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Seattle Climate Activists Shut Down Chase Banks over Fossil Fuel Funding

HeadlineOct 01, 2019

In Seattle, climate protesters shut down four Chase Bank branches on Monday to protest JPMorgan Chase’s funding of the fossil fuel industry. Eleven people were arrested. According to one count, JPMorgan Chase has loaned $196 billion to fossil fuel corporations since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

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