Hi Jeanne —
On Friday, we showed up to the PNW headquarters of insurance giant Liberty Mutual to paint a powerful message on their doorstep. Liberty Mutual: insure our future, not tar sands.
We took action Friday – alongside our friends from Protectors of the Salish Sea, the Puyallup Water Warriors, Mazaska Talks, and Sunrise Seattle – because Liberty Mutual is currently deciding whether or not to renew its insurance coverage for the Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline when it expires on August 31.
Click here to call Liberty Mutual and urge them to drop the project this August.
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is a disaster for the Pacific Northwest and the planet. The project threatens Indigenous sovereignty, endangers the Salish Sea, and locks us into irreversible climate catastrophe. If built, Trans Mountain would result in a 700% increase in oil tanker traffic in the Salish Sea and would lock in the same amount of climate-destroying pollution as 22 million new cars.
The good news is that we’ve figured out one strategic lever that can stop this project: insurance coverage. Without enough insurance backing, construction of Trans Mountain would halt in its tracks. In other words, if we can stop the flow of insurance money, then we can stop the flow of oil.
Our pressure is working: last month, Argo Group, which is one of Trans Mountain’s key insurance backers, committed to cut ties with the pipeline company, joining fourteen companies that have already ruled out support for the project. But Liberty Mutual still has not gotten the memo.
With resolve,
Sulakshana, for the Stop the Money Pipeline working group
P.S.
P.S. Like and share this beautiful photo from the action on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, so it spreads far and wide!
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