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Students to college: ‘Dump Chase’

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE FRESHMAN Will Hinkle cuts his Chase Bank credit card during a demonstration at Wilson Hall on Tuesday. Students at the event, held by the Sunday Night Environmental Group, spoke of how large financial institutions like Chase funnel billions of dollars into the fossil fuel industry each year. Independent photo/Steve James

Local climate activists and students at Middlebury College are asking the institution to stop doing business with JP Morgan Chase Bank, because the financial institution funnels billions of dollars into fossil fuel projects each year. 

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