Why I will be protesting against Mark Carney on Thursday | Simon Youel
by Simon Youel from Economics | The Guardian on (#4E938)
The Bank of England needs to blacklist high-carbon bonds and commit its huge buying power to 'green QE'
As the adage goes: "There are decades when nothing happens, and there are weeks when decades happen." After decades of climate complacency, for those in the environmental movement it certainly feels like we might be living in those weeks.
Direct action by striking students and Extinction Rebellion has propelled the climate emergency to the top of the news and the political agenda. But while protesters have - quite rightly - called on the government to take more responsibility, the City of London has largely escaped the firing line.
Positive Money and Fossil Free London will be demonstrating outside the Bank on Thursday
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