FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 6, 2024 Media contacts: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com SEC fails to ensure transparency in corporate reporting as financial risks from climate grow WASHINGTON, DC — Wednesday morning, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) passed a rule on climate disclosure that falls significantly short of the necessary measures to address the financial […]
Author Archives: Jackie Fielder
In The News, Press Release
STMP members disappointed with reported draft of climate financial risk disclosure rule
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 5, 2024 Media Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com As financial risks from climate grow, SEC fails to ensure transparency in corporate reporting WASHINGTON, DC — Today, in a last ditch effort, 79 organizations of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition sent a letter to Chair Gary Gensler and other commissioners of […]
Dear Chair Gensler and Commissioners, We, the undersigned 79 organizations, recognize your commitment to addressing the critical issue of the financial risks from climate change and its profound implications for our collective future. Your awareness of the stakes involved positions you uniquely to effect meaningful change during your tenure. However, we must express our disappointment […]
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Costco Members Welcome New CEO With a Party—and a Demand to Drop Citibank Activists pressing the retailer to stop partnering its credit card with the world’s second-biggest fossil fuel financier test whether big companies can push banks to divest from oil, gas and coal. By Keerti Gopal for Inside Climate News January 18, 2024
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Media contacts: Judith Crosbie judith.crosbie@sunriseproject.org 9295843344 In Issaquah: Caroline Henderson 6033557039 Climate action at Costco HQ to take place at: 8.45am (Pacific Time) 730 lake drive, Issaquah MEDIA STATEMENT Costco to receive climate petition over links to Citi as new data shows spike in Costco’s carbon cash footprint Costco shoppers, shareholders and climate activists […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2023 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Climate groups respond to Treasury’s principles for climate transition plans WASHINGTON D.C. – Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen unveiled Principles for Net-Zero Financing & Investment and received a range of disappointed responses from members of Stop the Money Pipeline coalition. In the spring, […]
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Memorandum: Federal Reserve Ignoring Systemic Climate Financial Risks Re: Omitting biggest growing structural shift in global economy recipe for disaster Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Contact: Eren Ileri, erencan.ileri@sunriseproject.org The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City is set to host its 45th annual Economic Policy Symposium titled “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy” in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, starting […]
Biden, In The News, Press Release
New Treasury Climate Counselor Must Act Immediately to Address Climate Financial Risk and Climate Finance
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2023 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com New Treasury Climate Counselor Must Act Immediately to Address Climate Financial Risk and Climate Finance WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, members of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition reacted to the news of Ethan Zindler’s appointment to serve as Climate Counselor to Secretary Janet Yellen and to lead the Treasury […]
Biden, In The News, Press Release
Climate groups urge Treasury to hold Wall Street accountable for transition plans in light of investor pressure
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Climate groups urge Treasury to hold Wall Street accountable for transition plans in light of investor pressure WASHINGTON D.C. – In light of the results at the 2023 shareholder season of major US Banks, environmental and consumer advocacy groups in the Stop the […]
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March 27, 2023 Press contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Gulf South leaders ask Treasury: “Where’s our bailout?” Washington, D.C. — This afternoon, Black, Indigenous, and environmental justice leaders from the Gulf South who are fighting in the courts and at FERC against Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and petrochemical projects in their backyards, sent a letter to […]