JP Morgan Chase is the biggest U.S. financier of mountaintop removal.
Remember Massey Energy, poster child of mountaintop removal? JP Mogan Chase supplies the money that funds them.
Are you on Facebook? Do you use Twitter? Have a blog? How about email? We need your help to stop the money flow that’s destroying mountains and creating some of the worst poverty in the nation.
Today, we’re exposing that truth using tools on the internet that will concentrate tens of thousands of people on Chase brand they’ve spent so much money perfecting. It’s time we amp up the pressure on Chase and take their money out of the coal industry.
Please join us for a social media day of action. We are using our Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and blogs to hold JP Morgan Chase accountable for financing this despicable practice. Follow this link to take social media action and tell JP Morgan Chase to stop destroying Appalachia’s mountains.
Some ways to take action:
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I currently am an intern for the Student Conservation Association. As an intern for SCA, I receive my weekly stipends on a Chase debit card. I will write to the organization and suggest that they, as a conservation-oriented program, drop their relationship with this bank.
If you have a chance, I would love more information on the funding relationship between Chase and Massey Energy. Thanks!
Maia, JP Morgan Chase is one of the largest financiers of new coal fired power plants as well as mountaintop removal coal mining. They invest hundreds of millions of dollars each year into coal. In fact, they are one of a very few banks who are willing to finance Massey Energy – one of the most destructive and devastating MTR companies in Appalachia.
Check out http://understory.ran.org/2009/06/30/psssst-jp-morgan-chase-coal-is-dirty/ for more info, plus fun video on Chase bank actions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL3JTX4aygo