Hundreds of activists urge BlackRock to vote for climate this shareholder season
Last week in San Francisco, a coalition of climate activists showed up to speak out against Wells Fargo and BlackRock, urging them to #DefundLine3, divest from fossil fuels, and to fire Chairman Charles H. Noski.
Under Noski’s leadership over the last five years, Wells Fargo has become the world’s third largest financier of fossil fuels and has grown to become a main funder of fracking, toxic oil pipelines like Line 3, and loaned billions to coal, oil, and gas companies. The event was a powerful start to a shareholder season of direct action all over the world urging banks and finance giants to use the power they hold to take action on stopping climate destruction.