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<p><b><font size=4 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:15.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>Campaign updates</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>HUGE PROGRESS!</span></font></b><font
color="#da521f"><span style='color:#DA521F'> Apparel brands are signing
the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bangladesh</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><img width=300 height=280 id="_x0000_i1026"
src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/gap.png" style='float:left;
margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px' alt="NYT photo of Gap protest"><strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Background:</font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> In the wake of the November<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s terrible Tazreen factory fire that killed 112
workers making clothes for Walmart and other brands, we called on major apparel
companies to join the independently-monitored Accord on Fire and Building
Safety in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangladesh</st1:place></st1:country-region> to
ensure that their clothes weren<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
being made under deadly conditions. The horrific <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Rana</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Plaza</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
building collapse, which killed more than 1,100 workers in April, only
underscored the urgency of meaningful reform in the Bangladeshi garment
industry. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Partners: </span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>International Labor Rights Forum, United
Food and Commercial Workers - <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
United Students Against Sweatshops, Workers<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>
Rights Consortium, Corporate Action Network, CREDO, Clean Clothes Campaign,
Making Change at Walmart, Avaaz, and more<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We
wanted brands to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bangladesh</st1:place></st1:country-region> to
prevent tragedies like this from happening again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>ve made huge progress! <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">Thousands of us donated to bring Bangladeshi labor
leader Kalpona Akter and Tazreen factory fire survivor Sumi Abedin to the U.S.</font></b></strong> to
challenge executives at Walmart, Gap and other companies. While they were here,
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rana</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Plaza</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> building collapsed and Kalpona was
able to talk to reporters right away and make sure they told the story about
who was ultimately responsible for the tragedy: the brands that turned a blind
eye to known safety issues in their factories. So many of us were moved by the
building collapse that <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">we
collectively chipped in enough money to give $35,000 -- nearly double our goal
-- to two courageous groups</font></b></strong> organizing in the
Bangladeshi garment industry, the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity and
the National Federation of Garment Workers. Meanwhile, under pressure from
consumers and workers around the globe, <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">more than 40 major companies -- including Joe Fresh,
which our Canadian members targeted specifically -- have signed the agreement.
But Gap and Walmart are still holding out</font></b></strong>, and we won<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t stop until they sign the legally-binding
agreement to protect their workers from death traps.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1738?t=2&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Shareable
Facebook graphic</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1707?t=3&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Drop off
a letter at your local Gap</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1171?t=4&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition to Walmart</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1769?t=5&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Petition
to Joe Fresh</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
coverage: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1739?t=6&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">NPR</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1740?t=7&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">KNWA
Northwest Arkansas</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1741?t=8&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Photo in
the New York Times</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><b><font size=3 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>MAKING WAVES!</span></font></b><font
color="#da521f"><span style='color:#DA521F'> Exxon: Release information on
the massive tar sands oil spill in Mayflower, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:place></st1:State>.</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=300 height=225 id="_x0000_i1027"
src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/exxon.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Ads in DC metro"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Background:</font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> ExxonMobil spilled 100,000
barrels of toxic tar sands crude in the <st1:State w:st="on">Arkansas</st1:State>
town of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mayflower</st1:place></st1:City>.
It pressured the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
government to issue a no-fly zone over the spill site to keep cameras away from
the spill, and threatened reporters with arrest so the public wouldn<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t know the effects of the spill. This spill happened
at the same time as the U.S. State Department was considering whether to
approve or reject the proposed massive Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Partners:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Environmental Action, Oil Change
International, and Tar Sands Blockade<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We
were simultaneously demanding Exxon release all the information on the spill,
and calling for U.S. State Department officials to reject the tar sands
pipeline.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Over 86,000 of us signed the original petition to Exxon. We linked up
with Tar Sands Blockade, whose brave members snuck into areas closed off by
Exxon, to leak out photos of the tragic spill. Over 1,000 members of the Sum of
Us donated to <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">blanket the DC
Metro station that State Department employees use with images from the spill</font></b></strong>,
so that every day, on the way to and from work, they<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>d
see the reality of what a tar sands spill really looks like.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1733?t=9&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">The
original petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1734?t=10&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Our ads!</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1735?t=11&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Shareable
Facebook graphic</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1771?t=12&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Petition
to the White House to reject KXL</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
Coverage: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1736?t=13&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Huffington
Post</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1737?t=14&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Arkansas
Times</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>WE WON!</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font color="#da521f"><span
style='color:#DA521F'>H&M: Get slavery out of your supply chain</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=116
id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/hm.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Cotton in Uzbekistan"> Slavery is alive and well in the modern world.
