Bank of America Curbs Financing of Coal Industry After Years of Activist Pressure
“The change follows years of activism targeting Bank of America for its leading role in funding the coal industry, including the controversial practice of mountaintop removal coal mining. The Rainforest…
BREAKING: Bank of America dumps coal mining in sweeping new policy
Bank once labeled “Bank of Coal” announces broad commitment scaling down financial involvement in coal mining globally Charlotte, NC—Bank of America unveiled a new global coal mining policy today committing…
Bank Of America Backs Away From Funding Coal Mining
“It’s a shift for one of the largest banks in the United States that has, at least in the past, been a big financier of coal projects. Environmental groups have…
B of A Chief Bends to Complaints of Investors, Environmentalists
“Environmentalists have spent the past four years pushing for such a change and they said B of A now has the strongest policy of its kind on climate change.‘It’s significant,’…
Bank of America’s New Policy to Limit Credit Exposure to Coal
“The bank announced its new coal policy at its annual meeting, saying it would cut back its lending to coal extraction companies and coal divisions of broader mining companies… Rainforest…
Billionaires Versus Big Oil
“The Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Stanford University are divesting from coal… The small amounts divested so far are unlikely to have any serious short-term impact on Big Oil or Big…
Preemptive Strike on EPA Emissions Rules: Can It Derail Obama Climate Plan?
“The new EPA rules, which were proposed last year, will require states to cut carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030…Coal industry representatives now say that they will have to…
Direct Action: RAN Supported Protest at BP’s Houston Headquarters
“Environmental activists protested inside the lobby of BP’s Houston headquarters Wednesday morning (April 15) to mark the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and the months-long Gulf of…
BREAKING: Activists Occupy BP Headquarters Five Years After Gulf Oil Disaster
***For Immediate Release***Wednesday, April 15 2015 Interviews and high-resolution images available Contact: Laurel Sutherlin: 415.246.0161 laurel@ran.orgClaire Sandberg: 646.641.6431 claire@ran.orgBryan Parras: 713.303.5811 lucas77@gmail.com BREAKING: Six Arrested at BP Headquarters 5 Years After Gulf Oil Disaster On eve…
Barclays Ends MTR Funding
“The decision by Barclays follows similar policy changes by PNC Bank, JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, RBS and UBS. But campaigners said the Barclays decision was the most significant…