Bees are dying! Please help, Friend

Dear Friend, The American bumblebee has nearly vanished from 8 states. Help us fight to protect bees, other pollinators, and our planet with your $27 donation today! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27]( [Donate $50]( [Donate $100]( [Donate another amount]( Over 700 types of North American bees are currently at risk of extinction. The American bumblebee population alone has plummeted by 89% in the last two decades, nearly vanishing from eight states already. [We can’t let this trend continue: Stand up for our pollinators, fight back against Bayer-Monsanto's toxic bee-killing pesticides, and make your $27 donation today!]( Our food system is at serious risk as our bee populations continue to nosedive. After all, one in three bites of the food we eat depends on pollinators like bees. But Bayer-Monsanto continues to produce bee-killing neonics, a key driver of pollinator declines. In fact, since the 1990s, U.S. agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insect life -- and neonics like those that Bayer-Monsanto produce -- account for a staggering 92% of the increase in toxicity. Our pollinators don’t stand a chance against this onslaught -- unless we act now. Keep vulnerable bees from vanishing completely. Make your $27 donation to Friends of the Earth today. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27]( [Donate $50]( [Donate $100]( [Donate another amount]( Bees are critical to our health and planet. Wild bees keep ecosystems from forests to meadows functioning. Wild bees and honeybees are crucial to our food system. But the continued and increased use of toxic pesticides is not sustainable for our bees or our planet. Even honeybees are seeing increasing declines. In the past, annual winter die-offs would come in at around 15%. Now, they are reaching 30-50% -- in some cases, up to 90%! The “insect apocalypse” will be here faster than we realize if we don’t act now. You may be one of the last people that shares the planet with many species of wild bees if pesticides made by companies like Bayer-Monsanto are allowed to continue wreaking devastation on our bees and other pollinators. The damage being done is clear. But pesticide giants like Bayer-Monsanto continue to funnel big money into disinformation efforts -- all to deny and distract from the role that its products play in bee deaths. They have successfully operated this way for years, and our bees, our health, and our planet are paying for the consequences. Now is the time to stand up and demand action! Our bees, health, and planet are on the line. Fight back against Big Ag and make your $27 donation today! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27]( [Donate $50]( [Donate $100]( [Donate another amount]( Friends of the Earth is fighting tooth and nail to ban neonics and other toxic bee-killing pesticides across the country. We are also pushing major grocers to stop selling food grown with bee-toxic pesticides. And we are campaigning to stop the sale of toxic weedkiller Roundup by garden retailers like Home Depot and Lowe’s. This fight is not only for wild bees and other critically endangered pollinators but also for our health and for our planet. Many pesticides have been linked to health impacts like cancer, learning disabilities, and reproductive harm. And the disappearance of vast numbers of wild bees would devastate our ecosystems and food system. Yet toxic pesticides are being used across the country -- from our yards and gardens to massive corn fields -- and companies like Bayer-Monsanto are raking in profits, no matter the cost to bees and all of us. Time and again, pesticide companies have put their profits ahead of our health and the environment. It is up to us to make sure we shift away from toxic pesticides, transform our food system, and safeguard people, pollinators, and our planet. The choice is yours to make, Friend. I urge you to make your membership gift and stand with us as we leverage everything we possibly can to save our bees and pollinators from this crisis, and protect our planet for future generations. There is too much at stake to stand on the sidelines. Show your support by rushing your $27 donation to Friends of the Earth today. There is too much on the line. Stand up to the pesticide industry and save bees and other pollinators. Make your $27 donation today. 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