For Immediate Release: Media Contact: Renata Pumarol [email protected] 646.462.9281 Mets Fans and PA Jumaane Williams Demand Mets Strike Out Citi for its Role in Climate Crisis Citi, which has stadium-naming rights until 2028, is the second-largest financier of fossil fuels; Activists slammed Citi claiming the bank is “ torching our planet every day and giving […]
Category Archives: Press Release
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March 27, 2023 Press contact: Jackie Fielder, [email protected] 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 […]
In The News, Press Release
Advocacy Groups Respond to Bank, Insurance Proxy Statements Opposing Climate & Indigenous Rights Resolutions
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 17, 2023 Media contact: Arielle Swernoff, [email protected], 925-262-3004 (Eastern Time) Advocacy Groups Respond to Bank, Insurance Proxy Statements Opposing Climate & Indigenous Rights Resolutions Climate groups call out Citi, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, RBC, and others for greenwashing New York, NY – This past week, Citi, Bank of America, […]
In The News, Press Release
Coalition of 240+ Organizations to Push for Yes Votes on Climate, Indigenous Rights Shareholder Resolutions at Financial Firms
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For Immediate Release Wednesday March, 01 2023 Contact: Arielle Swernoff: [email protected], Ginny Cleaveland: [email protected], Coalition of 240+ Organizations to Push for Yes Votes on Climate, Indigenous Rights Shareholder Resolutions at Financial Firms Resolutions at major North American banks and several insurers push companies to phase-out financing of fossil fuel expansion, protect Indigenous rights, and institute better climate […]
In The News, Press Release
Investors file climate shareholder resolutions at major US and Canadian banks
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2023 Contact: Jackie Fielder, [email protected] Stop the Money Pipeline coalition members respond to investors filing climate shareholder resolutions at major US and Canadian banks Resolutions call for top banks and insurance companies to make significant progress on their climate commitments; will require support from major asset managers and other […]
Biden, In The News, Press Release
Banks threaten to abandon climate commitments; bank CEOs grilled in Congressional hearing
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2022 Media contact: Jackie Fielder, [email protected] Climate groups excoriate banks for threatening to abandon climate commitments; bank CEOs grilled in Congressional hearing Today Financial Times, Reuters and Bloomberg reported that JPMorgan Chase & Co., Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and other unnamed US banks are threatening to leave the Glasgow […]
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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* Thursday, September 8, 2022 Contact: Shawna Foster, [email protected] 402-214-3014 “Blame Wall Street” for Role in Climate Disaster New campaign to highlight financial systems structural role in extreme weather, pollution and climate crisis Lethal heat waves. Wildfires. Hurricanes. Flooding. Wall Street is fueling extreme weather events around the globe by funneling billions of […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2022 Contact: Jackie Fielder, [email protected] Climate groups respond to bombshell investor report on banks’ climate goals Today the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) dropped a bombshell report that found 27 giant banks in North America, Europe, and Asia are failing the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2022 Contact: Jackie Fielder, [email protected] Climate groups respond to news of FSOC Climate Hub Today in its regular meeting, the Financial Stability Oversight Council, or FSOC, announced that the Office of Financial Research has launched a new Climate Data and Analytics Hub pilot program, “a new tool to […]