🚨NEW: "Behind every slumlord harassing and neglecting tenants is a bank fueling these practices."
NYC needs a public bank that invests in communities—not speculation, writes Public Bank NYC coalition member @CooperSq’s Jodie Liedecker in @CityLimitsNews:
https://t.co/7AhG6Nuq9H
The public banking movement is sweeping New York State.
In this powerful op-ed, David Sprintzen of @EHSLI calls for a public bank to address Long Island’s affordability crisis.
@AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie: It’s time to bring public banking to New York!
https://t.co/nnYUZF9XqK
New: Sen KAINE will file an amendment to strip the Mountain Valley Pipeline from the debt limit bill, with a spox saying, "This provision is completely unrelated to the debt ceiling matter."
Spox says Kaine is "extremely disappointed by the provision..."
Citi doesn’t represent the values of Mets fans or NYC. If they refuse to end their toxic relationship with fossil fuels, the Mets should end their partnership with Citi.
We can aim to both win the World Series and protect the world's climate at the same time. #LGM#MetsDropCiti
Fossil fuel financing banks like @Citibank should not have stadiums named after them. Today @Mets fans, including @JumaaneWilliams, gathered at City Hall to demand the Mets stand up for our city and our climate ask that #CitiDropFossilFuels. #MetsDropCiti
"Approving ConocoPhillips’ dirty and dangerous Willow Project is a tremendous strike against President Biden's legacy on both climate and environmental justice."
Read our statement on the @POTUS approval of the Willow climate bomb here: https://t.co/MxFXtTJ9QT
.@Vanguard_Group is one of the world's largest investors in coal, oil, and gas and a major laggard on supporting climate action at the companies it invests in. Vanguard needs to change, and we're taking action to make sure that it does! #VanguardSOS@AM_WakeUpCall
BREAKING: Yesterday, one of our endorsed legislators, State Senator @zellnor4ny introduced a HISTORIC bill that will finally allow us to go after the fossil fuel industry for the damage they have caused. Bill text: https://t.co/I98auGeBBK. A 🧵below on what this bill does (1/7)
We loved handing out holiday cards to @Citi employees! ‘Tis the Season …for Citi to stop funding fossil fuel projects.
Last year, Citi funded over $40 billion into coal, oil, and gas. #StoptheMoneyPipeline
Across the world, fossil fuel companies face a wave of new lawsuits. They involve one central question: how can we hold #BigOil accountable for climate change? UCS’s @kathy_mulvey breaks down the case against @exxonmobil@Chevron & others. https://t.co/CRYyntZOdB
Nearly 800 people signed the complaint--including @billmckibben , @MichaelEMann, Dipesh Chakrabaty, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Judith Butler--but an ethics group backed down from censuring @TIAA. #fossilfuels#climatechange https://t.co/6YcZC6uUpZ
New CAC finding: NYers will save up to 20% if we implement NY climate plan. Legislature must act on #climate in 2023. We’re launching today. Follow us: https://t.co/cyqUN8udO9.
Banning consideration of #ESG factors would not only lead to poor investment outcomes; it would constitute a clear dereliction of fiduciary duty, writes former VP @algore and David Blood for @WSJ https://t.co/qcA8L5PalE
Rebels disrupted SuperReturn, the world’s largest #PrivateEquity and #VentureCapital event attended by more than 3,000 senior decision makers. PE firms spend billions to drill, frack and burn fuels that harm our planet. We need socially responsible investing NOW! #PEClimateRisks