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Letter to EXIM Bank on Sasan ash spill
We write regarding the most recent deaths that have occurred at the EXIM-supported Sasan coal plant and mine in India. This loss of life is completely unacceptable; the U.S. government should not be u…
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Trump’s Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to gut investor advocacy
While most Americans are sheltering in place, homeschooling their kids, or finding ways to support their neighbors through the coronavirus crisis, the Securities and Exchange Commission seems to be ta…
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Improving Greenhouse Gas Accounting: Recommendations for the World’s Newest Development Finance Institution
Appropriately addressing climate change represents ground zero for any development institution to be effective today and in the future. To be the best institution that it can be, the DFC must comprehe…
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Environmental groups call for JPMorgan Chase to drop climate denier Lee Raymond from board
Friends of the Earth U.S., Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, 350BK and Sunrise NYC delivered a letter signed by 47,000 supporters calling on JPMorgan Chase to remove former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Ra…
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Expansion of Deforestation Free Funds enables investors to see rainforest destruction hidden in mutual funds
Everyone with an IRA or a 401(k) has the power to pressure investment firms to change their practices and stop funding the destruction of our planet and our communities. Deforestation Free Funds unlea…
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G20 Nations Throwing Billions at Fossil Fuel Industry through Export Credit Agencies
A network of secretive, government-backed financial institutions called export credit agencies are handing more than $31 billion USD per year to the oil, gas, and coal industry, new analysis by Oil Ch…
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Adding Fuel to the Fire: Export Credit Agencies and Fossil Fuel Finance
The Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) of G20 countries continue to be a significant source of support for fossil fuel projects around the world.
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USMCA and China trade deals combined push planet towards climate crisis
Senate approval of USMCA comes just as the Trump Administration signed a trade agreement with China in which China agrees to buy $52.4 billion of additional U.S. energy products, which will result i…
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Applause for Schumer over USMCA opposition
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today voted against the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, aka Trump’s NAFTA, a deal that will make climate change worse and strip citizens of the right to c…
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BlackRock’s bold new approach to climate must include deforestation
BlackRock Larry Fink today released his annual letter where he announced a series of policies aimed at putting climate change and sustainability at the center of the company’s business model.