Extreme Investments: 2013 Coal Finance Report Card
Today, RAN, Sierra Club, and BankTrack launched our 2013 Coal Finance Report Card. This year’s report, entitled “Extreme Investments: U.S. Banks and the Coal Industry” evaluates the largest U.S. banks…
Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” Are Climate Killers
A Guest blog-post by Yann Louvel, BankTrack‘s Climate and Energy Campaign Coordinator This week, Bloomberg published the results of its third annual ranking of the “world’s greenest banks”: Citi was…
Need Not Twist Boston Arms to Pressure Bank of America
Perhaps it’s the weather or our coastal position, the intellectual attitudes or revolutionary roots–this much is clear: there is no shortage of enthusiasm in Boston to expose Bank of America…
“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…
Hurricane Sandy Haunts CEOs at Economic Outlook Conference
As Bank of America Co-Chief Operating Officer, David Darnell, and outgoing Duke Energy CEO, Jim Rogers, met behind closed doors to forecast 2013’s corporate profits—a storm was brewing in Charlotte. Immediately…
Financed emissions: A big problem for banks, and a bigger problem for the climate
What is the total greenhouse gas footprint of Citigroup, Bank of America, or UBS? Right now, we don’t know, and that’s a major problem for both banks and the climate….
Another Bad Call by Bank of America… And I Ain’t Just Talking Football
I imagine there are quite a few folks over at Bank of America thanking god it’s Friday right about now, because this was one hell of a bad week for…
Bank of America’s Greenwash Doesn’t Fly On Twitter
Bank of America released its so-called Corporate Social Responsibility report today. I say “so-called” because it’s still unclear how the bank justifies calling itself “socially responsible” when it is the…
Bank of America’s New Report Touts Green Image, Downplays Dirty Emissions
This morning Bank of America rolled out its annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, which proudly promotes the company’s commitment to greening their public image but fails to address its…
The Money Behind Otter Creek Mine
This weekend I’m heading north to the Big Sky Country to join friends and allies at the Coal Export Action. Yesterday, my colleague Scott wrote about the focus of this…