CAN you believe it? 350 org Australia

Dear friend,

CAN you believe it? Last week, the Australian Financial Review named Commonwealth Bank as an arranger for Indian mining giant Adani’s plan to build the world’s largest coal port on the Great Barrier Reef. CommBank has neither confirmed nor denied this.

Click here to tell CommBank that they CAN and must say no to Adani!

The Abbot Point coal port expansion will enable coal companies to unlock nine mega mines in Queensland’s Galilee Basin that would cook the climate and wreck the Reef.

Over the past 12 months, over 150,000 Australians have urged Commonwealth and the other Big Australian Banks to get out of fossil fuels and say no to Abbot Point. They’ve met with branch managers, taken out full-page newspaper ads, asked questions at AGMs, shut their CommBank accounts and moved millions of dollars out of the Bank.

But CommBank is not listening so we urgently need your help to step things up. CommBank is terrified of their brand reputation being tarnished. Their worst nightmare is hundreds of angry customers turning up on their doorsteps and plastering their inboxes and social media channels, so this is where we need to focus our energy right now!

Help us flood CommBank with messages telling them we won’t stand idly by as they do deals that will cook the climate and wreck the Reef.*

Commonwealth Bank is a major sponsor of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Their Chairman is on the Foundation’s Board. They say they take climate change seriously. So how come they’re working for one of the dodgiest mining companies who wants to unlock Australia’s biggest carbon bomb and irreparably damage the Reef?

Already eight major international banks have said no to Adani. They see how dodgy and damaging this crazy coal deal is and have ruled out supporting the destruction

Help us talk sense into CommBank – tell them they CAN and MUST say no to Adani today.

Yours for a clean energy future,

Charlie for 350.org Australia

*Your messages will be taken directly to the Bank tomorrow when Sydneysiders turnout at CommBank’s headquarters.

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PS: Thanks so much to those of you who took action to tell the State Bank of India to get out of this project too! Since we emailed, over 5600 emails have been sent to the Bank. Help us keep them coming by signing on or sharing this link today: www.350.org.au/SBIsayno

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