Banks are just as much to blame for the climate crisis as fossil fuel companies and corrupt governments. Campaigning for fossil free finance must be the climate movement's next step, writes CHRIS SALTMARSH
Blame your bank for climate change - and demand fossil free finance Chris Saltmarsh | 4th September 2018 Comment Fossil Free Finance Climate Change Banks Fossil Fuels 2527670737_3c7c7084ed_o.jpg …
The banks' support for fossil fuel extraction and climate breakdown could instigate the next crash with unprecedented costs for innocent people ten years on from the 2008 financial crisis.
Banks gambling with fossil fuels could cause the next financial crisis Chris Saltmarsh | 17th September 2018 | Comment Thought Leader Finance Financial Crisis Banks Fossil Fuels Climate Change …
The jailing of anti-fracking protestors demonstrates a deep alliance between the state, finance and capital
State has 'taken political prisoners for fracking industry' Chris Saltmarsh | 1st October 2018 Comment Fracking Fossil Fuels Justice polar bear and police close up-cut.jpg The jailing of …
Banks like Barclays won't drop their investments in fracking and other fossil fuels if we ask nicely.
… week. The bank had committed at its 2017 AGM to sell its holdings in Third Energy. Yet 12 months on - at the 2018 AGM - and it had not done so. John McFarlane , … at major Barclays events like their AGM , and collaborative partnerships with other …
HSBC claims to exclude coal but they've left the door open on extraction in Vietnam.
HSBC financing and Vietnam climate injustice Chris Saltmarsh | 29th October 2018 Comment Banks Fossil Fuels Coal Vietnam hunter-coal-mine-cut.jpg HSBC claims to exclude coal but they've left the door …
Indigenous Environmental Network's lawsuit blocked construction of Keystone XL.
Who actually wants new oil pipelines? Chris Saltmarsh | 12th November 2018 Comment Keystone XL Pipeline Fossil Fuels Finance Trans Mountain Kinder Morgan pipeline.jpg Indigenous Environmental …
Some banks are beginning to exclude certain fossil fuels, but its too little and too slow. But it's clear what banks must do and the path they should take to get there.
… and Planet’s intervention at Barclays’ AGM this year, which worried Standard Chartered … tar sands and the Arctic before their own AGM. The review process might involve the …
The Labour party in government should nationalise banks that continue to invest in fossil fuels.
The carbon bubble Chris Saltmarsh | 2nd January 2019 News Fossil Free Finance Banks Financial Crisis Climate Change Labour Party Caroline Lucas 25316929517_cb4c85f795_k.jpg The Labour party in …
Standard Chartered's sponsorship of Liverpool FC is a cynical attempt to buy a social license to profit from fossil fuel finance.
Liverpool FC and climate breakdown Chris Saltmarsh | 17th January 2019 News Fossil Free Finance Climate Change Thought Leaders hendo.jpg Standard Chartered's sponsorship of Liverpool FC is a cynical …
Radical action on climate change should be the many versus the few, not the young versus the old.
Climate, class, and revolting children Chris Saltmarsh | 30th January 2019 News Climate Change Students Children Protest students-school-in-t.jpg Radical action on climate change should be the many …
The fracking industry was doomed to fail from the start and now activists are putting the final nail in its coffin.
Fracking was always doomed to fail Chris Saltmarsh | 13th February 2019 News Fracking Reclaim The Power Gas Climate Change Cuadrilla Thought Leaders ac9706ad-fracking_greenpeace_peaceful_protest.jpeg …
Our response to climate breakdown should inspire hope and optimism.
Don't panic about climate breakdown Chris Saltmarsh | 26th February 2019 News Thought Leaders Climate Change Climate Breakdown Youth Strikes Extinction Rebellion Green Party Labour Party protest.jpg …
People & Planet research shows University of Sheffield has not made good on its promise to divest from all fossil fuels. We can't let them get away with it.
Sheffield University's 'divestment betrayal' Chris Saltmarsh | 11th March 2019 News Fossil Fuel Divestment University Sheffield Change Makers …
Extinction Rebellion's semi-naked stunt in the House of Commons exemplifies their alienating approach. They need to get serious.
The planet is dying! Get naked in the Commons? Chris Saltmarsh | 5th April 2019 News Extinction Rebellion Climate Activism Thought Leaders Extinction Rebellion parliament action Extinction …
We must think beyond market mechanisms to fund an internationalist Green New Deal which repairs loss and damage globally.
An internationalist Green New Deal Chris Saltmarsh | 23rd April 2019 News Green New Deal Internationalism Thought Leaders dhaka-flood-cut.jpg We must think beyond market mechanisms to fund an …
Public ownership is not just necessary to stop climate change but increasingly inevitable.
Owning our climate future Chris Saltmarsh | 9th May 2019 Comment Public Ownership Climate Change Climate Denial Profit train.jpg Public ownership is not just necessary to stop climate change but …
Protestor support group Green and Black Cross has publicly criticised Extinction Rebellion's record on safety, security and policing.
XR 'must address safety and security concerns' Chris Saltmarsh | 21st May 2019 News Extinction Rebellion GBC Protest Police Thought Leaders shell_xr.jpg Protestor support group Green and Black Cross …
An action camp hosted by Reclaim the Power will build solidarity between climate and migrant justice movements. We need this in the fight against eco-fascism.
Power beyond borders Chris Saltmarsh | 30th May 2019 News Thought Leaders Gas Drax Power Borders Hostile Environment Reclaim The Power drax-cut.jpg An action camp hosted by Reclaim the Power will …
After years of defending basic policy positions, this year a renaissance of ideas, ambition and strategy is bursting up from Labour’s grassroots.
Corbyn and a radical Green New Deal Chris Saltmarsh | 31st May 2019 News Green New Deal Labour Jeremy Corbyn OpenDemocracy Thought Leaders pa-42797488.max-760x504.jpg After years of defending basic …
John McDonnell outlines Labour's bold plan forcing private companies to invest in the climate transition while extending solidarity to the global south.
Labour, climate justice and global solidarity Chris Saltmarsh | 28th June 2019 News Labour Party Climate Justice Global South Exotic Pets corbyn-speech-cut.jpg John McDonnell outlines Labour's bold …
Pride parades should kick out corporate fossil fuel funders such as Barclays.
… gas. Just one week before Barclay’s 2019 AGM, however, the bank sold its majority stake … of organisations, Barclays told its 2017 AGM that it would exit fracking. At the 2018 …
Caroline Lucas' white-woman cabinet gaffe is just the latest instance of the Greens' identity crisis.
What happened to the Greens? Chris Saltmarsh | 15th August 2019 Comment Green Party Labour Party Brexit Thought Leaders greens on the march.jpg Caroline Lucas' white-woman cabinet gaffe is just the …