U.S (RAINFOREST ACTION NETWORK) : The FIRES IN LA are caused by fossil fuels — and insurance companies.

 

Imagine losing everything. For people in LA and Asheville, that’s their reality. It could happen to you too. Insurance companies exist because we pay them to help us in case of disasters. We trust them to be there for us when we need it most. But just as thousands of people have lost their homes in the worst fires in Los Angeles history — in the middle of winter — insurers have dropped their fire coverage, including major US insurer, Chubb. From hurricane Helene in the South to the LA fires, families and entire communities have lost everything they owned — while insurance companies like Chubb turn a profit and ignore their misery. And if that weren’t bad enough, would you believe me if I said it gets even worse? While insurers have deemed neighborhoods, cities, and entire states too risky to insure, they don’t see a problem with insuring fossil fuel projects that have literally caused those climate risks! Right now, insurance companies like Chubb are backing the largest fossil fuel build-out of our lifetimes — methane gas (aka so-called liquefied “natural” gas or LNG) expansion in the Gulf South. The industry touts methane as a supposedly green fuel — but they’re actually gaslighting you — because in reality, it’s a volatile and toxic super-pollutant that’s 80 times worse for our climate than carbon. Enough lies. Enough backing out. Enough greed. Enough gaslighting. Demand Chubb stop insuring methane terminals NOW! Take Action Cameron LNG is a methane export terminal in Hackleberry, Louisiana. This was once an abundant and vibrant area for shrimping, but now, nets come up empty and entire fishing communities are losing their way of life. These methane terminals: spew toxins into the air, poisoning the community have especially high explosion risks – it’s not if an accident will happen, but when pave over and pollute ecosystems push our shared climate over the edge – driving disasters all over the world destroy and displace entire communities and regions and in places like Southwest Louisiana, they devastate the livelihoods of generations of fishing families How is any of THIS not too risky ?! Chubb needs to be a leader, and take its role as a “risk expert” seriously by taking responsibility for the damage that they’re insuring. Tell Chubb that methane is NOT safe or wanted! Methane tanks at Cameron LNG Communities of Southwest Louisiana are fighting back against Cameron LNG. Fishermen Involved in Sustaining our Heritage (FISH) are calling on Chubb to stop insuring Cameron LNG. You can fight back too! Support communities in Louisiana, Los Angeles, and Asheville by telling Chubb to STOP insuring the fossil fuel projects causing climate disasters. These companies must take responsibility for their role in climate chaos – but maybe even more than that, the role they could play in limiting its damage. Demand Chubb be a leader to take accountability, and become part of the solution instead of the problem — starting with ruling out methane gas. In solidarity, Ethan Nuss Senior Campaigner, Climate & Energy Rainforest Action Network

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