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ClientEarth warns 10 top banks to stop financing Saudi Aramco, or face potential legal action

By Farah Khalique
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Environmental campaign group ClientEarth has threatened potential legal action against 10 global banks unless they stop financing Saudi Aramco – the world’s biggest corporate emitter of greenhouse gases.

ClientEarth, chaired by former City investment banker Howard Covington, sent letters last month to leaders at JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, ...

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