For the last 50 years, Greenpeace USA has been fighting for a cleaner, healthier planet for future generations. Now, its very existence is under threat due to an abusive lawsuit from #BigOil company @EnergyTransfer. Learn more and take action: https://t.co/wqslys6ZCN
“We should not, as a Jewish people, be investing our money in and perpetuating the fossil fuel industry when we know they are the bad guy. This is not who we are.”
Our hearts are heavy this week in the face of so much. Our resolve to act is even stronger.
https://t.co/YI7i5eAgrS
Banks like @Citi are behind tribal erasure because they fund companies like @Enbridge that ram LNG pipes through Indigenous lands, like the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe in south Texas.
Oped by the tribe's chair Juan Mancias in @ExpressNews
63-year-old grandfather and professional cellist John Mark Rozendaal was arrested outside Citibank HQ in NY today. His crime was performing J.S Bach’s “Suites for Cello” in an effort to convince Citi to stop funding the climate crisis. #SummerofHeat
A beautiful action yesterday!
People of faith gathering to bring moral might, song, and prayer to the fight to end fossil fuels and toxic pollution in frontline communities.
Huge thanks to wonderful allies.
@greenfaithworld@risestjames@XR_NYC@ThirdActOrg@StopMoneyPipe
Our faiths teach us that the Earth is a sacred trust & we are responsible for its care.
Why is @Citi continuing to violate that trust by giving hundreds of millions $ to oil and gas companies?
We're here telling @Citi:
We can do better. We must do better!
#Faiths4Climate
BREAKING: Dozens of faith leaders garbed in white have chained themselves to the doors of Citibank's global headquarters in Manhattan. NYPD will need power tools to cut them away arrest them. @Citi, the #1 new fossil fuel funder, is dead-set on desecrating our world.
"Many in the financial world roll their eyes at us climate activists getting arrested in financial districts"
But bankers should join activists to get their employer @Citi to stop funding fossil fuels. It works & it's in their interest, writes @alecconnon https://t.co/JfKLyTS2TU
Today, 8056 clients of @Vanguard_Group, the #1 investor in #fossilfuels, sent a message to Salim Ramji, the new CEO: addressing #climate must be at the vanguard of your strategy.
New leadership = new possibilities. It's time for Ramji to step up.
https://t.co/7K470mlDzn
"The protest movement calls itself Summer of Heat on Wall Street, and its main target is Citigroup, which [...] is pouring the most money into new oil and gas projects worldwide."
This is the power of direct action. It forces people to pay attention.
https://t.co/EFYxxL52OH
#BREAKING: Dozens dressed as @Costco hot dogs are at @Citibank’s HQ right now demanding that Citibank cleans up its act – or else risk losing one of its largest credit card clients: Costco. #SummerofHeat
Momentum is growing inside @Google to make the company's default Vanguard 401(k) plan fossil fuel free.
In this piece, three Google employees explain why they - and over 1,000 fellow workers - are asking the company to make this change:
https://t.co/3RD9xd4bci
HAPPENING NOW: Activists are calling out Chubb's CEO Evan Greenberg, and also blocking the entrance to HQ, for profiting from fossil fuel projects that destroy our planet. Chubb makes $500-800M annually from fossil fuel premiums!
#SummerOfHeat#ClimateJustice#EndFossilFuels
BREAKING: climate defenders are occupying the Global HQ of @Chubb, one of the world's largest insurers of new fossil fuel projects.
Outside, 100+ frontline leaders, including kids and families, are blocking the doors.
#SummerofHeat
🚨BREAKING: Gulf South Delegation is otw to disrupt Chubb’s HQ in Uptown Manhattan, one of the largest insurers of new oil & gas projects! We're demanding they stop insuring fossil fuel expansion.
#SummerOfHeat#ClimateAction#EndFossilFuels