Managing more than $46 trillion in assets worldwide, pension funds are the world’s largest asset owners and among the biggest investors in fossil fuels. By funneling billions of dollars into this polluting industry, pension funds risk both the climate and the hard-earned retirement savings of our public workers. Today, united in a common cause, youth […]
Author Archives: Stop the Money Pipeline
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watch Earth DayLive 2020 Stop the Money Pipeline schedule 9:00 Interfaith Call for Care and Resilience (Rev. Fletcher Harper, Benki Piyãko, Swami Dayananda, Imam Saffet Catovic, Rev. Leo Woodberry, Rabbi Jennie Rosen) 9:30 Musical Performance by Michael Franti Morning Flow with Gustavo Padron 10:00 Message from Norman and Lyn Lear Stories from the Earth […]
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Environmentalists Blast Oil Industry Attempts to Hijack the Fed’s Main Street Lending Program
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New York, N.Y. — Environmentalists are blasting attempts by oil and gas companies to hijack the Fed’s Main Street Lending Program in order to pay down their debt — debt that began skyrocketing long before the coronavirus impacted the industry. “Big Oil is looking to steal as big a piece of the stimulus as possible. […]
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Mirian Mielsen on YouTube: Happy Earth Week! It is time to stop the money pipeline and celebrate the planet. If you want to be involved, here’s an overview of what’s happening each day, courtesy of People’s Climate Movement: April 22 — STRIKE: On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we will demonstrate our collective power […]
Maybe we can’t march in the street or walk out of school during this pandemic. But we can be visible and have our voices heard. This is how we will protect our people in crisis now — and our climate and future. We can do this by making art together and raising our voices. This […]
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JPMorgan Chase is the world’s worst banker of climate change, worst funder of fossil fuels and the world’s worst funder of fossil fuel expansion — and they care a LOT about their reputation. We’re taking over all their digital locations to make sure all their customers know how destructive Chase is to climate and […]
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From April 22, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, to April 24, activists, performers, thought leaders, and artists will come together for an empowering, inspiring, and communal three day livestream mobilization. The fights against the coronavirus and the climate crisis go hand-in-hand, and as we work to flatten the curve of this pandemic, we […]
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Explore how the financial industry is fueling the climate crisis — and how organizers from the global North to the global South are fighting back. — A rights-based approach to finance campaigning — The pillars of financial capitalism — Climate finance campaign successes If we can stop the flow of money – we can […]
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Washington, DC — This Earth Day, activists will turn up the heat on Wall Street through mass online actions. Earth Day Live, the three-day online Earth Day celebration, will dedicate an entire day — Thursday, April 23 — to “Divest,” a day-long push to end the financing of climate destruction. Programming for the day is […]