Video: Climate First!'s Virtual Action vs. Chase Bank, April 23, 2020.

If you think just lobbying U.S. politicians, regulators, or the current administration will save the climate, think again! While President Biden and others in the federal government, as well as at the state level, have done some excellent work  addressing the climate crisis, powerful U.S. corporations, such as ExxonMobil, JPMorgan Chase, and others, have a strong interest in slowing efforts to phase out fossil fuels. Therefore, we must also convince influential companies and their allies to strongly support – with action – the United States' transition away from climate-wrecking fossil fuels. Whether it's confronting a major U.S. bank via a protest or virtual meeting over the lender's massive financing of dirty fossil fuels, promoting socially responsible banking to consumers and businesses, or encouraging a municipality to adopt a clean energy program, Climate First! is all about direct action to address the climate crisis.

Our mission is pretty simple:

Climate First! strives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean energy in the Mid-Atlantic region, by organizing grassroots efforts that encourage corporations and local governments to think climate first.

And how has Climate First! done?

Pretty well... Check out our Victories!

So are you fired-up and ready to go?

Here's what you can do to help save the climate:

1. Sign up for our emails.

2. Learn how major U.S. banks are wrecking the climate with their lending practices. 

3. Study ethical (AKA sustainable) banking. Strongly consider doing business with sustainable lenders. 

4. Attend Climate First!'s direct actions and events.

5. Get involved in our campaigns.

6. Donate to Climate First!.

7. Share your skills with Climate First!. Eg., make signs, do research, be a guest blogger.

Finally, see examples of our bank actions in two videos. The first video is a march & climate "strike" on Sept. 27, 2019 at a Chase Bank in downtown Silver Spring, MD. The second is a protest on April 10, 2019 in a Wells Fargo bank branch in Washington, D.C.

a. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4iHdRboNRI&feature=youtu.be

b. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yIjhbGgkFQ&feature=youtu.be