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"author_name": "ARL ReInvest",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/arl-reinvest",
"title": "Divest Arlington",
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"description": "Arlington, Virginia, strives to be a green, sustainable community, with a goal of lowering its carbon footprint 75% by 2050 and a public commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. Furthermore, Arlington describes itself as a welcoming and inclusive community, where diversity is not simply tolerated by appreciated and celebrated. Unfortunately our county banks with Wells Fargo. The same Wells Fargo that: -is funding two fracked gas pipelines which would run through Virginia: the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipelines; together, these projects would effectively double the greenhouse gas emissions of all Virginia's power plants combined. -has millions invested in the Dakota Access Pipeline and four proposed tar sands projects: TransMountain, the Enbridge Line 3 expansion, Energy East, and the Keystone XL. Tar Sands oil not only produces 17% more carbon than crude, its production, transportation, and use poses significant threats to local ecosystems, water supplies, and low-income communities where much of the infrastructure is built. -enables the expansion of private prisons and immigrant detention centers by financing the Geo Group and CoreCivic, the largest private prison companies in the world, which stand to gain most from a continuation of the War on Drugs, mandatory minimums, and harsh immigration policies. -had to pay a settlement of $175 million for discriminatory practices (redlining), where tens of thousands of African American and Hispanic borrowers were charged higher fees and rates, while white borrowers with similar credit were offered prime loans. -used a predatory business model that encouraged workers to cheat customers and open more than two million fraudulent accounts. -failed (in March 2017) a federal rating under the Community Reinvestment Act, which tests a bank's responsiveness to the needs of low and moderate income residents; a test that 98% of U.S. lenders pass. Help Arlington fight its own hypocrisy. Tell the County Treasurer and Board to cut ties with Wells Fargo, and bring Arlington's financial practices in line with its values.",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/divest-arlington"
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