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James Wolfensohn - President, The World Bank
- Is the largest public funder of destructive fossil fuel
projects
- Is stripping protection for old growth forests
- Is masquerading as a "Green Banker" at the World Summit on
Sustainable Development
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George W. Bush - President of the United
States
- Refuses to support the Kyoto treaty to help curb global
warming
- Is reversing publicly supported protection of old growth
forests
- Refuses to attend the most important environmental summit of
the decade
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Sandy Weill - Chairman and CEO, Citigroup,
Inc.
- Is the largest private funder of destructive fossil fuel
projects
- Refuses to establish meaningful environmental banking
standards
- Has the power to establish a strong environmental legacy
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The face of global warming and forest destruction is a
frightening one. More than 25 million people are currently
dislocated by flooding rivers as our atmosphere heats up. The West
Nile virus can now thrive in the U.S. Severe droughts and massive
wild fires have increased. The logging of the world's old growth
forests is only adding to our ecological woes.
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg,
South Africa, world leaders will convene to measure the "progress"
made during the last ten years in addressing the ecological crisis
and consider the fate of the planet. Thanks to James Wolfensohn,
President Bush, and Sandy Weill the outlook is bleak. |
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World Bank President James Wolfensohn is no "green
banker." He's using your tax dollars to fund fossil fuel projects
that drive global warming and forest destruction. His team is
gutting the World Bank's existing forest policy for a new one that
provides less protection and allows old growth logging.
Mr. Wolfensohn
has the power to stop this. Any new policy should protect forest
ecosystems from logging old growth trees and foster community-based
economic development in non-timber products. |
U.S. President George W. Bush will not be joining the 100
heads of state attending the meetings in Johannesburg. He is on
vacation. President Bush is ignoring the world's climate troubles by
rolling back environmental laws to increase corporate profits for
his campaign supporters.
President
Bush should attend the Summit and face the global warming and forest
destruction crises. |
Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill provides the money and financial
expertise behind controversial fossil fuel projects around the
world. As the top funder of the oil, gas, and mining industries,
Citigroup uses consumer dollars for projects that destroy pristine
ecosystems and contribute to global warming. The Camisea project in
the Peruvian Amazon, the Chad-Cameroon pipeline in the African
rainforest, and the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests are the
real costs of Citigroup "living richly." Unlike top European Banks,
such as ABN AMRO, that have policies to preserve endangered forests,
there are no serious environmental or social standards under
Citigroup's red umbrella.
Cut up your
Citibank card and tell Sandy Weill, "Not With My Money" until he
meets the financial industry's ecological best
practices. |
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We can and must halt global warming and forest destruction.
Future generations are depending on us. James Wolfensohn, President
Bush and Sandy Weill have the power to establish strong policies
that address the environmental crisis and lead us toward
sustainability. The Johannesburg Summit presents an unprecedented
opportunity to implement a visionary plan of action that will
improve lives and preserve our environment. We must act together to
change the face of global warming and forest
destruction.
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