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Category Archives: In The News

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 – […]

Stop the Money Pipeline presents JPMorgan Chase branches with “2021 Greenwashing Award”

Activists deliver hundreds of awards to Chase branches around the U.S. Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com San Francisco – June 1, 2021 – Following the release of JPMorgan Chase’s 2030 climate targets, people around the country will be delivering the “2021 Greenwashing Award” to more than 150 Chase branches this week. The award is presented on […]

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) […]

Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Issues Statement Ahead of Biden’s Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  May 20, 2021 Contact: Jackie Fielder, jackie@stopthemoneypipeline.com   Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Issues Statement Ahead of Biden’s Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk  Coalition representing more than 160 groups expects Executive Order to ensure all U.S. financial institutions are firmly on a path to real zero greenhouse gas emissions before COP26 […]

World’s lead oil demand agency releases new pathway to avoid climate collapse: no new fossil fuel extraction

IEA’s first 1.5°C-aligned scenario bolsters call for no new fossil fuel extraction IEA must now make it central to its flagship WEO and fix remaining model flaws Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a special report, “Net Zero in 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system,” that represents the agency’s first ever effort […]

IEA Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Tuesday, May 18th 2021   Stop The Money Pipeline Coalition Responds to International Energy Association’s Call to Stop New Oil Investments to Hit Net-Zero Emissions Marking a major milestone for climate justice and financial sustainability advocates, the International Energy Association called for an immediate end to all financing of new fossil-fuel supply […]

Global protests target banks funding Line 3 pipeline

SAN FRANCISCO – Today across 8 countries, 4 continents, and 50 U.S. cities, hundreds of climate and Indigenous rights activists are protesting 20 banks that have backed loans for Enbridge, the company constructing the Line 3 tar sands pipeline through Anishinaabe territory in Minnesota. The protests feature elaborate and artful displays such as a body […]

Global day of action targets banks funding Line 3 pipeline

SAN FRANCISCO – Beginning Thursday May 6 5:00pm PDT, Stop the Money Pipeline is organizing a #DefundLine3 Global Day of Action (May 7) with protests at bank branches in Japan, Switzerland, Sierra Leone, Costa Rica, the UK, Holland, France and Canada, as well as about 50 cities in the U.S. The actions aim to pressure […]

Join the #DefundLine3 day of action on May 7th

Since the #DefundLine3 campaign launched in February, bank executives have received more than 700,000 emails, 7,000 calendar invites and 3,000 phone calls, demanding that they stop funding Line 3. There have been protests at bank branches in 16 states. Collectively, we’ve raised more than $70,000 for those on the frontlines. Now, we’re pulling all of that […]