Citi has fueled environmental racism in the U.S. Gulf South for far too long. Our latest report, Citi: Funding Fossil-Fueled Environmental Racism in the Gulf South, reveals a link between Citi's financing and pollution in Black, Indigenous, and brown communities in Texas and Louisiana.
The report reveals that Citi’s $1.6 billion in financing for four LNG terminals in Texas and Louisiana could be linked to annual impacts of up to:
- 2.3 premature deaths
- $36 million in health costs
- 10 new cases of childhood asthma
- The climate pollution of over 6 million gas-powered cars driving for a year
Citi has repeatedly chosen profit over people – all while claiming to serve the very people they exploit. The dirty bank pours billions of dollars into polluting fossil fuel and petrochemical companies, which then build pipelines, refineries, and plastic plants in or near Black and brown communities. The emissions from these facilities cause local air and water pollution, and devastating health and climate impacts in communities that already experience higher rates of cancer, respiratory illnesses, and other health issues than the national average.
But Citi’s corporate greed is no match for our collective power. Local communities, such as Port Arthur, Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and St. James Parish, Louisiana, have already been fighting back – and they’re winning.
Stand in solidarity by pushing Citi to end its financing and instead begin to invest in just, sustainable, community-led solutions to the harms it has caused frontline communities. Together, we can collectively hold the dirty bank accountable.
Join our movement and demand Citi stop perpetrating environmental racism.
