Wall Street fuels climate chaos by investing trillions in coal, oil & gas. It’s time to stop them.
This fall, we’re calling for a wave of actions that lay the blame for the climate crisis on those responsible: the banks, insurers & investors funding the fossil fuel industry.
Already this year, we’ve witnessed unprecedented numbers of climate disasters, heatwaves, drought, floods & fires.
It’s essential that people connect the dots between these climate disasters & the corporations funding the climate crisis.
Join us to Stop Wall Street!
Find an action near you! Can’t find one? Organize one!
Why Wall Street?
Last year, Wall Street provided billions of dollars for new coal, oil & gas projects. Without this support, fossil fuel companies cannot build their new oil pipelines, coal mines & gas terminals.
Citibank
$285 billion in fossil fuels since the Paris Agreement.
BlackRock
World’s largest investor in coal, oil and gas
Chase
The world’s #1 banker of climate chaos
Liberty Mutual & The Hartford
Making toxic oil pipelines happen near you.
Vanguard
World’s #2 investor in fossil fuels
Chubb
Insuring new coal mines and tar sands pipelines
Wells Fargo & Bank of America
Huge financiers of new coal, oil and gas projects
Pension funds
Investing tens of billions of your hard-earned cash into fossil fuels
Since the Paris Agreement, Wall Street banks have provided $1.4 trillion in financing to coal, oil, and gas.
Insurance companies provide insurance to new fossil fuel projects without which they could not be built.
Asset managers like BlackRock and Vanguard are the world’s largest investors in the fossil fuel industry.
Our pension funds invest billions of dollars in companies that are wrecking our climate.
Background
Banking on Climate Chaos
RAN, Sierra Club, IEN; March, 2022
Fossil Fuel Insurers Invest Billions in Climate Chaos
Insure our Future; July 2022
The Asset Managers Fueling Climate Chaos
Reclaim Finance; April 2022
Pension Funds Bankrolling the Climate Crisis
Stand.Earth, Dec 2021
Looking for someone to blame for the extreme heat? Try Wall Street
The Guardian, August 2022
Resources
Action Grants
We are able to provide a small number of action grants to activists & organizers planning escalated actions on the funders of climate chaos this fall.
Interested? Check this out.
Action Support & Coaching
New to organizing? We got you covered. Once you sign up to organize an action on the map above, an experienced action practitioner will reach out to you and be in touch. They’ll be available to support you in planning your action every step of the way. We also created an Action Toolkit with lots of action ideas, tips and resources.
Check out the Blame Wall Street Action Toolkit
Arts and Song
Art & music are central to people-powered movements. That’s why, as part of the Blame Wall Street campaign, we’ve commissioned five movement artists to create original art for the campaign and a musician to write an original song, designed to be sung in the streets and while occupying bank branches in the name of justice.
Trainings
We are providing online training for activists on Action Planning, NVDA and How to Use Arts in your Actions. Whether you are new to activism, or could just use a refresher on your skills, these training sessions are for you.
- Wednesday, Sept 15th: Action Planning
- Thursday, Sept 22nd: Non-Violent Direct Action
- Thursday, Sept 29th: How to Use Arts and Song in your Actions
Art is central to social movements!
Click on any of these images to be taken to the Blame Wall Street Arts Toolkit
Jackie Fawn
Jan Martin Burger
Christi Belcourt
Chip Thomas
Cy Wagoner
Jan Martin Burger
Jan Martin Burger
Cesar Maxit
Jackie Fawn
Crystal Clarity
Allen Myers
