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A tanker ship carrying Amazon crude oil threads
through the water and anchors in the Los Angeles port.
The crude oil from this tanker and many others will
be refined by Marathon, Chevron, and Valero – and sold by
retailers throughout the state. In fact, on average 1
in 9 gallons pumped in California is derived from the
Amazon.
But here’s the price of fueling California with oil from
the Amazon. The fossil fuel industry across the Amazon is a
gateway to deforestation and is responsible for
Indigenous Peoples' rights violations, pollution, and ongoing
spills, and is connected to corruption, and a host of
additional biodiversity and climate impacts.
Governor Newsom must act now to stop California’s
complicity in the Amazon destruction.
Send a message to
Governor Newsom and tell him to end California’s
complicity in new oil drilling in the Amazon while also not
expanding domestic production.
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In January 2022, a pipeline carrying crude oil in
the Ecuadorian region of the Amazon ruptured – contaminating
over 226,000 square feet of the Cayambe Coca nature reserve
and the massive Coca River. Less than two years ago,
in April 2020, three ruptured pipelines spilled more than
15,000 barrels of oil into the Coca River and polluted the
food and water of more than 27,000 members of downstream
Indigenous communities.
As California fuels up on Amazonian crude, Indigenous
and frontlines communities in the rainforest are paying a
hefty price. The toxic legacy of the fossil fuel industry not
only affects the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of
people, but it endangers vital biodiversity in the region.
Rogue refineries should not be allowed to make
Californians and businesses complicit in expanding oil
drilling in the Amazon.
We need elected leaders like Governor Newsom to stand to up
to Big Oil and work with communities to end California’s
oversized role in the destruction of the Amazon. We
have to make sure Newsom understands the urgency of protecting
this vital rainforest by delivering this message straight to
his office.
will you send a message to Governor
Newsom and urge him to take action to protect the Amazon
rainforest by helping to stop new oil drilling in the region?
Our easy-to-use tool has a sample message you can
use.
The momentum to protect the Amazon is stronger than
ever. Just like how the Stand.earth
community stood up against fossil fuel projects like
Trans Mountain, the Coastal GasLink pipeline, and the Teck tar
sands mine, we know you’ll be here to resist the expansion of
oil and gas drilling in the Amazon rainforest. We
have shifted billions of dollars from fossil fuel projects in
the Amazon and secured commitments from six banks to stop
financing Amazon oil and gas.
Thank you for calling an end to the U.S. and
California's complicity in new oil drilling in the Amazon once
and for all.
With determination,
Tyson Miller
Amazon Programs Director
Stand.earth
P.S. If you would like to hear from the Indigenous leaders
on the frontlines fighting to protect their homes from oil
drilling, check out this exclusive piece from NBC on
our California crude report. | 
