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Oil Pipeline Opponents Try Going After the Money
Oil Pipeline Opponents Try Going After the Money
Oil Pipeline Opponents Try Going After the Money
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Opposition to the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline has boosted efforts to persuade banks to stop supporting projects that might harm the environment or tread on indigenous rights. But calling the divest movement a success might be a stretch...
Wells Fargo Offers to End Seattle’s Banking Contract Now
Wells Fargo Offers to End Seattle’s Banking Contract Now
Wells Fargo Offers to End Seattle’s Banking Contract Now
SEATTLE (AP) — Wells Fargo is offering the city of Seattle the chance to break its banking contract immediately, before it expires at the end of 2018. Earlier this month the Seattle City Council voted unanimously to cut ties with the San Francisco-based banking giant over its role as a lender to the Dakota Access pipeline project as well as other business practices...