Mamaroneck, NY.
For Concepcion Castillo – a first-time homeowner in Mamaroneck, NY – the dream of owning a home turned into a nightmare. In 2023, just a year after moving in, she found herself desperately pumping water out of her flooded home, watching her children's memories and dearest belongings destroyed.
She had been told that her home wasn't in a flood zone, so she didn't have flood insurance. Faced with the devastating damage, she was left to cover the costs herself – a burden no one could fully prepare for.
This is not an isolated incident. As climate change intensifies, more families and businesses will face similar devastation – but there's something we can do about it!
New York State has passed a bill that could raise $3 billion a year for communities affected by disasters. But fossil fuel companies are lobbying to stop Governor Hochul from signing it! Let's push back and we will bring the issue straight to lawmakers in Europe – where most of the biggest oil companies are based. But we need to be fast – sign and share everywhere! | | | | | Recently, Vermont became the first state to make fossil fuel companies pay their share for climate damages – and if New York follows suit, it could impact all of us! Vermont opened the door to make polluters pay; New York can open the floodgates of accountability.
Getting a powerful state like New York — the 10th largest economy in the world — to pass this bill would pave the way for others to follow and inspire lawmakers in DC and beyond for similar measures!
So let's make this super famous – sign now and forward it to everyone you know. Together with our partners, we'll deliver your signatures directly to Governor Hochul sometime in the coming weeks! | | | | Our allies made history by helping Vermont pass the first-ever bill to make polluters pay for climate damages. The tide is turning. Let's make history again in New York and push to make polluters pay worldwide!
With untamed determination,
Marco, Pascal, Julian and the rest of the Avaaz team | | | | | | |
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