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Tell Wells Fargo Bank to Stop Funding Dirty Energy

Target: Richard Kovacevich, CEO of Wells Fargo Bank
Sponsored by: Rainforest Action Network
Wells Fargo Bank, one of America's largest banks and partner to many overseas banks and corporations, is a top financier of destructive oil, coal, logging, and mining operations that contribute to global warming, ecosystem destruction, and human rights abuses.

The corrupt power of their finances funds organizations that have worked to rollback forest, endangered species and clean water protections devastating eco-systems and communities from Alaska to Appalachia.

Other US banks, like Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, have taken a more responsible approach. Yet, Wells Fargo still does not have a comprehensive environmental and social policy.

It's time Wells Fargo Bank took responsibility for the destructive impact of its investments and charted a new course toward justice and sustainability. Sign this petition telling Wells Fargo Bank to get their act together!
deadline: 11-22-2007
goal: 18,000
 

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Dear Richard Kovacevich,

Why is Wells Fargo continuing to support environmentally and socially destructive projects from Alaska to Appalachia?

In Alaska, Wells Fargo supports logging in the Tongass National Forest by funding anti-environmental groups such as the Pacific Legal Foundation and the Resource Development Council of Alaska. These organizations have worked to rollback forest, endangered species and clean water protections, creating an atmosphere ripe for destruction of old-growth forests on our public lands.

In America's west, oil and gas companies financed by Wells Fargo's $4 billion energy portfolio are drilling in desert and mountain landscapes, causing destruction and pollution.

In Appalachia, Wells Fargo finances coal companies using mountaintop removal, a brutal strip mining process that is literally exploding the tops off of mountains across West Virginia, Kentucky and other states in the region, while polluting waterways and destroying forests and local communities.

Other US banks, like Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs, have taken a more responsible approach and developed social and environmental policies with safeguards to prevent financing of destructive projects in sensitive ecosystems, while Wells Fargo remains committed to a world of irresponsible and exploitative lending practices.

Mr. Kovacevich, please take responsibility for the environmental and social impacts of Wells Fargo's financing. Work with Rainforest Action Network to develop 21st century policies that can put Wells Fargo on track to protect biodiversity, slow climate change and respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples and impacted local communities.

[Your comment]

I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]
We signed the “Tell Wells Fargo Bank to Stop Funding Dirty Energy” petition!
# 50:
11:22 pm PST, Nov 22, Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
Jesus said it best: "For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
# 49:
11:20 pm PST, Nov 22, Debra McIntyre, Minnesota
# 48:
10:07 pm PST, Nov 22, Scott Carter Krebbs, Alabama
# 47:
9:59 pm PST, Nov 22, Celeste Wernz, Arizona
# 46:
9:35 pm PST, Nov 22, Leah Cox, Florida
Money makes the world go 'round so let your money take a positive spin.
# 45:
9:35 pm PST, Nov 22, Scott Wiro, Oregon
# 44:
8:58 pm PST, Nov 22, Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
# 43:
8:56 pm PST, Nov 22, Vidya Sims, California
# 42:
8:50 pm PST, Nov 22, Jared Clear, Arizona
# 41:
8:27 pm PST, Nov 22, Bess Katerinsky, New York
# 40:
8:12 pm PST, Nov 22, Donna Widmer, Kansas
# 39:
8:00 pm PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, California
# 38:
7:26 pm PST, Nov 22, Belinda Velasquez, Utah
I have been banking with Wells Fargo for quite a few years now, I was not aware of your environmental record, if things do not change my family and i will go to a bank with more responsable environmental policies.
# 37:
7:22 pm PST, Nov 22, RACHAEL LANDRY, California
# 36:
7:20 pm PST, Nov 22, Lisa Wild, Texas
# 35:
7:08 pm PST, Nov 22, Karisha Kirk, Indiana
# 34:
7:03 pm PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, Maine
# 33:
6:40 pm PST, Nov 22, Alex Won, California
# 32:
6:02 pm PST, Nov 22, Heather Simmons, Iowa
# 31:
6:02 pm PST, Nov 22, Hannah Merley, Washington
I was already planning on switching to a different bank, but after reading this, I definitely will.
# 30:
5:59 pm PST, Nov 22, Daniel Himmelstein, Massachusetts
# 29:
5:43 pm PST, Nov 22, Frank Sherman, Florida
# 28:
5:23 pm PST, Nov 22, David Dunkleberger, Pennsylvania
# 27:
5:13 pm PST, Nov 22, Robin Klein, Ohio
# 26:
4:59 pm PST, Nov 22, Runningfox Moss, North Carolina
# 25:
4:56 pm PST, Nov 22, Candi Ausman, California
# 24:
4:40 pm PST, Nov 22, Rhonda Zorn, Kentucky
# 23:
4:29 pm PST, Nov 22, Dee Dee Mckinney, Texas
Three people, six Wells Fargo accounts in our family. We don't like this, and we are discussing changing banks to support our beliefs. I'd hate to do it after 14 years, but you're fouling the world that WE have to live in. Please stop. Voting with my feet would be a pain, but it can happen...just like illness and death from pollution happen.
# 22:
4:13 pm PST, Nov 22, Denise Lytle, New Jersey
# 21:
3:52 pm PST, Nov 22, Curtis W Bellfy, Arizona
# 20:
3:51 pm PST, Nov 22, Ruth Barrett, Australia
# 19:
3:29 pm PST, Nov 22, Dinda Evans, California
# 18:
3:20 pm PST, Nov 22, Cosmic Rhino Gifts, California
# 17:
3:07 pm PST, Nov 22, Alexander Rouhana, Florida
# 16:
2:40 pm PST, Nov 22, Emily MacDonald, Pennsylvania
# 15:
2:21 pm PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, California
# 14:
2:10 pm PST, Nov 22, Kevin Brown, Montana
The services you offer to your customers are excellent. Let's see the services that you can offer our natural environment. Don't be so corrupt, dark, and destructive, be a force for positive change.
# 13:
1:37 pm PST, Nov 22, Joseph Power, California
# 12:
1:19 pm PST, Nov 22, Amanda A., Washington
# 11:
1:18 pm PST, Nov 22, Susan Walker, California
# 10:
1:12 pm PST, Nov 22, Mark A. Zappone, New Jersey
We all need to start taking better care of the environment, or else future generations will not have a sustainable world.
# 9:
1:01 pm PST, Nov 22, Jennifer Megeney, Canada
# 8:
12:56 pm PST, Nov 22, Michael Barth, Illinois
# 7:
12:41 pm PST, Nov 22, Paul Uecker, Minnesota
# 6:
12:29 pm PST, Nov 22, Fred Fall, New Jersey
# 5:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 22, Biff Michael Appia, Washington
# 4:
12:21 pm PST, Nov 22, Jamie Scott, Texas
It is disgusting for a company that believes themselves to be reputable to be backing such dispicable practices that devastate the world. Is the money worth dragging your name in the mud and destroying the earth a patch of land at a time?
# 3:
12:05 pm PST, Nov 22, KENNETH L GAKELER, Kansas
# 2:
11:59 am PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, Minnesota
# 1:
11:30 am PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, New York
This is really contemptible, Wells Fargo. Don't dirty people's money and dirty the environment through investments that damage nature's ecosytems and create greenhouse gas emissions. GO GREEN!!! There's no point making short-term profit by destroying the earth -- that wiil be more costly in the long run. Global warming could cost more than the two world wars and the Depression combined. So preserve old forests, mountains, rivers and all the biodiversity in nature -- that is a true investment for the future.
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