Tell President Biden: Stop funding fossil fuel destruction abroad!

Every year, the U.S. government spends billions of taxpayer dollars on funding for fossil fuel projects abroad. These projects harm people and endangered species across the world.

President Biden has the power to protect people and wildlife from polluting fossil fuel projects across the globe. He can act right now and put a stop to U.S. overseas fossil fuel financing. But Biden will only act if he feels pressure from people like you.

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Dear President Biden:

We applaud your restrictions on U.S. overseas fossil fuel financing.  However, these restrictions do not go far enough. I strongly recommend you take the following steps to ensure a meaningful reduction in support to fossil fuel projects abroad:
•	Explicitly end support for midstream and upstream fossil fuel projects, as well as support for such projects through financial intermediaries. 
•	Make clear that any restrictions apply to the U.S. Export Import Bank and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation.
•	Remove the vague exceptions for national security and geostrategic benefit that would cover almost any project, allowing it to receive financing no matter how polluting and detrimental to local communities.
•	Require an accurate accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions for the international projects that the U.S. supports to ensure emissions are not undercounted.

In the past five years, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and its predecessor, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, approved almost $4 billion for overseas fossil fuel projects. In addition, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has approved over $5 billion for fossil fuel projects abroad in just the last two years. Both have provided billions of dollars annually to fossil fuel projects all over the world, including in Argentina and Mozambique. Other agencies, including the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, have provided technical assistance and policy guidance in support of overseas fossil fuel projects.

I urge you to take immediate action to end the billions of dollars that the U.S. government provides every year for international fossil fuel projects.

Sincerely, 
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