Nearly 150 organizations sent a letter urging Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry to use his powers to end the flow of finance from Wall Street to the industries driving climate change.
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New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $3.8 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Agreement
A new report released today by Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Reclaim Finance, and Sierra Club, and endorsed by over 300 organizations around the world, reveals that 60 global banks have provided USD $3.8 trillion to fossil fuel companies in the five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement (2016-2020).
Day of Action Against Financing of Keystone XL, Line 3 Pipelines
Today across the nation, activists in 60 cities and 25 states plan to utilize COVID-safe and creative ways to deliver letters calling on major banks to distance themselves from the funding of the toxic Keystone XL and Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipelines.
Top US banks still propping up Mountain Valley fracked-gas pipeline boondoggleÂ
Eight main street U.S. banks have substantially increased their investment in the troubled Mountain Valley fracked gas pipeline project, updated analysis by Oil Change International revealed today.
Stop the Money Pipeline Issues Set of Criteria for Financial Appointees to the Biden Administration
Stop the Money Pipeline, a coalition pushing financial institutions to end support for the fossil fuel industry, sent a letter to the Biden/Harris transition team urging strong climate action criteria regarding appointments to financial regulators and the Treasury Department.
U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley Introduces Pair of Bills to Halt Financial Investments in Fossil Fuels
“If banks won’t stop funding climate devastation, our government must force their hand, and Senator Merkley’s bills would force the action we need,” said David Turnbull of Oil Change International.
Stop the Money Pipeline: JPMorgan Chase Can’t Be Paris-Aligned If It’s Still Funding Fossil Fuels
“Chase’s path to aligning with the Paris Agreement is obvious — it must stop funding fossil fuels immediately. Anything short of an end to fossil finance is woefully insufficient.”
Global Climate Groups Issue Guidance to Financial Institutions on Aligning with Paris Agreement Goals
A global set of 60 climate and rights groups has issued a set of “Principles for Paris-Aligned Financial Institutions” to offer a roadmap for the decarbonization of the finance sector on a timetable aligned with the Paris Agreement.
Principles for Paris-Aligned Financial Institutions: Climate Impact, Fossil Fuels, and Deforestation
Sixty climate and human rights groups from around the globe have issued a set of “Principles for Paris-Aligned Financial Institutions” to offer a roadmap for the decarbonization of the finance sector on a timetable aligned with the Paris Agreement.
Stop the Money Pipeline: Financial Regulators Must Do More to Address Climate Risk
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued its report on the risks that the climate emergency poses to the financial system. Stop the Money Pipeline partners issued the following responses.