How Chase Funds the Climate Crisis

In the years since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2016, JPMorgan Chase has loaned $196 billion to the fossil-fuel industry — more than any other bank in the world, wrote author and environmental activist Bill McKibben in “The Doomsday Bank” [RS 1338]. The response to his special report in the Climate Crisis issue helped rally an onslaught of Chase protests around the country. “The oil-and-gas industries disregard the rights of indigenous peoples, farmers, and homeowners,” wrote Rolling Stone reader Rena Neighbors. “Maybe you feel climate change won’t affect you, but you should consider the generations to come.”