Insurance companies underwrite and finance the oil, gas and coal companies that are driving climate chaos
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How the Private Equity Power Structure Drives Climate Chaos
Private equity firms plow billions into fossil fuel operations in their ruthless quest for profits.
The Big Bank Power Structure and How It Finances Climate Destruction
A primer on the banks that are financing the fossil fuel industry and how they wield power and influence.
The Asset Manager Power Structure and the Climate Crisis
A handful of powerful asset managers control a huge chunk of the fossil fuel industry through massive shareholding.
The University of Chicago’s New Board of Trustees’ Chair is a Private Equity Oil Baron
Billionaire David Rubenstein and Carlyle Group have massive investments in fossil fuels.
“We consider ourselves a sacrifice zone, because many of the people that live here are Black low-income folk.”
A lifelong resident of southwest Detroit and a leading local organizer on the pollution and the corporate actors that have harmed her community.
BlackRock Vies for the 2022 Corporate Hall of Shame
BlackRock’s governance practices and investments in fossil fuels, militarized policing, and weapons manufacturers harm communities around the world.
Liberty Mutual’s Climate Conflicts Deepen as Jay Hooley Takes Helm of ExxonMobil Board
Hooley owns $1.2 million in Exxon stock and nows heads board, raising further alarm over Liberty’s governance conflicts on climate.
Real estate & private equity billionaires set to profit from NY clean grid investments
Clean power transmission projects planned for New York will be built and owned by Blackstone Group and Related Companies.
Wall Street is Coming After Our Utilities. It’s Time to Fight Back.
Private equity and mega-banks are targeting the electric, gas and water utilities we all depend on.
Puerto Rico Debt Vultures Give Big to 2020 Candidates as Fiscal Board Appointments Loom
Wall Street vulture firms invested in Puerto Rico’s debt are donating big to 2020 candidates who choose the new Fiscal Board appointments.
Los Buitres de Wall Street Donan en Grande a los Candidatos del 2020 al Acercarse los Nombramientos de la Junta de Control Fiscal
Firmas buitres de Wall Street con inversiones en la deuda de Puerto Rico están donando en grande a los candidatos 2020 que designarán los nuevos miembros de la Junta.