A decaying oil tanker off the coast of Yemen could spew a MILLION
barrels of oil into the Red Sea. That’s four
times the oil spilled by Exxon Valdez!
It’s a ticking time bomb that could be the
biggest environmental catastrophe in history, but no one is talking
about it. And the United Nations can’t scrape together
enough donations to clean it up before disaster
strikes.
We’re going to change that.
If thousands of us come together to create a citizen cleanup
fund, then campaign to demand our governments match our
donations 100:1, we can help get the UN the money they need
to start the clean up straight away.
We have no time to spare – experts say they have to start within
weeks or it might be too late.
Vladimir, can you give $2 to help stop this ticking time
bomb?
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Scientists are sounding the alarm that
at any moment, the ship could disintegrate or
explode, causing 10 million people to lose access to
drinking water. It would destroy the Red Sea’s coral reef,
mangroves, and turtle nesting sites…forever. And it would disrupt
traffic into a critical Yemeni port for several months, cutting off
humanitarian aid to Yemen – which 20 million people rely on to
survive.
If disaster strikes, it would cost $20 BILLION to clean
up the mess.
The good news is the UN has a plan in place to assess the safety
of the tanker, then carefully transfer the oil to a temporary, safe
vessel. The empty tanks would then be cleaned to remove any
remaining oil and the ship would be made into scrap.
But they can’t start until they raise the funds to do
it. Out of desperation, the UN just launched a crowdfunding
campaign to help, but without massive support it won’t be
enough.
The cleanup must be complete before the fall, when
currents and high winds make the worst case scenario even more
likely. But our governments are turning their backs on this
looming disaster.
Together we can start a citizen clean up fund, then use
it to lobby our governments to chip in the rest, showing
them that citizens around the world won’t rest until we save
ourselves from the biggest environmental disaster, ever. Anything
extra we raise can be used on critical environmental campaigns
worldwide. Can you help?
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