By Imani Holmer, Alliance Intern from U California Berkeley ‘25
The effort to simply ask companies to reduce their carbon emissions is under attack by House Republicans, even as the US had 28 major climate-related disasters costing $92.9 billion. The Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee is using their time and taxpayer dollars to open an antitrust investigation targeting shareholder activist As You Sow and 13 other groups working to secure corporate action on climate. This is an attempt to mire environmental groups in expensive legal battles while lining right-wing pockets with oil and gas money.
Investors have a legal right to interact with other shareholders and the companies in which they hold a financial stake. They also have the right to point out the grave economic risks of climate change. Join the Alliance in sending Green America and Action Network’s letter to your US Representative to stop the Republican attack on climate progress and call out its waste of time and taxpayer dollars. The letter also asks your Representative to join the Sustainable Investment Caucus that is standing up for our freedom to invest responsibly.