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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!
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2:55 pm PDT, Apr 23, Desiree Diaz, Illinois
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2:21 pm PDT, Apr 20, Cynthia Parker, Virginia
you should be ashamed of yourselves. fund enviromentaly friendly energy it's just as easy.if you don't do something we won't have a world for our children and grandchildren left.and no amount of money can help them survive if we have no drinking water and no plants to provide oxygen
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11:01 pm PDT, Apr 11, Jenny Vegan, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Shame on you, Wells Fargo.
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2:19 pm PDT, Apr 9, Natalie Swaim, Iowa
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2:31 pm PDT, Apr 5, Silky Wyld, Wisconsin
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1:52 pm PDT, Mar 26, Meghan Bundrock, Ohio
CSR applies to EVERYONE!
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7:45 pm PDT, Mar 22, Amy Anderson, Illinois
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8:12 pm PDT, Mar 21, JOCELYNE ANNIE, Canada
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2:55 pm PST, Feb 7, Veronica Matsuda, California
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3:25 pm PST, Jan 29, Victoria Mary Stong / Community Activist, New York
Because if they have any conscience they should.
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11:19 am PST, Jan 27, Laura Raymann, Germany
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7:53 am PDT, Oct 30, Paul Kerns, Ohio
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6:42 pm PDT, Oct 27, Tiffany Meininger, Nebraska
Don't expect me to do buisness with Wells Fargo. I will change to a new bank. Get with it people this is the only planet we have!!!!
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6:29 pm PDT, Oct 25, Jessica Lizotte, Canada
The world needs saving. If we don't protect the world...who will?
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