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- BIODIVERSITY
- CORAL REEFS
- RAINFORESTS
Covering only 6% of Earth’s surface, rainforests are tropical rain-soaked regions that are home to half of Earth’s plant and animal species. Latin America contains nearly 60% of all tropical rainforests, one third of them in Brazil alone - while Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands and West Africa contain the rest. Some rainforests have existed for 100 million years. Several plants identified as promising cancer treatments are found only in these areas - even though less than 4% of all rainforest species have been chemically analyzed. At least 78 million acres of rainforest are destroyed each year and more than 20% of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is already gone. At present rates of destruction, this valuable resource could vanish by 2040. Many forces such as logging, farming, ranching, mining, oil extraction and climate change contribute to rainforest deforestation.
For much of the past 4+ years, large parts of the Amazon rainforest have been set ablaze. It is estimated that over 3,500 square miles of rainforest within the Amazon biome was lost to fires in 2019. And these fires have continued in 2020, burning an additional 5,000 square miles. Brazilian officials claim 30% of the 2019 fires occurred on illegally occupied land, started by land grabbers speculating on real estate.
Pending Legislation: S.3282 - Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey (MA)
Status: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Chair: Sen. Tim Scott (SC)
For much of the past 4+ years, large parts of the Amazon rainforest have been set ablaze. It is estimated that over 3,500 square miles of rainforest within the Amazon biome was lost to fires in 2019. And these fires have continued in 2020, burning an additional 5,000 square miles. Brazilian officials claim 30% of the 2019 fires occurred on illegally occupied land, started by land grabbers speculating on real estate.
Pending Legislation: S.3282 - Targeting Environmental and Climate Recklessness Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Edward Markey (MA)
Status: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Chair: Sen. Tim Scott (SC)
- I oppose reforming current rainforest policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Leader John Thune (SD).
- I support authorizing the U.S. government to impose targeted sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in activities that significantly exacerbate climate change or destroy the environment by: 1.) Preventing individuals and companies responsible for the most destructive climate actions from accessing the U.S. financial system. 2.) Authorizing sanctions for significant or illegal deforestation, including activities like illegal logging, mining, or ranching. 3.) Holding foreign actors accountable for causing significant excess emissions, particularly from subcritical coal-fired power plants. 4.) Penalizing companies that knowingly misrepresent the environmental impact of their products or investments. 5.) Expanding existing human rights and corruption sanctions (such as those under the Global Magnitsky Act) to cover abuses committed against individuals seeking to protect the environment. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Sen. Tim Scott (SC) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support authorizing the U.S. government to impose targeted sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that engage in activities that significantly exacerbate climate change or destroy the environment by:
1.) Preventing individuals and companies responsible for the most destructive climate actions from accessing the U.S. financial system.
2.) Authorizing sanctions for significant or illegal deforestation, including activities like illegal logging, mining, or ranching.
3.) Holding foreign actors accountable for causing significant excess emissions, particularly from subcritical coal-fired power plants.
4.) Penalizing companies that knowingly misrepresent the environmental impact of their products or investments.
5.) Expanding existing human rights and corruption sanctions (such as those under the Global Magnitsky Act) to cover abuses committed against individuals seeking to protect the environment.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Sen. Tim Scott (SC) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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Pledge Period - Opening Date
December 29, 2025
Pledge Period - Closing Date
January 4, 2026
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January 5, 2026