Comments on: Credit Cards, Coal, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Corporate America. http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Daniel Welch http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48177 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:20:43 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48177 I didn’t intend for my tone to seem like an attack. I appreciate the work you do as well. It is equally important that we have defenders of the environment on guard. Thanks for caring so much as to run this forum where folks can speak their mind.

]]> By: Matt Leonard http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48148 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:43:53 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48148 Daniel, thanks for the correction – but not sure why you have such an attacking tone. My reporting that “MBNA was once owned by Fleet” comes straight from the cited article by the San Francisco Guardian newspaper. “Working Assets says that’s impossible because of its contract with MBNA, which was purchased three years ago from Fleet Bank.”

But yes, you are correct that Fleet did not own MBNA – my error. However – your accusatory tone makes me wonder what motivated your response. The error you point out has literally zero significance to the issues brought up. And then you put forward the BoA is a “good corporate citizen” – while provide absolutely no information at all to back up that claim. Maybe I could attack your grammatical errors and accuse you of needing to check your facts, but that isn’t a constructive means for discussion.

The facts still remain – BoA and Citigroup are two of the largest financiers of coal development, and are maintaining our destructive path of accelerating climate change.

]]> By: Daniel Welch http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48146 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:07:33 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48146 Matthew, before you spew advice you should do some fact checking. You incorrectly reported that MBNA was once owned by Fleet. Wrong! Bank of America acquired MBNA several years after they acquired Fleet. You might be thinking of the fact that MBNA was created as a spin-off from Maryland National Bank in 1991. Maryland National Bank merged with NationsBank in 1993, which later merged with, and the assumed the name of Bank of America.

I found other web resources that the a similar story to you, but say that Working Assets once used Fleet for providing card services, but that Fleet sold the contract to MBNA. That might we be, but it seems, wherever Working Assets started or ended, it was always destined to be with Bank of America.

I hope you do a better job of checking your facts on climate change because that is important to everyone, so we don’t want a lot of misinformation floating around. Bank of America is committed to the environment and tries to be a good corporate citizen while serving the publics’ best interest.

]]> By: mattreitman http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48106 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:59:28 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/07/16/credit-cards-coal-and-navigating-the-murky-waters-of-corporate-america/#comment-48106 Neat info. I always wondered about Working Assets…

Now if they would only give special cell phone discounts for organizers!

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