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Banks, climate and energy
Chinese banks
Nuclear banks no thanks
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members
members
Amigos da Terra Amazonia BrasileiraBrazil Les Amis de la TerreFrance Rainforest Action NetworkUnited States
Berne DeclarationSwitzerland MilieudefensieNetherlands SETEMSpain
CEDHAArgentina Mineral Policy InstituteAustralia UrgewaldGermany
CRBMItaly Netwerk VlaanderenBelgium WEEDGermany
Friends of the Earth USUnited States Pacific EnvironmentUnited States WWF UKUnited Kingdom
International RiversUnited States PlatformUnited Kingdom
partners
FoE EuropeBelgium Greenpeace InternationalNetherlands The Corner HouseUnited Kingdom
Friends of the Earth JapanJapan ProfundoNetherlands WISENetherlands
Global WitnessUnited Kingdom SOMONetherlands World Resources InstituteUnited States
dodgy deals
active campaign
Gunns pulp mill proposal TasmaniaAustralia Asia Pulp and PaperChina Mochovce nuclear units 3&4Slovakia
Phulbari coal mineBangladesh Belinga iron ore projectGabon Ilisu Dam projectTurkey
Rio Madeira dam projectBrazil Toka Tindung Goldmine Indonesia Mountain Top Removal Coal MiningUnited States
Belene nuclear power plantBulgaria Kashagan oil projectKazakhstan Botnia pulp and paper millUruguay
Oil sandsCanada Theun-Hinboun expansion projectLaos
Patagonia Dams: HidroAysénChile Sakhalin II oil and gas projectRussian Federation
on record
Uranium Weapons- international - NHPC damsIndia Camisea pipeline projectPeru
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline- international - Freeport McMoRanIndonesia Rapu Rapu Copper MinePhilippines
Wal-Mart labour rights- international - Mud volcano in Sidoarjo, East JavaIndonesia Rosia Montana gold mineRomania
Cluster Munitions producers- international - Wilmar InternationalIndonesia CNPC in SudanSudan
Pagrisa Ethanol, the AmazonBrazil Nam Theun 2Laos Yusufeli dam project Turkey
Aracruz pulp mills and plantationsBrazil Kayelekera Uranium mineMalawi Turkmen BankaccountsTurkmenistan
China DatangChina Samling Malaysia Dynegy coal power plantsUnited States
Vedanta ResourcesIndia Sinopec Oil and Gas, BurmaMyanmar

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further resources
Bank of America stops funding Mountain Top Removal
Victory for Appalachia and anti-coal movement
San Fransisco, Dec 4 2008 | Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network praised Bank of America today for its decision to phase out financing for companies that practice mountaintop removal coal mining, a highly destructive and controversial method of coal extraction. The announcement, part of a new coal policy released on the bank’s website, reads: “We…will phase out financing of companies whose predominant method of extracting coal is through mountain top removal.”

“Bank of America’s decision is a giant leap forward in the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining, which has devastated Appalachian communities and the mountains and streams they depend on,” said Rebecca Tarbotton, director of Rainforest Action Network’s…read more
China adopts sustainable lending laws
Shows potential way forward for global financial regulators
US and Netherlands, Nov 20 2008 | Friends of the Earth US

(click here for the Chinese press release)

A new report released today by BankTrack analyzes green finance policies introduced in China over the past…read more
Rainforest Action Network study ranks financed emissions of Canadian banks
Website lets customers compare carbon footprint of personal accounts
San fransisco, Nov 19 2008 | Rainforest Action Network

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) released a new report and website today ranking the carbon footprints of Canada’s top banks: RBC, TD, Scotiabank, CIBC, BMO, Vancity and Desjardins. Financing Global Warming: Canadian Banks and Fossil Fuels is the first report to…read more