Thursday, June 10, 2010
Protestors Target Bank
KENTUCKY...
Dozens of activists protested a banking company they say is one of a handful that bankroll mountaintop mining in Appalachia. The 50 protesters were in downtown Lexington on Monday in front of PNC bank, carrying signs that read "PNC is Bankrolling an American Tragedy." Some activists went inside the downtown bank and presented officials with a list of grievances and demands. PNC Financial Services Group spokesman Fred Solomon says the company does not identify its customers or comment on them. The activists say PNC has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in loans and bonds to six companies that are responsible for nearly half of the mountaintop-removal coal mining in Appalachia.
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