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Noon until Noon
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WHAT:100
WHERE: Your Town
WHEN; November 16-17; Noon until Noon
CONTACT:Scott at dirtymoney@ran.org or 1-800-989-RAIN
INFO: www.dirtymoney.org
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Why are Bank of
- ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE
The Bush-Cheney Energy Plan has put over 150 new coal-fired power plants on the drawing board. Bank of America and Citi have financed billions of dollars supporting dozens of these new coal-fired power plants. If these proposed plants are built, 600 million tons of additional C02 will be emitted annually - negating all over efforts to curb climate change. In 2006, Citi was the top underwriter for the coal industry with twice the amount of coal money issued as its closest competitor. Citi arranged a $37 billion loan for the buyout of top
- DESTROYING
Both banks are funding companies that are responsible for mountaintop removal. Mountaintop removal is the highly destructive mining process that literally explodes the tops off of mountains. It has led to the loss of thousands of square miles of Appalachian forests and mountains and the devastation of Appalachian communities, and yet they continue to bankroll this destruction. Bank of America and Citi have financed billions of dollars to companies that practice mountaintop removal, including Massey Energy, Arch Coal, Alpha Natural Resources and many more.
- VIOLATING HUMAN RIGHTS
Both Citi and Bank of America have funneled billions to Peabody Energy, the largest coal mining company in the world. For 40 years, Navajo and Hopi communities in
- BOTH ARE LEADING FINANCIERS OF DIRTY ENERGY
Citi is a top financier to the energy industry - underwriting over $38 billion dollars in 2006. And the company's stated commitment to clean energy? Citi was the underwriter for one single transaction for alternative energy in 2006, financing 200 times as much money for dirty energy as they did for alternative energy. In 2006, Bank of America spent nearly 100 times as much money on dirty energy as for clean energy. With $1.5 trillion in assets, their new climate pledge of $20 billion over 10 years commits less than 0.2% of their assets per year to this cause.
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*To participate in the day of action contact Scott at dirtymoney@ran.org or 1-800-989-RAIN. Sign up so that we (coal
It's time to take to the streets and send Bank of America and Citi a message that grassroots movements against coal extraction, processing and combustion demand an end to coal financing - Coal is Over. Fund the Future!
