Our generation is unwittingly helping fund the climate crisis by investing our financial resources in the Big Banks that loan our money to polluting fossil fuel extractive industries. Many banks tell us they will achieve “net zero emissions by 2050” to make us think they are part of the solution, but every year they continue to invest billions in new oil and gas wells, coal mines, pipelines, liquified natural gas export facilities, fossil fuel power plants and other facilities that will keep us in a fossil-fueled future. Elders have the power to demand our banks divest our money from dirty fossil fuels or lose us as customers.
Take the Third Act Banking on our Future Pledge to pressure the Big 4 Banks to stop their greenwashing and fossil fuel investing.
Beyond the pledge, we will be taking bold actions to put further pressure on banks to quit investing in fossil fuels. We’ll align our actions with youth and other groups for added impact.
Here in Virginia, new and proposed pipelines and fossil fuel projects dot the map. The Mountain Valley Pipeline, Chickahominy Pipeline and others present opportunities for us to engage by supporting local communities from environmental injustices and harm.
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