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DESCRIPTION:WHAT: Protest Bank of America's 37th Annual Investor's Conference\nWHEN: 
 Monday Sept 17; 11am\nWHERE: Ritz-Carleton, 600 Stockton, San 
 Francisco\nCONTACT:sparkin@ran.org; 415-659-0524\nINFO: 
 http://www.dirtymoney.org \n\nDemand Corporate Accountability at Bank of 
 America’s 37th Annual Investor’s Conference\n\nBank of America is 
 profiting from coal while killing communities and destroying the climate.  
 This Monday, they are sponsoring their 37th Annual Investor’s Conference 
 in San Francisco.  They need to be held accountable for their investments.  
 Join a moving picket of noise and resistance to greenwashing and 
 coal-fueled climate change. Bring pots, pans, flags, banners, drums, signs, 
 whistles and our voices for an action outside of the Ritz Carleton in San 
 Francisco. This will be a non-violent loud color-filled action.\n\nTop 5 
 Reasons to Picket Bank of America's 37th Annual Investors Conference\n\n1.  
 Mountain Justice.  Between 2005 and 2007, Bank of America facilitated 
 nearly $1 billion in loans to Massey Energy and Arch Coal, two of the 
 largest companies responsible for the destructive practice of mountaintop 
 removal coal mining. Mountaintop coal mining literally blasts the tops off 
 of mountains to get at thin seems of coal. Mountaintop removal coal mining 
 has permanently destroyed almost 500 mountains in Appalachia and buried 
 over 1,200 miles of streams across Appalachia.   Not to mention 
 Appalachia's communities and culture.....\n\n2.  It's the Climate, Stupid.  
 There are currently proposals to build 150 new coal-fired power plants in 
 the US, which will emit 600 million tons of C02 every year.  Emissions from 
 coal-fired power plants are the leading cause of global warming, and these 
 new plants alone will be the equivalent to doubling the pollution from 
 passenger cars on the road.  Bank of America is a leading investor of these 
 new coal plants, and using your money to rake in billions while our climate 
 is destroyed.\n\n3.  Black Mesa's Water.  Bank of America has facilitated 
 over $4 billion dollars to Peabody Coal since 2006. Peabody is the largest 
 coal mining company in the US, and their massive Black Mesa mine in Arizona 
 has devastated indigenous Navajo and Hopi communities. . For decades, they 
 have displaced families, left a toxic legacy along a 273 coal-slurry 
 pipeline, and have taken 2.5 million gallons of water every day from the 
 only water source for these communities. \n\n4.  Marsh Fork Elementary.  
 Bank of America is the top financier for Massey Energy, who operate a coal 
 processing plant and maintains a 2.8 billion gallon lake of liquid coal 
 waste a few hundred feet from Marsh Fork Elementary School in West 
 Virginia.  As a result, the natural barrier holding the billons of gallons 
 of sludge has been seeping into the nearby groundwater, toxic coal dust 
 covers the school and Massey  is now trying to expand their 
 operations\n\n5.  You Can't Greenwash Away Our Future-- In March of 2007, 
 Bank of America made headlines with an environmental initiative pledging 
 support for “environmentally sustainable business…. (and) to address 
 global climate change.” While hailing themselves as leaders in addressing 
 climate change – CEO Ken Lewis’ lofty rhetoric is at odds with his 
 company’s track record. This pledge commits less than 2% of their assets 
 to this cause, spread out over the next 10 years.   What are they doing 
 with the other 98% of their $1.4 trillion in assets? Raking in record 
 profits from America’s fossil fuel addiction.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/07/18446199.php
SUMMARY:Protest and Picket Bank of America's 37th Annual Investor's Conference
LOCATION:WHAT: Protest Bank of America's 37th Annual Investor's Conference\nWHEN: 
 Monday Sept 17; 11am\nWHERE: Ritz-Carleton, 600 Stockton, San 
 Francisco\nCONTACT:sparkin@ran.org; 415-659-0524\nINFO: 
 http://www.dirtymoney.org 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/09/07/18446199.php
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