Chase off Chase banksters in South Kingstown: Monday Sep. 28, 11:30 am

[Peter Nightingale]

South Kingstown Protest

When:  Monday September 28, 2020 from 11:30 to 12:30

Where:  Chase Bank branch at 580 Kingstown Road, Wakefield/South Kingstown (between Ocean Catch Seafood and Belmont Market)

Did you get this one this morning?

For the "Why" read on, but better yet just come!

Fossil fuel giant Chase Bank is building 11 branches all around Rhode island. There will be three branches in Providence, two in Cranston, and one each in South Kingstown, East Greenwich, Smithfield, Pawtucket, Barrington, and Middletown. Two are open and one is very close

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Chase Bank cares deeply about its reputation and its "brand", especially among young potential future customers, and every time we hold a protest, more and more people learn what a destructive corporation Chase Bank is as it pursues short-term profits at our planet's expense. 

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Until Chase stops funding new fossil fuel projects and starts phasing out the current funding, members of Climate Action RI (CARI) and supporters and allies, and other climate groups around the country, are protesting at Chase branches to tell our communities how destructive Chase is to our planet, to our future, and to the future of our children and grandchildren. 

Chase is opening more branches: let us know if you will help us maintain a monthly protest presence at a branch near you.
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Right now, there are two protests scheduled:

South Kingstown Protest

When:  Monday September 28, 2020 from 11:30 to 12:30

Where:  Chase Bank branch at 580 Kingstown Road, Wakefield/South Kingstown (between Ocean Catch Seafood and Belmont Market)

Providence Protest
When:  Monday October 19, 2020 from 11:30 to 12:45

Where:  Chase Bank branch at 146 Westminster Street, downtown Providence (corner of Orange St.)

Who:  Climate Action Rhode Island (CARI), allies, and supporters. Join us!

Why Chase Bank?  We follow the money. 

Fossil fuel companies can't explore for, extract, and distribute fossil fuels without massive amounts of bank money. If 

For more info re the Sept. 28 South Kingstown protest and to RSVP:  Mon. Sept. 28 Protest in Wakefield

For more info re the Oct. 19 Providence protest and to RSVP:  Oct. 19 Protest in Providence

We are accelerating Chase's change to funding renewables. Last week, Chase announced a $1 billion bond for sustainable and renewable projects only, which is an important first step. But they still lend over $65 billion a year for current and new fossil fuel projects.while the scientific community says that by 2030 fossil fuel usage must be REDUCED BY 45% from 2010 levels.

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As Chase profits and the planet heats up and dries out, we and the rest of the world will be seeing more and more alerts like this one issued this morning by the National Weather Service, and, as in California, at some point the fires will follow:

Sept. 22, 2020  Public Alert

Red Flag (Fire Weather) Warning in Southeast New England· 

                National Weather Service

 RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS 

* AFFECTED AREA...All of Rhode Island and Massachusetts  * TIMING...Through 9 pm this evening.

* WINDS...North winds gusting 25 to 30 mph across interior locations, with 30 to 40 mph closer to the coast. Gusts 45 to 55
mph across the Cape and Island.  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimum values will range from 20 to 35
percent, with the lowest value across the interior.   * TEMPERATURES...Generally in 60s  

* IMPACTS...Dry weather and gusty winds will result in critical fire weather conditions.

  

Providence Journal Sept.23, 2020

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And while the polar and Greenland ice-sheets melt, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projects that Rhode Island will suffer 5 to 7 feet of sea-level rise in the next 50 years, over 9 feet by 2100, and 32 feet by 2200. Tens and possibly hundreds of millions of coastal residents, especially poor people of color living on islands or in Asia and Africa, will become homeless climate refugees in a destabilized world hostile to their situation.

At nine feet of sea-level rise, the ports of Galilee, Providence, and Quonset, our coastal wildlife refuges, virtually all of Wickford, downtown Providence, and various other places up and down Narragansett Bay and on our open Atlantic shore from Westerly to Little Compton and everything in between will be permanently inundated.

For more info and to RSVP click here:  Monday Sept.28 Protest

For more info re the Sept. 28 South Kingstown protest and to RSVP:  Mon. Sept. 28 Protest in Wakefield

For more info re the Oct. 19 Providence protest and to RSVP:  Oct. 19 Protest in Providence

You can also RSVP by replying to this email.

-Climate Action Rhode island-CARI  401-648-5479