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JPMorgan to stop lending to coal companies, arctic drillers

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JPMorgan Chase & Co. will no longer do business with coal companies and will restrict financing to companies that drill in the Arctic, the company announced Tuesday.

The announcement came in tandem with the bank announcing it would extend $200 billion in financing to clean and renewable energy companies by 2025.

The bank is currently holding its annual investor day in San Francisco, where the announcement was made.