Washington, DC — This Earth Day, activists will turn up the heat on Wall Street through mass online actions. Earth Day Live, the three-day online Earth Day celebration, will dedicate an entire day — Thursday, April 23 — to “Divest,” a day-long push…
Fossil-Free Finance
Fossil-Free Finance
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Last night, Reuters reported that banks including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citigroup are planning to take direct ownership of failing oil and gas assets. The banks are reportedly awaiting regulatory waivers in order to move…
The latest version of the most comprehensive report on global banks’ fossil fuel financing, Banking on Climate Change 2020, was released today, revealing that 35 global banks have not only been sustaining but expanding the fossil fuel sector with…
As Senate Democrats prepare to host a hearing tomorrow on the “Economic and Financial Risks of Climate Change,” activists around the country are busy preparing for a major day of action to protest Wall Street’s ongoing financing of fossil fuels and…
Wells Fargo has released an update to its environmental policy ruling out funding for oil and gas projects in the Arctic region, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge