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February 21, 2020

28 Arrested in Seattle Protesting Chase Bank Fossil Fuel Ties
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In Seattle, Washington, 28 climate activists were arrested Thursday
after they held a sit-in protest at a downtown Chase Bank branch and
refused to leave. The protesters are demanding that JPMorgan Chase end
its investments in fossil fuel companies that are driving the climate
crisis. The protest came one day after activists shut down Seattle's
busy 2nd Avenue for about two hours, where they held a large banner
reading "Road closed due to Chase's funding of climate disaster." Chase
Bank is one of the largest financiers of TC Energy - formerly known as
Trans Canada - the company working to build the Coastal Gas Link
pipeline across British Columbia.


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