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Category Archives: Biden

Indigenous leaders and climate groups respond to West Virginia vs. EPA

Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued a rule that limits the EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gasses from the power sector using a specific provision of the Clean Air Act. Earlier this year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change stated that existing and planned fossil fuel projects are more than the […]

Blog: What Biden should have talked about last week with Fed Chair Powell

What Biden should have talked about last week with Fed Chair Powell This blog is reposted and originally appeared on 350.org.  by Jason Kirkpatrick With inflation and gas prices topping the agenda in the USA recently, one could be surprised by what topics were left out of the recent meeting between President Biden, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair […]

Climate groups blast ALEC for legislation against fossil fuel divestment and regulation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2021 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com   Climate groups blast ALEC for legislation against fossil fuel divestment and regulation SAN FRANCISCO — On December 3rd, the Center for Media and Democracy reported that the American Legislative Exchange Council voted to support two pieces of model legislation attacking fossil fuel divestment titled […]

Stop the Money Pipeline Groups React to Biden’s Federal Reserve Chair Nominations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 22, 2021 Contacts: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Climate and finance groups react to Biden’s Federal Reserve Chair Nominations WASHINGTON DC — Today, President Joe Biden announced the re-nomination of Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chair, and Lael Branaird as Vice Chair. The White House also said today it plans to fill three […]

US lags further after British Treasury issues new fossil fuel finance standards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 3, 2021 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com     Jason Schwartz, jason.schwartz@thesunriseproject.org US lags further after British Treasury issues new fossil fuel finance standards GLASGOW — Today UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced new requirements for firms to publish net zero transition and decarbonization plans in alignment with the goals […]

Climate groups respond to FSOC report on Climate-Related Financial Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  *Interviews available  October 21, 2021  Contact: Jackie Fielder,  jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Stop the Money Pipeline coalition members respond to FSOC report on Climate-Related Financial Risk WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), chaired by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, issued an unprecedented report on climate-related financial risk. The report is the […]

Expectations for President Biden’s Climate-Related Financial Risk Strategy

Today, dozens of organizations with Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition and aligned partners sent this letter to the Biden Administration, outlining our expectations for Section 2 of the Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk published in May 2021. The climate-finance executive order from the administration is quite broad and could have big implications for a wide […]

Stop the Money Pipeline Responds to Senators’ Letter to Head of Treasury’s New Climate Hub

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug 3, 2021 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Stop the Money Pipeline Responds to Senators’ Letter to Head of Treasury’s New Climate Hub Today, members of the Stop the Money Pipeline (STMP) coalition reacted to a letter sent by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) to John […]

Shady Wall Street Vet leaves Biden Administration After Stop the Money Pipeline Groups Send Letter to Kerry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   CONTACT: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Shady Wall Street Vet leaves Biden Administration After Stop the Money Pipeline Groups Send Letter to Kerry Departure comes after 145 organizations sent a letter to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry decrying the appointment of Mark Gallogly in March HOUSTON, TEXAS – July 1, 2021 – […]

Press Release: Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Responds to Biden’s Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *Interviews available May 20, 2021 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Responds to Biden’s Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk Coalition welcomes EO as important step for the climate finance movement, pushes administration to deliver by COP26 in November Today, President Biden issued a new broad-ranging Executive Order (EO) […]