Elders Arrested Protesting Citibank Funding of Planet’s Destruction

“We are on the cusp of a ruined planet, and the big banks like Citi are funding it, to the tune of trillions,” said one organizer.

As Earth sizzles during what's likely to be its hottest summer on record amid a worsening planetary emergency, dozens of elder climate campaigners including 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben were arrested Monday in New York while protesting Wall Street giant Citigroup's continued fossil fuel financing.

Members of the group Third Act—who are mostly aged 60 and older—led a “funeral procession” near Citigroup's Manhattan headquarters in remembrance of the senior citizens who have died during recent dangerous heatwaves and to call out the bank “for being the number one funder of fossil fuel expansion in the world,” according to Summer of Heat, which is organizing a series of ongoing climate protests.

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