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Coronavirus Crisis, Says Coalition, Must Force Wall Street to Finally Recognize Perils of Climate Shocks 'Barreling Towards Us'

Protesters picketing outside a JP Morgan Chase branch on Manhattan in November 2019 as part of a growing national movement to hold the bank accountable for its central role in funding the global fossil fuel industry.

New Report Takes Aim at Five Banking Institutions Backing Amazon Rainforest Exploitation

Eoin Higgins, staff writer

Five financial firms are funding the oil extraction business in the Amazon rainforest despite promising to act to mitigate the climate crisis.

"Five of the world's most powerful financial institutions are actively contributing to climate change by providing debt and equity financing for crude oil extraction projects in the Amazon."

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Greta Thunberg and 20 Youth Climate Activists Call on Davos Attendees to 'Abandon the Fossil Fuel Economy'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Greta and school strikers in Italy

"Today's business as usual is turning into a crime against humanity."

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Climate Movement Takes Aim at Wall Street, Because 'Money Is Only Language Fossil Fuel Industry Speaks'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Stop the Money Pipeline" campaign demands that banks, insurers, and asset...

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'Getting Angry on Social Media Not Enough': Thousands Across 6 Continents Mobilize to Combat Destruction of Amazon Rainforest

'This Is Their Land': Indigenous Activists Protest Bolsonaro's Environmental Policies in Brazil

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro discussing legislation with fellow lawmakers in 2016 as a then-member of the National Congress of Brazil.

'No Platform for Fascists': Event Honoring Bolsonaro Will Not Be Held at Museum

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'As World Teeters on Brink of Climate Catastrophe,' 600+ Groups Demand Congress Back Visionary Green New Deal

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Ahead of Bolsonaro's Inauguration in Brazil, Groups Vow to Fight 'Hateful Rhetoric and Acts of Violence'

Marking Earth Day, Indigenous People Worldwide to Fight Corporate Forces

DAPL Divestment Campaign Builds to Counter Trump's Pipeline Support

The New, New Climate Math: 17 Years to Get Off Fossil Fuels, Says Study, Or Else

'Justice Denied' as Court Sides with Chevron in Amazon Pollution Case

Repeat Oil Spills Turning Peruvian Amazon into 'Sacrifice Zone' for Big Oil

'Berta Lives': Demonstrators Demand Justice for Slain Activist, End to US Military Aid to Honduras

In 'Epic Fight for Justice,' Activists Descend on Chevron Meeting

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BlackRock Must Manage for Climate Risk as it Takes On Fed Debt Buyout Program

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Global Human Rights and Environmental Communities Condemn the House Arrest of U.S. Human Rights Lawyer Steven Donziger

Oil Change International

Report: U.S. Oil and Gas Expansion Threatens to Unleash Climate Pollution Equivalent to nearly 1,000 Coal Plants

Friends of the Earth

Civil Society Groups Vow to Oppose “Hateful Rhetoric, Violence, Intimidation and Persecution” by Bolsonaro Government

Friends of the Earth

New Report Confirms BlackRock’s Big Fossil Fuel Problem

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International Coalition Asks Ecuador’s President Moreno to Protect Earth Defenders From Attacks

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Aviva Chomsky

Jobs, the Environment, and a Planet in Crisis

Osprey Orielle Lake

The Voices of Amazon Women and a Visionary Declaration to Protect Indigenous Lands

Andy Rowell

Bolsonaro: A Despot Who “Spells Disaster, Not Only for Brazil But for the Planet”

Andy Rowell

Civil Society To Justin Trudeau: “The Time For Investment in New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Is Over”

Christian Poirier

Bold Moves Block Tapajós Mega-dam and Uphold Indigenous Rights, for Now

Bianca Jagger

The Paris Agreement: 1.5C to Stay Alive

Kip Andersen

Rethinking Our Diet to Transform the World

Paul Paz y Miño

Chevron CEO Brings Dishonor Upon an Honorary Award

Amy Goodman

Fighting for the Climate in the Heart of the World

Bianca Jagger

Deadly Sins in the Brazilian Amazon