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- Texas comptroller adds NatWest to list of companies ‘boycotting’ fossil fuel firms Thu, 15 Aug 24, 9:28pmThe bank is latest to be named by officials in the US state, which has law to protect oil and gas sector
- Texas comptroller adds NatWest to list of firms said to be ‘boycotting’ energy companies Thu, 15 Aug 24, 6:36pmThe bank is latest to be named by officials in the US state, which has law to protect oil and gas sector
- Senators accuse JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon of backtracking on climate commitments Thu, 11 Jul 24, 1:45amExclusive: Letter from senators, led by Elizabeth Warren, says JPMorgan may have misled investors and public
- Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals Mon, 13 May 24, 2:00pmAmong world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe
- How divestment became a ‘clarion call’ in anti-fossil fuel and pro-ceasefire protests Thu, 25 Apr 24, 12:00amThe divestment movement has a long history among US student activists, including in the overlapping movements of today
- UK students launch Barclays ‘career boycott’ over bank’s climate policies Wed, 27 Dec 23, 6:55pmCampaign at leading universities such as Oxbridge and UCL warns lender it will miss out on top talent if it finances fossil fuels
- Cambridge University reportedly could drop Barclays in favour of greener bank Sun, 17 Dec 23, 10:40amUK lender is a major European funder of oil and gas projects and university has said it does not want to back fossil fuel expansion
- France is Europe’s biggest supporter of ‘carbon bomb’ projects, data shows Tue, 31 Oct 23, 10:16pmFrench banks have financed $154bn to firms running biggest fossil fuel projects since 2015 climate pact
- Banks pumped more than $150bn in to companies running ‘carbon bomb’ projects in 2022 Tue, 31 Oct 23, 4:00pmExclusive: Projects that risk 1.5C heating target operated by companies receiving financing from European, Chinese and US banks
- Greta Thunberg joins second climate protest in London this week Thu, 19 Oct 23, 9:10pmUndeterred after being charged over separate demonstration, Thunberg joined fossil fuel activists outside JP Morgan in Canary Wharf
- Europe’s banks helped fossil fuel firms raise more than €1tn from global bond markets Tue, 26 Sep 23, 7:34pmExclusive: Pan-European investigation looked at thousands of transactions since Paris climate agreement in 2016
- Filipino activists appeal to British banks over region devastated by oil spill Fri, 5 May 23, 9:30pmEnvironmentalists from the Philippines urge investors to avoid LNG projects which they say threaten the Verde Island Passage
- NatWest to end new business loans for oil and gas extraction Fri, 10 Feb 23, 4:43amBank also plans to phase out similar lending for existing customers under its first climate transition plan
- Celebrities call on UK banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coalfields Wed, 25 Jan 23, 5:01pmStephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Mark Rylance add their voices to Richard Curtis’s Make My Money Matter campaign
- UK could face ‘banking crisis worse than 2008’ if City fails to prepare for fossil fuel collapse Thu, 12 Jan 23, 5:00pmReport from climate activist groups says City is unprepared for potential collapse in value of fossil fuel assets