We’ve been telling you about our Summer of Heat on Wall Street campaign for a few weeks now. After today’s somber and powerful Elders action, where Bill McKibben and other climate leaders were arrested, a total of 294 people have been arrested as part of our campaign demanding Wall Street banks and insurers end to …
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Citi, the main focus of our Summer of Heat actions in New York City this summer, is also funding genocide and war in Gaza. AND they’re one of the biggest investors in Chevron, the fossil fuel company literally extracting off the coast of Gaza to fuel Israel’s war machine. Citi is profiting off death and …
June 28 – We’re in the streets with gulf south leaders calling for an end to fossil fuel finance. Can you share the news of our action today in New York and make a call to back us up? Some quick links to our social media accounts are below, and you can click here or …
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We told you in April about how, after years of campaigning, we’ve got a shut down date for the last coal-fired power plant in New England. And we told you in May about how we delivered all your comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) telling them to stop forward capacity payments for dirty gas! …
In less than three weeks days, the Summer of Heat will launch with actions to shut down Citibank’s HQ every day, for an entire week – June 10-14. We already kicked things off with the Spring spark actions, which shut down fossil fuel funding banks in lots of cities, including a two day shutdown of …
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Like a lot of you, I’ve been horrified by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and we’ve spoken out repeatedly and forcefully for a ceasefire, and in support of public protest and comment against the war. But there’s a more direct connection between fossil fuels and the ongoing war: Chevron. The Chevron Corporation fuels Israel’s war …
Last month, we helped launch the Summer of Heat with the Spring Spark actions focussed on Citibank, shutting down their global headquarters in New York, while solidarity rallies shut down locations in DC and Houston, and other cities. Protests and Non violent actions also shut down climate-financiers like Wells Fargo in San Francisco, and there’s …
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Hundreds of students have been arrested at dozens of universities for participating in protests against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Protests and crackdowns are both escalating, and fossil fueled fascists in Congress are calling for violent mobs and military crackdowns on peaceful protests. As an anti-fascists climate group, we know that police don’t make us …
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This week, we’re launching the spring spark of direct actions against Citibank’s Environmental racism. If you missed our webinar and rally on monday, you can check out the recording below, but we’re confronting Citibank’s involvement in environmental racism, LNG and petrochemical projects, health impacts, violations of Indigenous rights, and their contributions to climate change. Actions …
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Have you heard the news? After years of campaigning, we’ve got a shut down date for the last coal-fired power plant in New England – now let’s snuff out gas. The Merrimack generating station in Bow, New Hampshire, is closing for good and being replaced with a renewable energy park! Thanks to all of you …
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