On May 2, a week before BofA's annual shareholder meeting is to be held here in Charlotte, five activists scaled Bank of America Stadium and dropped a 70” x 25” banner reading --Bank of Coal.

Over the past 2 years, Bank of America has invested more than $6.4 billion in coal. Bank of America is the biggest bank in the United States and the biggest underwriter of the coal industry -bankrolling coal mining, infrastructure investments and coal plants around the country. While Bank of America claims to support environmental responsibility, it continues to lead investments in coal, one of the biggest threats to public health and climate stability.

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Why We Need to Quit Coal

We do not need coal, a 19th century technology, to power our 21st century world. Coal-fired power plants are the biggest source of man-made CO2 emissions. This makes closing coal plants job Number 1 to save the climate.

Bank of America Shareholder Meeting

This spring, people from all walks of life, representing the diversity of the 99%, converged on Bank of America’s doorstep to hold it accountable and take action. Learn more about how Bank of America is affecting local communities and help put a stop to it. More than anyone else on Wall Street, Bank of America is trashing our economy and our environment in the name of its own profits.

Bank of Coal

On May 2, a week before BofA's annual shareholder meeting, five activists scaled Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte and dropped a 70” x 25” banner reading 'Bank of Coal'

Wall St. & Climate Change

In 2008, the Big Banks caused serious havoc with the housing market, and their role in financing coal continues a pattern of reckless behavior. The time for banks to drop coal is now.

Renewable Energy Can Power the World

The 21st century economy will be powered by renewable sources of energy. The great clean energy transition has already begun, and technologies we need to safely power our world are with us today.

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Ignoring Human Rights Abuses and Coal’s Uncertain Future, Big Banks Line Up for Piece of World’s Largest Coal Miner

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Coal India Threatens Communities and Forests

This summer, the RAN energy team has been casting our eyes around the globe and researching the impact that coal mining is having on deforestation. One of the regions that we are most concerned about is in India, where more than 1.1million hectares of forest are threatened by the expansion of open-pit coal mining.

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Cut Ties with Coal India
Tell Bank of America to cut ties with child labor, displacing forest communities and destroying endangered tiger habitat.

Publications

Coal Risk Update 07 2013
Dump Now, Pay Later: Coal Ash Disposal Risks Facing U.S. Electric Power Producers
Extreme Investments: U.S. Banks and the Coal Industry
In this fourth annual Coal Report Card, Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, and BankTrack evaluated the largest U.S. banks based on their financing of coal, which is the largest contributor to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Coal Risk Update - 03.2013
Arch Coal, the Blair Mountain Battlefield, and Bank Human Rights Commitments
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