Blackrock, the biggest investor in fossil fuels announced it was pulling out of dirty energy entirely. There was just one tiny problem...it wasn't true. CEO Larry Fink was the target of a prank by a group called The Yes Men. #YEARSproject EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOEL BACH, DAVID GELBER and DREW MAGRATTEN WRITER: MAYA LILLY NARRATOR: MATT ROSENBAUM SCRIPT EDITORS: JOEL BACH, JOSH FUTTERSAK, MAYA LILLY, DREW MAGRATTEN and MATT ROSENBAUM VIDEO EDITOR: JORJA HUDSON MUSIC BY EPIDEMIC SOUND SOURCES: [i] InfluenceMap.org. Finance Map. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. influencemap.org/finance-map [ia] WRI.org. Serious About Sustainability? Some Progress, But Not Yet Persuaded by BlackRock's Efforts. Apr 22 2019. www.wri.org/blog/2019/04/serious-about-sustainability-some-progress-not-yet-persuaded-blackrocks-efforts [ii] Nature.org. Our People: Laurence Fink. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/laurence-fink/ [iii] BlackRock.com. Purpose & Profit. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-ceo-letter [iv] Nature.org. Our People: Laurence Fink. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.nature.org/en-us/about-us/who-we-are/our-people/laurence-fink/ [v] BlackRocksBigProblem.com. BLACKROCK IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF CLIMATE DESTRUCTION ON THE PLANET. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.blackrocksbigproblem.com/ [va] 5050Climate.org. 2018 Asset Manager Climate Scorecard. Sep 12 2018. 5050climate.org/news/2018-key-climate-vote-survey/ [vi] CNBC.com. Fake BlackRock communications are a master class in spoofing and social engineering. Jan 16 2019. www.cnbc.com/2019/01/16/fake-blackrock-communications-are-a-master-class-in-spoofing.html [vii] YesMen.Org. BlackRock Does the Right Thing. Jan 16 2019. theyesmen.org/blackrock [viii] BlackRocksBigProblem.com. BLACKROCK IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF CLIMATE DESTRUCTION ON THE PLANET. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.blackrocksbigproblem.com/ [viiia] Urgewald.org. New Research Reveals the Banks and Investors Financing the Expansion of the Global Coal Plant Fleet. Dec 5 2018. urgewald.org/medien/new-research-reveals-banks-and-investors-financing-expansion-global-coal-plant-fleet [ix] AmazonWatch.org.BlackRock's Big Problem: Amazon Destruction. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. amazonwatch.org/work/blackrocks-big-problem [ixa] BlackRocksBigProblem.com. BLACKROCK IS THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF CLIMATE DESTRUCTION ON THE PLANET. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.blackrocksbigproblem.com/ [ixb] WSJ.com. Shell Canada to Buy BlackRock In $2.17 Billion Oil-Sands Deal. May 9 2006. www.wsj.com/articles/SB114709538143446580 [ixc] BlackRocksBigProblem.com. ONE OF THE WORLD'S LAST INTACT ECOSYSTEMS, OIL DRILLING WOULD PERMANENTLY DESTROY THIS PRISTINE PLACE.. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. www.blackrocksbigproblem.com/arctic [ixd] AmazonWatch.org.BlackRock's Big Problem: Amazon Destruction. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. amazonwatch.org/work/blackrocks-big-problem [x] InfluenceMap.org. Finance Map. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. influencemap.org/finance-map [xi] www.convertunits.com. Accessed: Jul 29 2019. [xii] TheGuardian.com. Ireland becomes world's first country to divest from fossil fuels. Jul 12 2018. www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/12/ireland-becomes-worlds-first-country-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels [xiii] CarbonTracker.org. Stranded Assets. Aug 23 2017. www.carbontracker.org/terms/stranded-assets/ [xiiia] CommonDreams.org. Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse. Jun 12 2019. www.commondreams.org/news/2019/06/12/adding-planetary-alarm-bells-top-us-finance-official-warns-climate-crisis-recipe