Every year, millions of men, women, and children in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Uzbekistan</st1:place></st1:country-region> are forced to work in
the state-run cotton industry. These crimes are only possible because a
multinational conglomerate called Daewoo International operates cotton
processing plants in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Uzbekistan</st1:place></st1:country-region>
and deals in slave-grown cotton. H&M was complicit in this tragedy, since
it continued to buy cotton from Daewoo which profits off Uzbeki cotton.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Partners:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> International Labor Rights
Forum, Anti-Slavery International, WalkFree<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We called on H&M to cut ties with Daewoo to help ensure that no
corporation profits from slavery.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We
won! After 70,000 members of the Sum of Us signed our petition to H&M, the
apparel giant agreed to stop buying from Daewoo and to reach down into its supply
chain and ensure that none of its suppliers do business with Daewoo either. We<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>re helping set a new standard for ethical behavior
in the garment industry, and we<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>ll
be calling on other companies to cut ties with Daewoo soon.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1746?t=15&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1772?t=16&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">H&M's
announcement</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#da521f" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:#DA521F'>Daily Mail: Sack Richard Littlejohn for his hateful
column</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=136
id="_x0000_i1029"
src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/littlejohn.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Daily Mail delivery"> Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn used
English schoolteacher Lucy Meadows<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>
private decision to transition from male to female as a basis for a disgusting
hit piece in which he called on her to resign. The media circus over Lucy<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s transition caused her to withdraw from her job,
and she committed suicide a few months later.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We
petitioned the Daily Mail to make a formal apology, and to sack Richard
Littlejohn.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> The
outcry was immediate, and immense. We had an massive response from our <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region> membership,
and over 200,000 people from around the world signed our petition calling for
the Daily Mail to sack Littlejohn. Hundreds of members of the Sum of Us helped
fund bicycle ads circling the Daily Mail headquarters, and people handing out
flyers at the nearest Tube stop, calling for Littlejohn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s
ouster. The Daily Mail took Littlejohn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s
column offline, but has yet to otherwise respond. We will continue to monitor
the Mail, and look for opportunities to apply pressure in the future to stop
the paper<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s horrible campaigns
against ordinary citizens.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1755?t=17&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1756?t=18&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Photos
from petition delivery</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1757?t=19&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Photos
of bike ads and people flyering Daily Mail employees</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
Coverage:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1758?t=20&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Pink
News</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1759?t=21&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">So So
Gay</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#da521f" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:#DA521F'>Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Flaherty: Keep
your hands off our CBC<br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>(<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> only)</span></font><font
color="#da521f"><span style='color:#DA521F'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=118
id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/cbc.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px' alt=CBC> If
Prime Minister Harper gets his way, the government will have more control over
the CBC than its ever had in the CBC’s 80-year history. The Harper government
snuck sweeping changes to the CBC deep into the last section of the budget --
on page 109 -- granting it disturbing powers to directly control and interfere
with our national broadcaster.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Partners:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Friends of Canadian Broadcasting
and Leadnow.ca<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We called for the Conservative government and the Canadian Finance
Minister to take out the provision in the latest budget bill.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Friends
of Canadian Broadcasting delivered 113,000 petition signatures collected by
Friends, Leadnow.ca and the Sum of Us to NDP leader Thomas Mulcair and Liberal
leader Justin Trudeau. Our supporters chipped in to fund radio ads that aired
in the riding of the Finance Minister, showing him (and his constituents) that
we don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t want government to control
the CBC.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1742?t=22&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1743?t=23&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Shareable
Facebook graphic</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
Coverage:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1744?t=24&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Huffington
Post Op-Ed</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1745?t=25&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Hill
Times</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#da521f" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:#DA521F'>Coke: Don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
crush the world<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s best recycling
system</span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=300 height=150
id="_x0000_i1031"
src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/coke-sticker-final-copy.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Coke sticker"> Coke was suing an Australian state government to
prevent one of the world<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s most
effective recycling programs, a container deposit scheme, from going into
effect. This is part of a long history of Coke fighting to oppose effective
recycling programs worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Partners:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> The Boomerang <st1:City w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City>
and Greenpeace <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we wanted:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> We
wanted Coca Cola to drop its lawsuit against the Northern Territory Government
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
We also wanted Coca Cola to abolish its global policy of opposing container
deposit recycling programs. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
Over 114,000 of us signed a petition to Coke to drop its opposition globally.
