25 Climate Activists Occupy Chase Bank & Launch A Major New Campaign Targeting The Financial Industry
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Published on January 14th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor
January 14th, 2020 by Guest Contributor
The “Stop the Money Pipeline” Mobilization aims to end the financing of fossil fuels and deforestation
Bill McKibben, an American Environmentalist, and other activists holds a banner as they take action at a Chase Bank demanding an end to fossil fuel funding in conjunction with Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Friday rally. JP Morgan Chase, a financial institution that is one of the largest sources of capital to the fossil fuel industry in their quest to drill oceans, frack our land and build more pipelines. Image by Greenpeace, used with permission.
10 People Arrested for Civil Disobedience including founder Bill McKibben, Friends of the Earth Vice President Liz Butler, Hip Hop Caucus Director Lennox Yearwood, and Divest-Invest Director Clara Vondrich
Washington, D.C. — Over twenty people occupied a Chase Bank branch in Washington, D.C. today to kick off , a major new activist effort going after the financial industry’s funding of climate destruction.
The action took place alongside today’s Fire Drill Friday protest at the Capitol led by Jane Fonda and allies. Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Greenpeace U.S. Director Annie Leonard, and dozens more marched down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the Chase Bank branch to show solidarity with the protestors inside.
In the end, ten people were arrested for refusing to leave the bank when given a warning by the police. They included founder Bill McKibben, Friends of the Earth Vice President Liz Butler, Hip Hop Caucus Director Lennox Yearwood, and Divest-Invest Director Clara Vondrich.
Reverend Lennox Yearwood, an activist speaks as he takes action at a Chase Bank demanding an end to fossil fuel funding in conjunction with Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Friday rally. JP Morgan Chase, a financial institution that is one of the largest sources of capital to the fossil fuel industry in their quest to drill oceans, frack our land and build more pipelines. Image by Greenpeace, used with permission.
Chase Bank is one of the three main targets for the Stop the Money Pipeline because of the bank’s outsized role in financing fossil fuel development. Since the Paris Agreement, Chase has provided $196 billion in finance for fossil fuels, 10% of all fossil fuel finance from the 33 major global banks.
Activist take action at a Chase Bank demanding an end to fossil fuel funding in conjunction with Jane Fonda’s Fire Drill Friday rally. JP Morgan Chase, a financial institution that is one of the largest sources of capital to the fossil fuel industry in their quest to drill oceans, frack our land and build more pipelines. Image by Greenpeace, used with permission.
Over the coming months, Stop the Money Pipeline will also be targeting two other companies that represent key pillars of the financial sector: BlackRock, the largest single investor in fossil fuels, and Liberty Mutual, a top global insurer of coal, oil, and gas. Activists also continue to put pressure on endowments, pension funds, and other major investors who haven’t yet divested from fossil fuels.
Organizations involved in the Stop the Money Pipeline mobilization include Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace USA, Sunrise Project, Future Coalition, Divest Ed, Divest-Invest, Native Movement, Giniw Collective, Transition US, , Oil Change International, 350 Seattle, Center for International Environmental Law, Union of Concerned Scientists, Majority Action, Earth Rights International, The YEARS Project, and more.
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