14th St & Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
USA
JP Morgan Chase bank, one of the biggest investors in tar sands, increased its tar sands investments by nearly $6 billion last year — and also increased its investments in coal. Join a local rally as part of a nationwide day of action to #ShutDownChase.
Monday May 7 is the annual shareholder meeting for TransCanada, the company trying to build the KXL pipeline. Climate defenders are working to stop the KXL pipeline and keep tar sands in the ground with a three-prong strategy:
- Mass mobilization with the Promise to Protect: Building and igniting a grassroots movement ready to follow the leadership of Indigenous people along the route if TransCanada moves forward.
- Financial targets: Going after banks, like JP Morgan Chase, who are financing Keystone XL and other dirty fossil fuel projects, can cut off the funding necessary to build these dirty projects. Momentum is growing with the international bank HSBC’s commitment to drop nearly all holdings in tar sands, coal, and arctic drilling last week.
- Legal action: Fighting TransCanada every step of the way in the courts at the state and federal level.
The national day of action to shut down Chase, hosted by Rainforest Action Network, is part of this strategy.
WHEN
Monday, May 7
IN THE BAY AREA:
8:30 AM, Oakland
Oakland City Hall
Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th and Broadway,
11:30 AM, San Francisco
Chase Bank, 555 Mission St
4:30 PM, Berkeley
Oaks Theater, 1875 Solano Ave
More info here