@novaramedia: 40 Climate activists occupied the National Portrait Gallery’s ‘Paul McCartney: Eyes of the Storm’ exhibition in a stand against Bank of America’s ongoing financing of the fossil fuel industry. The activists from Fossil Free London, a grassroots climate group, sang a climate themed version of The Beatles’ Let it Be outside of and inside of the exhibition. Between 2016 to 2021, Bank of America provided $232bn in fossil fuel financing for projects across the globe, according to Ran.org. In a statement, Joanna Warrington, a Fossil Free London activist, commented: “Sponsoring the National Portrait Gallery is a cynical way for Bank of America to distract from its abysmal record on fossil fuel financing. There can be no future for the arts while new pipelines are being laid and new wells are being drilled. So we’re calling on the National Portrait Gallery to end its association with this bank that’s setting fire to the culture their exhibitions hope to display”. #climate #climatechange #uk #us #politics

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