Sadly, Coke won its lawsuit and the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Northern
Territories</st1:place></st1:State> government is not allowed to implement
the container deposit recycling program as planned. The environment
ministers of each state and territory in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region> will soon decide whether
or not to introduce a national program instead. If they do, Coke and other
beverage companies will be required to participate. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1768?t=26&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
coverage:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1719?t=27&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Recycling
Today</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1720?t=28&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Environmental
Leader</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1730?t=29&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Earth
Techling</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>SUCCESS!</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font color="#da521f"><span
style='color:#DA521F'>ConocoPhillips: Stop drilling in the arctic</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=133
id="_x0000_i1032" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/cp.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="ConocoPhillips polar bear victory"> ConocoPhillips planned to stick
with its reckless plans to drill in the <st1:place w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place>,
in spite of the fact that many of its rivals -- most notably Shell -- had put a
halt to Arctic drilling.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We demanded that ConocoPhillips drop plans to drill in the <st1:place
w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> ConocoPhillips
announced it will stop drilling in the <st1:place w:st="on">Arctic</st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1721?t=30&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1722?t=31&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Shareable
Facebook graphic</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
Coverage:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1723?t=32&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">USA
Today</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#da521f" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:#DA521F'>Bayer: Stop killing the bees</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=165
id="_x0000_i1033"
src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/sickbee.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Sick bee"> Bayer, the global chemical company, is manufacturing a
chemical called neonicotinoids that new evidence shows is killing off bees. The
global die-off of bees represents an enormous danger to the planet. 30% of our
crops -- and 90% of wild plants -- rely on bees to thrive. Without bees, our
entire global food supply is in serious trouble.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We want Bayer to withdraw its neonicotinoid pesticides from the market,
as they pose a grave threat to bee populations worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Since
our petition in January, further reports have emerged implicating
neonicotinoids in bee deaths, bird deaths, and mass die-offs of dragonflies and
other beneficial insects. In response, the EU has adopted a landmark ruling,
banning neonicotinoids for two years in order to assess their impact. We have
taken our fight to retailers in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, and <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Australia</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
asking them to pull the bee-poisoning neonicotinoids from their shelves.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1760?t=33&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Petition
to Bayer</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1761?t=34&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Petition
to Home Depot and Lowe's (North America)</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1762?t=35&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Petition
to Bunnings Warehouse (Australia)</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
Coverage:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1639?t=36&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">UK
Independent</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=3 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>GRABBING HEADLINES!</span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font><font color="#da521f"><span
style='color:#DA521F'>FDA: Don<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
redefine milk<br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>(US
only)</span></font><font color="#da521f"><span style='color:#DA521F'> </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Background:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=200 height=133
id="_x0000_i1034" src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/fda.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Cows at the FDA"> The dairy lobby is pushing to change the legal
definition of "milk" to allow the addition of aspartame and other
artificial sweeteners, without special designation on the front of the
packaging.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want: </span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>We are pushing the FDA to deny their petition, and keep milk, milk.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Before
we picked up this campaign, it was relegated to small websites -- very few
people knew what was going on. Now, <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">dozens
of media outlets have covered the story, and the dairy lobby is on the
defensive</font></b></strong>. Thanks to your donations, we were able to
fund <strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">radio and bus ads that got
the attention of dozens of press outlets</font></b></strong>. And this past
Tuesday, we delivered our own petition with 117,000 signatures to the FDA. We brought
Sum of Us staff (and a puppy!) dressed as cows to the FDA headquarters to <strong><b><font
face="Times New Roman">hand out chocolate milk to FDA employees arriving at
work, and offer them aspartame with their milk</font></b></strong>.
Unsurprisingly, no one took us up on the offer of aspartame. At the moment,
the FDA has not decided whether to take up the dairy lobby<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s petition and propose a redefinition of milk.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1747?t=37&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Original
petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1748?t=38&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Photos
of the petition delivery (with cows!)</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1749?t=39&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Photos
of our bus ads</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Press
Coverage:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1750?t=40&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">International
Business Times</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1751?t=41&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">NPR</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1752?t=42&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Philadelphia
Inquirer</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1753?t=43&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">The Hill</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1754?t=44&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Huffington
Post</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color="#da521f" face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;color:#DA521F'>Suncor: Stop spilling tar sands waste into our rivers<br>
</span></font><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>(<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> only)</span></font><font
color="#da521f"><span style='color:#DA521F'> </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><img border=0 width=301 height=177 id="_x0000_i1035"
src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.sumofus.org/images/Suncor_tailings_LP.jpg"
style='float:left;margin-bottom:10px;margin-right:10px;width:200px'
alt="Suncor's spill"><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Background:</font></b></strong></span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> In March, the pipes from Suncor’s
operations froze and then burst, spilling 2,200 barrels of toxic tar sands
waste into the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Athabasca</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for 10 hours. That<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s all the public, including the communities
impacted by the spill, know -- because Suncor hasn<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>t
bothered to release any information to us. This has happened before, and then,
like now, Suncor refused to answer basic questions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Partner:</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Greenpeace <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>What
we want:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>
We wanted Suncor to release information about oil spills so that affected
communities could take precautions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Current
status:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> Greenpeace
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region> delivered a
40-foot-long petition containing the signatures of 16,000 SumOfUs.org
supporters to Suncor<st1:PersonName w:st="on">'</st1:PersonName>s corporate
headquarters in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Calgary</st1:place></st1:City>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Read
More:</span></font></b></strong><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1731?t=45&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">The
original petition</a> | <a
href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1732?t=46&akid=1718.896239.26fSxa">Photos
from the petition delivery</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><font size=4 color="#00abbd" face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:15.0pt;color:#00ABBD;font-weight:bold'>Onwards!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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