- Extinction Rebellion said that climate activists have targeted JPMorgan Chase’s London office.
- Eight protesters broke the glass with painted hammers and chisels.
- The militant group said the protesters emphasized the bank’s financing of fossil fuels.
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Climate protesters from the Extinction Rebellion took aim at JPMorgan Chase’s London office on Wednesday, breaking windows and doors with hammers and chisels. The militant group said in a statement.
The organization said that eight female extinction rebel activists put on stickers that read “Break the glass in a climate emergency” before breaking two of the bank’s office windows.
The women knocked on the windows with hammers and chisels decorated with the words “Care”, “Love” and “Life”. The organization said they were still sitting outside the Embankment Bank office in London with posters that read: “Stop hurting” and “Actions instead of words.”
The protests are part of Extinction Rebellion’s ongoing campaign against organizations that support the use of fossil fuels. In April of this year, activists also broke the windows of the London headquarters of Barclays Bank and HSBC Bank.
JPMorgan Chase has been reviewed Invest in fossil fuels. 2021 Fossil Fuel Finance Report, entitled “The bank of climate chaos,’ Listed JPMorgan Chase as the largest fossil fuel financier from 2016 to 2020.
JPMorgan Chase declined to comment to Insider on this matter.
Insider has contacted Extinction Rebellion.
“Climate change and the exploitation of fossil fuels have caused immeasurable damage to people’s lives and livelihoods. In contrast, the damage to a piece of glass is insignificant,” said Sally Davidson, one of the women who broke the windows of JPMorgan Chase in an extinction rebellion statement. Said in.
She added: “If this kind of property loss is necessary to cause the public to cause greater damage to JPMorgan Chase’s financial investment, then I am prepared to do so.”
