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Japan’s Third Largest Bank – SMBC Group – In Discussions To Finance New Coal Export Terminal in California Amidst Pledge to Quit Coal Power

Posted April 16, 2020 in Press Releases

Contact: Laurel Sutherlin, Rainforest Action Network, (415) 246-0161 laurel@ran.org Margaret Rossoff, No Coal in Oakland, (510) 459-6054 margaretmft@gmail.com Oakland, CA — Today, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) announced…

Insurers Ditching Coal Doubled in 2019, but U.S. Industry Lags Behind

Posted December 2, 2019 in Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information: Myriam Fallon, myriam@sunriseproject.net, 708.546.9001 Insurers Ditching Coal Doubled in 2019, but U.S. Industry Lags Behind New report shows 46% of reinsurance market and 37%…

First Major U.S. Insurance Company to Stop Insuring and Investing in Coal

Posted July 1, 2019 in Press Releases

Chubb, the Largest Commercial Insurance Company in the U.S., Announces New Policy to Address Climate Change July 1st, 2019 – Today, Chubb (NYSE: CB), the largest commercial insurance company…

Things You Need to Know About Citi’s Underwhelming Coal Policy

Posted January 31, 2019 in The Understory

You may have missed it- but Citi has finally released their policy on funding coal power…and we’re pretty sure you won’t be shocked to know, it is underwhelming.

3 RANimals in Poland

Posted December 5, 2018 in The Understory

Three of us from RAN’s climate and energy team––Paddy, Jason and myself––have just arrived in Katowice, a small city in the heart of Polish coal mining country for COP24, the…

Chase Financing Coal Power Expansion in Poland 2018

Posted December 4, 2018 in Publications

While other European Union countries are setting near-term deadlines to sunset their nal coal mines and generating stations, the Polish government, in complete disregard of climate realities and economic common sense, is pushing ahead with a 1,000 megawatt coal- red power plant in the northeastern city of Ostrołeka.

Chase Financing Coal Power Expansion in Poland 2018 – Polish

Posted December 4, 2018 in Publications

Podczas gdy inne kraje Unii Europejskiej wyznaczają bliskie terminy wygaszania swoich kopalń i elektrowni węglowych, polski rząd, nie zważając na realia klimatyczne i zdrowy rozsądek gospodarczy, forsuje projekt elektrowni węglowej o mocy 1000 MW w Ostrołęce.

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