(Guest opinion) Marie McNamara: Our money can be a lever for climate action

(Guest opinion) Marie McNamara: Our money can be a lever for climate action

As science and the EPA is sidelined once again by the Trump administration’s attempt to reverse a longstanding decision that carbon dioxide is a harmful pollutant, we need to rely on additional levers to continue to address climate change. One of the most powerful, yet often overlooked, is the financial sector. Banks and investment firms quietly enable the climate crisis by funding fossil fuel expansion. It’s time to recognize that our banks are…