Direct action to confront the root causes of climate crisis
Protests in Chicago Banks Funding Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Result in Temporary Bank Closures Chicago, IL– Protesters in Chicago caused disruptions in multiple bank branches Saturday with banners and a bullhorn. They were calling attention to the fact that Bank of America, Citibank and Chase bank are investing billions of dollars in an illegal pipeline,…
Chase Bank Board Member Gets Climate Justice Wake Up CallThe day before the JP Morgan Chase Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Board Member James Crown awakens to activists calling him out for fossil fuel funding CHICAGO, IL — Early this morning, activists from Rising Tide Chicago made a ruckus to awaken JPMorgan Chase Board member,…
Chicago, IL- On May 7. 2021 a balloon banner with the words “Chase Funds Genocide: Defund Line 3 was released inside Chase Tower, the midwest regional headquarters of Chase Bank in downtown Chicago. The banner floated up to the top of the three story ceiling of the building and served as a reminder that Chase…
On World Water Day, March 22nd, people met up in Lincoln Park to celebrate and to call out Chase Bank for funding tar sands oil which through Line 3 threatens the water source of Anishanaabe peoples in so called Minnesota and pollutes Lake Michigan, the drinking water for Chicagoans. Attendees met in the park to…
Rising Tide Chicago and friends led a tour of banks in Chicago to call them out for funding the controversial line 3. Banks on the tour included Citibank, Bank of America, and Chase Bank. Line 3 threatens the water and traditional food sources of the Anishanabe peoples. Line 3 also connects to other pipelines to…
Rising Tide Chicago hosted two online direct action trainings to prepare people to take action to Stop Line 3. If built, Line 3 will go through treaty territory of Anishinaabe peoples and the Mississippi River headwaters to Lake Superior. These trainings were held in January and February of 2021. https://www.stopline3.org/
Members of Rising Tide Chicago and friends visited Illinois Commerce Commissioner and Chairperson Carrie Zalewski’s home on November 1st. Zalewski and the other four ICC commisioners voted to approve the building of pump stations along the current Dakota Access Pipeline route which will allow Energy Transfer Partners to double the amount of oil flowing through…
Join us for a Zoom Call! When: Thursday, May 14th @ 7 p.m. RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/letter-writing-party-flood-chase-boardmember-james-crown-with-letters Details:We made our voices heard on Stop the Money Pipeline Day of Action – let’s keep up the pressure until Chase Bank divests! Can you spend five minutes writing out a letter to Chicago-based Chase Bank board member James Crown telling him…
The latest Banking on Climate Change Report is out! Surprise surprise – JP Morgan Chase Bank is still the worst funder of the worst fossil fuels, pouring almost $270 Billion into the industry between 2016-2019. We won’t stop until they join us on the right side of history. Read and download the report here.
This action originally took place Jan 9, 2020. At a fancy corporate dinner, three members of Rising Tide Chicago approached Chase Bank boardmember Mellody Hobson, handing her the 2019 Banking on Climate Change Report, and asking her to use her leverage to transition the bank completely away from fossil fuels. We will follow up with…
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