Baby sea turtles vs. plastic

Dear Friend, Fight for a plastic-and-pollution-free planet: Make your $27 gift now and make double the difference! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Our precious oceans are being decimated by rampant plastic waste. Every minute, an entire garbage truck of plastics is washed into the ocean -- KILLING OVER A MILLION MARINE ANIMALS each year, including innocent baby sea turtles that mistake plastic for food. Scientists predict that at this rate, we’ll have more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050! Plastic pollution poisons our air and water, kills marine wildlife, and gets into our bodies – and we need your help to curb this pollution and protect our planet. That’s why today, a generous group of donors is matching all Giving Tuesday gifts – up to $200,000 – but only until midnight TONIGHT. [Make a $27 contribution now and help us in our fight to protect our oceans, people, and the planet while you can make twice the impact!]( It’s the public health and environmental crisis that not enough people are talking about: Plastic. Plastic will soon outweigh all the fish in the sea. It fills our rivers and oceans, chokes wildlife, permeates our drinking water and our food, and persists in the environment for centuries. Discarded plastics don’t just disappear. They break down into smaller and smaller pieces, turning into microplastics that contaminate our water, soil, and the food we eat. We must take bold action on plastic pollution before this crisis gets any worse. Make your $27 donation to Friends of the Earth today and make double the impact to protect our oceans, people, and the planet. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Scientists estimate that there are already 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic in our oceans. That’s 5.25 trillion deadly hazards that cause harm to ocean organisms -- from the smallest of corals to the largest of whales. One plastic bag, or bottle cap, or fishing net, can suffocate, strangle, or starve its helpless victim. After their bodies decompose, the plastic is released back into the environment where it can kill again -- because plastics do not decompose. More than 800 known marine species have been harmed by either plastic entanglement or ingestion of plastic -- resulting in over a million animal deaths every year. Sea turtles, dolphins, seals, fish, and sea birds are all at risk if something isn’t done soon to address the plastic crisis. Take action to protect our vulnerable wildlife, people and our planet from deadly plastic hazards and Big Polluters. Make your $27 contribution before Giving Tuesday ends! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( The world is facing an indisputable plastic pollution crisis. But it doesn’t end there: the plastics crisis is also linked to the climate crisis. More than 99% of plastic is made from fossil fuels, and one of the main ingredients is a byproduct of natural gas. The fracking boom is fueling an unprecedented surge in plastic production. In fact, thanks to fracking, the fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40% over the next decade. This not only means more fracking pollution, but also an explosion of new toxic petrochemical plants. These plants would be devastating to the health of millions of primarily low-income, Black, and Brown Americans along the Gulf Coast and in Appalachia. Here’s the dirty truth behind their actions: The fossil fuel industry is using plastics as their “get out of jail free” card. With the public demanding a shift away from burning oil and gas for energy or fuel, the industry wants to maximize plastic consumption, including unnecessary single-use plastics. In short, this industry is destroying our planet with plastic pollution, harming the health of frontline communities, and pushing us further to climate catastrophe. It’s beyond outrageous. Stand up to the plastics and fossil fuel industries and protect our planet: Donate $27 now and make DOUBLE the impact! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Friends of the Earth is demanding the end of single-use plastic production and pollution immediately. We are also working to push the Biden Administration to enact the Presidential Plastics Action Plan, a comprehensive set of Presidential actions to tackle the crisis with or without Congress. And we’re pushing Congress and the Biden administration to stop giving the fracking industry special treatment as a “clean energy” version of fossil fuels. As the fossil fuel industry doubles down on plastic as the new frontier for petrochemical production, we must do everything in our power to shape a new future -- a future that isn’t bought and shaped by the richest and most powerful industries in the world. A future with a sustainable economy and planet that doesn’t leave anybody behind. 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