Comments on The Green Phone Booth: Banking on the environment.

This is fantastic news, indeed! I will absolutely...

2008-12-07T14:27:00.000-08:00

This is fantastic news, indeed! I will absolutely keep Bank of America in mind for future banking and credit needs.

I think mountaintop removal is one of those things that is just so horrifying -- if more people knew about it, things would have to change! The Rainforest Action Network, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and other groups has been campaigning for BofA to make such policy changes for a while now. The corporate decision to move in this direction very well may have hinged on the tour NRDC took executives on in July, where the BofA execs met local activists and were flown over the devastated mountaintops for a close up look.

All my knowledge of the subject comes from reading, and that is horrifying enough... I can only imagine how much a personal experience would haunt someone. I had a flight go through Cincinatti over my Thanksgiving travels, and I was hoping I'd get to see some of this from the air first hand (I'm weird, I know). Alas, the weather was terrible and I had no views from the air -- I was so disappointed.

Thanks for posting about this (and thank for the tip, Katrina)! I really believe most people would be horrified by mountaintop removal, so the more people know, the better.

I was excited to read this. First because I have ...

2008-12-06T09:26:00.000-08:00

I was excited to read this. First because I have a BofA credit card I've been planning on closing for a 'greener' company but now will reconsider. And second after reading Lost Mountain I think about mountain top removal nearly each time I turn a light on. It's impossible not to after reading the book. I also heard this 3 minute vignette on NPR this morning exactly about what you wrote. Thank you for taking the time to post about this.

Glad to hear that BofA will phase out its financin...

2008-12-05T09:26:00.000-08:00

Glad to hear that BofA will phase out its financing of companies that do MTR. And I'm with you - the planet needs all the help it can get. I could care less about motivation - only results. Love the clown car reference.