U.S (RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK) : You can support the communities fighting against environmental racism in Texas.

 

Dear friend, Chubb insurance became the first major insurer to stop covering Rio Grande LNG, a dangerous methane gas export terminal planned near Brownsville, Texas. It’s no mistake : this was the result of direct and coordinated action. For months on end, frontline community organizers from the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas and the South Texas Environmental Justice Network have fought tirelessly to defend their homes, community, and for a livable climate. Intense pressure from them, grassroots activists, and allies led to this victory. So today, we’re asking you to help celebrate their victory by giving directly to the communities fighting against environmental racism.

Juan Mancias, Tribal Chairman of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas Donate to the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Through our Community Action Grants (CAG) program, your gift today can help the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas keep up their work, challenging the dangerous methane export terminals and pipeline projects that threaten devastating impacts on their community’s health, violate Indigenous rights, and put countless endangered species at risk. In May 2023, the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe of Texas led the Bridge to the Ancestors. This amazing, and at times grueling, Indigenous youth-led walk spanned over 600 miles from Monohans to Brownsville, Texas and highlighted the immense impact extractive industries continue to have across communities in Texas. The walk included several stops at Indigenous cultural sites and the fossil fuel projects that threaten them, like Texas LNG, Rio Grande LNG’s neighbor. The proposed plans for Texas LNG directly overlap with the Garcia Pasture, a sacred burial site for the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe. Almost nothing will slow down these fossil fuel expansion projects — except people power. That’s why we’re excited to support the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas with a CAG grant, and you can help us expand that grant when you give today. Support Indigenous and frontline communities Chubb dropping Rio Grande LNG is the latest victory against the planned project threatening to harm the coastal landscape of the Rio Grande Valley, one of the last pristine areas of the Texas coastline—a haven for wildlife, fishing, tourism, and recreation and home to Latine and Indigenous communities. Thanks to tireless grassroots efforts, it’s only a matter of time before AIG, Liberty Mutual, and Sompo follow suit ! Please help us strengthen our partners by giving generously today! For a fossil free future, Ruth Breech Senior Campaigner, Climate & Energy Rainforest Action Network

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