re: Ukraine

Abduction, torture, murder = $281 billion profit for Big Oil ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌   [Close up of an artillery weapon firing shells]( {NAME}, It's disgusting; thanks to Putin's barbaric invasion of Ukraine, oil companies made a record profit – a quarter of a trillion dollars – in 2022. 45,000 people dead, thousands of children abducted...but enormous dividends for shareholders of BP, Shell, Exxon, Chevron, and Total, and bumper bonuses for top execs! At this point, we shouldn't be surprised. But with elections from the US to the UK and EU coming up fast, we have a once-in-a-generation chance to transform our outrage into political change by making Big Oil greed and destruction THE issue politicians worldwide feel they need to address to win our votes. With thousands of donations from Ekō members we can unleash an ads and advocacy blitz, and coupled with massive public pressure, we can put Big Oil's disgusting business model in the spotlight, all year, everywhere. Will you chip in to stand up to Big Oil CEOs? [Donate $3]( another amount]( Putin's war has meant death and destruction in Ukraine, and forced us all to live under threat of a global war. It also sent energy prices skyrocketing, leaving people across Europe struggling to feed their families and heat their homes. But for shameless oil execs, it delivered a bonanza year. Exxon's CEO got a 52% pay bump, to $35.9 million USD...congrats, Darren! We were built to take on this kind of sick greed. If we raise enough, we can: - Make the CEOs of BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Total so toxic that politicians will be terrified to be seen backing them – we’ll hound these execs at public appearances, call them out in the media and splash their faces on billboards. - We’ll make political leaders feel the heat over their cosy relationship with Big Oil, mobilising our community in key election races and force them to scrap lucrative tax breaks and loopholes. - Organise employees and investors to create disruption and friction on the inside of these companies. We’ll stoke a staff and investor rebellion so that execs are playing defence inside their four walls, not just in the court of public opinion. Only by forcing politicians to stand up to these climate criminals can we hope to build a sustainable and just future. And with so many elections this year in countries where these companies are headquartered, there has never been a better chance to make governments sit up and listen. Can you chip in now to stop Big Oil? [Donate $3]( another amount]( Public rage is growing at this dirty industry that generates obscene profits while everyone else pays a terrible price. But with some of the most pivotal elections on the cards, we can pressure political leaders to stop doing Big Oil’s bidding, and put people first! 2022 isn’t an anomaly. Big Oil has been profiting at everyone else’s expense for decades. Crushing democratic opposition in Nigeria and Ecuador; polluting delicate ecosystems in the rush to drill and carrying on with business as usual as the world hurtles towards climate catastrophe. We were built for this. Ekō has taken on and scored massive wins before by forcing political leaders to crack down on greedy corporations – from lobbying European leaders to introduce tough new laws on Big Tech to banning Big Ag’s toxic pesticide, glyphosate, from France and Germany. Now let’s throw everything at them and rein in greedy oil companies for good. [Donate $3]( another amount]( Thanks for all that you do, Vicky and the Ekō team --------------------------------------------------------------- More information: [Big oil profits top €260bn since start of Ukraine war: report.]( Euractiv. 20 February 2024  [US & European big oil profits top a quarter of a trillion dollars since the invasion of Ukraine]( Global Witness. 19 February 2024  [World’s largest oil companies have made $281bn profit since invasion of Ukraine.]( The Guardian. 19 February 2024.  Anything extra raised will power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for people and the planet.   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. This email was sent to {EMAIL}. | [Unsubscribe]( Â