Cutting up my Chase Amazon card on the Stop Dirty Banks Day of Action 3-21-23
Channel: Cathy Cowan Becker
Date: 2023-03-22

On March 21, 2023, Third Act, Sierra Club, Green America, and other organizations sponsored a national Stop Dirty Banks Day of Action with over 100 events around the country. I organized a small event in Columbus, Ohio, where I cut up my Chase Amazon card. 

Did you know: 

• Since the Paris climate accords were signed, Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of America have loaned the fossil fuel industry $1 trillion. (that's Trillion with a T)

• If the financial services industry was a nation, it would be the fifth-biggest emitter on earth.

• JPMorgan Chase lent more money to the fossil-fuel industry than any bank on Earth — 29 percent more … and lent 63 percent more money to the worst parts of the fossil-fuel industry (new pipelines, Arctic drilling, deep-sea exploration) than any other bank 

• This week's IPCC report says developing countries must END carbon emissions by 2040 or we will have a dead planet.

• Chase’s managing director said last year that oil and gas lending “is a huge business for us and that’s going to be the case for decades to come.”

It's time for change. We have a better choices for banks and credit cards than letting our money be used to kill the planet. Start here to learn more: https://www.greenamerica.org/better-banking

Video by Molly Nichols / Sierra Club