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Influence Map outlines evidence showing how corporations are lobbying for climate deregulation and financial interventions by governments that are either specifically advantageous for fossil fuel production and/or contrary to science-based advice from the IPCC on climate.
During the last financial crisis, the Federal Reserve extended credit to nonbank financial firms for the first time since the 1930s. What is similar and different about the Fed's role during current economic fallout from COVID-19?
Four big U.S. banks - JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citi and Bank of America - account for nearly a third of fossil fuel financing from global banks since the Paris Agreement was adopted four years ago.
Fossil fuels are subsidized by the U.S. federal and state governments, and removing these highly inefficient subsidies should be the first priority of fiscally responsible climate, energy, and tax reform policies.
