{"id":17203,"date":"2018-06-15T22:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T22:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=17203"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:42:23","slug":"these-banks-are-still-funding-dangerous-oil-pipelines-heres-how-you-can-stop-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/17203\/these-banks-are-still-funding-dangerous-oil-pipelines-heres-how-you-can-stop-them\/","title":{"rendered":"These banks are still funding dangerous oil pipelines \u2014 here\u2019s how you can stop them"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Citibank

Greenpeace activists, in solidarity with Indigenous water protectors, protest outside a Citibank branch in Washington, DC. Citibank is one of the twelve ‘Dirty Dozen’ global banks that must cut its funding to tar sands oil pipelines.<\/p><\/div>\n

Oil companies are attempting to build dangerous pipelines across North America that cut through land, threaten Indigenous and human rights, put drinking water and wildlife at risk, and contribute to climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n

This includes Energy Transfer Partners, the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, which is suing Greenpeace entities and others for $900 million for showing solidarity with the Indigenous-led movement at Standing Rock. It also includes the Trans Mountain Expansion, which could poison the water and threaten endangered orcas with extinction. Some of these pipelines will transport some of the dirtiest oil on the planet, which we <\/span>can\u2019t afford to burn<\/span><\/a> if we want to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. <\/span><\/p>\n

But these pipeline companies need financial support from global banks to succeed. If it\u2019s hard for them to get the money, it\u2019s harder for them to build the pipelines. That\u2019s why people around the world are asking the \u2018Dirty Dozen\u2019 global banks<\/a> not to fund tar sands pipelines or Energy Transfer Partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"JP

Activists occupy a JPMorgan Chase location in Seattle, USA, where they installed an art piece bearing the names of 150,000 people who have signed a petition calling on Chase to stop financing tar sands pipelines.<\/p><\/div>\n

As some of the world\u2019s largest financial institutions, these banks care about their public reputation. If people around the world send a clear message to banks, we can show them that these oil pipelines are toxic for the planet <\/span>and<\/span><\/i> their brands \u2014 and stop dangerous pipelines from being built in the first place. <\/span>
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\nThat\u2019s where you come in. We need you to put the pressure on the \u2018Dirty Dozen\u2019 banks by flooding their social media with the feedback they deserve for funding toxic pipelines and violating human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how you can do it.<\/p>\n

Step 1: Head to the Facebook page or Google reviews entry for one of these global banks. <\/span><\/h2>\n

Use the links below to contact the banks’ corporate headquarters.\u00a0If you\u2019re a customer, you can search for your local bank branch to leave a comment or review.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n