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Climate Activists Demonstrate Against Chase Bank Greenwashing on Black Friday

March 4, 2023
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Chase: Stop greenwashing your climate crimes Activists demonstrate at Chase bank branch in downtown Chicago CHICAGO, Ill. –  On Black Friday, a day that historically celebrates consumer power, local climate activists converged on the 150 N. Michigan Ave. branch of Chase Bank to protest J.P.Morgan Chase’s greenwashing of their investments of hundreds of billions of…

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“Chase: Killing Earth is Not a Corporate Challenge” Banner Dropped over Chase Corporate Challenge Run in Chicago

November 25, 2022
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Chase bank is racing to kill our planet & we let everyone know by dropping two giant banners over the Chase Corporate Challenge Run route in Chicago. Chase has invested $382 billion in fossil fuels since 2016 & is the #1 global funder of climate change. #ShutDownChase#StopTheMoneyPipeline#JPMCC

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Banner Drops at B of A Half-Marathon Call for Divestment from Cop City in Atlanta and all Fossil Fuel Investment

November 25, 2022
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Banners were dropped over the Bank of America half marathon route in Chicago this morning calling out the bank for financing fossil fuels and funding the Atlanta Police Foundation (ATP). The ATP is currently paying for the destruction of the Weelaunee (South River) forest to build a much contested Cop City to practice urban warfare…

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Activists Cover Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Astor Street Gate with Rusty Patched Bumblebees at a May Day demonstration in opposition to the destruction of Bell Bowl Prairie

May 4, 2022
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  05/03/2022 Contact: Angie Viands, Rising Tide Chicago, risingtide.chi@gmail.com, 312-217-0145 Photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6yx5eglnfsk6csv/AABdstH7ES6oW9DGGHjhl2z2a?dl=0 Credit: Paul Goyette Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Astor Street mansion was taped with bumblebee cut-outs at a May Day demonstration in opposition to the destruction of Bell Bowl Prairie Cut-outs of the federally endangered rusty patched bumblebees left on the Governor’s fence….

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Earth Day to May Day

May 2, 2022
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Rising Tide Chicago joins Earth Day to May Day 2022 Earth Day to May Day 2022 – Illinois  Open Letter The ten day period between Earth Day–a call to action for environmental protection–and May Day–an international day of solidarity among working people, in recent years helmed by immigrant workers–is a platform for solidarity and shared…

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World Water Day-Call Out Big Oil and Big Banks for Polluting our Lake

April 27, 2022
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March 22, 2022 On World Water Day, March 22, 2022, clean water advocates met at the Water Tower and performed a skit to demonstrate how big banks like Chase Bank pollute the lake by financing pipeline and oil refineries. Enbridge operates the lakehead system of piplelines that surrounds Lake Michigan. BP operates a refinery in…

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Climate Advocates Demand Action from Fed, Chase, Others Ahead of COP26

November 29, 2021
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A coalition of Midwest climate proponents rallied as part of a national, youth-led #FossilFreeFuture action and set up a “House of Climate Horrors” in Chase Tower. For immediate release: October 29, 2021 Press contact: Owen Levens, 847-571-3705, ojlevens@gmail.com Photo/video contact: Serena Larkin, 847-722-9118, serenalarkin@gmail.com Images and captions/credit info: [Google Drive folder] https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1csBaF7bgfNwjxrF-f6vVonC5yS4Pso_5  NOTE: More images…

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Activists Perform Street Theatre Inside Chase Tower to Protest Green Washing

November 1, 2021
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Fri. Aug. 13th Video of Action:  Expose Greenwashing Day of Action-Chicago – YouTube Greenwashing Day of Action – Chicago March – YouTube Activists Stage Street Theatre Inside and Outside of Chase Tower to Protest Greenwashing as Climate Change Worsens Chicago, IL– Activists performed a skit inside Chase Tower and then led a…

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Protests in Chicago Banks Funding Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Result in Temporary Bank Closures

July 18, 2021
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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,…

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Chase Bank Board Member Gets Climate Justice Wake Up Call

July 18, 2021
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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,…

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