Coal Kills Rally Next Tuesday
May 11th, 2009 by Jervey
From NYPIRG:
Hey NYS Allies,
NYPIRG, RAN, and the Sierra Club are organizing another Coal Kills Rally, the third so far, this time against JP Morgan Chase.
As some of you may know, JP Morgan Chase is one of the largest financiers of coal-fired power plants in the United States. Despite the fact that JP Morgan signed on to the Carbon Principles, a resolution to ensure that these institutions make all investment decisions with an eye towards the environment, it still continues to fund new coal plants. In fact, currently, JP Morgan Chase serves as the lead underwriter for the proposed AMP-Ohio coal plant. For more info about the proposed AMP Ohio plant, please visit http://www.ohiocitizen.org.
What’s even worse is that since the US government has lent banks billions of taxpayer dollars via the bailouts, they are using our money to finance the very plants that are speeding global warming and killing us. Now, more than ever, we have a right and a responsibility to demand that they stop.
Members of NYPIRG, Rainforest Action Network, and the Sierra Club will be out in force to protest the JP Morgan Chase Annual Shareholders Meeting and I hope you will be there too. We can’t sit by while the bank uses our money to fund global warming. They are mortgaging our future and it must end with us.
JP MORGAN AGM RALLY
When: Tuesday, May 19 • 9am - 12pm
Where: 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York (corner of William and Pine)
We will be staging at the Pine St. entrance to the right of the large black and white sculpture in the picnic area
JP Morgan TEACH-IN (Join us to learn about the relationship between banks and coal)
When: Monday, May 18th, 6pm-9pm
Where: Community Church of New York, Chapel, 40 E. 35th St. (Btwn Park and Madison)
When: Monday, May 18th, 6-9pm
For more information, please visit www.nypirg.org/enviro/1sky or email Lauren Schuster at LSchuster@nypirg.org