Ignoring Human Rights Abuses and Coal’s Uncertain Future, Big Banks Line Up for Piece of World’s Largest Coal Miner
This is a guest post by Ashish Fernandes, a climate campaigner with Greenpeace. Green is in on Wall Street. Or so you’d think, if you believe the sustainability policies of…
“It’s Easier to Mine Coal Without People Around.”
RAN’s latest Coal Risk Update highlights the potential human rights impacts of a planned mountaintop removal mine in Blair, West Virginia. Blair Mountain is a national treasure: The mountain is…
The Top 20 Climate Killer Banks
A new report titled “Bankrolling Climate Change” calls out the top 20 banks that are financing the dirty coal industry. The top three “climate killers” will not come as much…
Who’s Bankrolling AEP, the Coal Company Lobbying for More Coal?
American Electric Power Company, more commonly known as AEP, has been in the news lately. The banks providing funds to this dirty energy purveyor haven’t received as much scrutiny, however….
New Mountaintop Removal Report Card: Which Banks Made the Grade
It’s way past time for the world’s banks to stop funding the wholesale destruction of Appalachia’s ecosystems. Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club released the 2011 Mountaintop Removal Report…
Putting Wall Street on Notice
Last week, RAN’s coal finance campaign released its latest report, “The Principle Matter: Banks, Climate & The Carbon Principles.” The report shows that despite adopting the Carbon Principles — once…
Cliffside Coal Plant: An Example of What NOT to Fund
Cliffside is a small town in southern North Carolina with a huge coal plant owned by utility giant Duke Energy at its center. Activists from around the southeast have organized…
Breaking: UBS Eighth Bank To Slow Financing Of MTR
More good news for our global finance campaign – this week Swiss banking giant UBS issued a public statement highlighting the regulatory and reputational concerns around mountaintop removal (MTR) coal…
A Tale of Two Swiss Banks
We’ve been keeping our eyes on the Swiss alps as we fight to stop the destruction of Appalachia’s beautiful mountains. The reason? International banking giants provide major finance to some…
Banks Bail on Coal; Top 4 banks Cut Financing for Massey Energy
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wV2w78K2YWc%26hl%3Den_US%26fs%3D1 Two years ago no bank had a policy on coal mining, and Wall Street was providing finance and credit indiscriminately to the most destructive form of mining in the…