EXCLUSIVE: West Virginia Notifies 6 Banks They May Be Breaking State’s Fossil Fuel Anti-Boycott Law

They have 30 days to respond to letters before being placed on a financial blacklist

Financial institutions that are boycotting energy producing companies have been warned against doing so by West Virginia's treasury. Pictured is coal miner Matt Wolfe, of Blacksville, W.Va., on April 13, 2017, in Sycamore, Pa. Photo by Justin Merriman/Getty Images

Six banks have been warned by the West Virginia State Treasury that they may be in violation of a new law preventing the state from doing business with financial institutions boycotting energy companies.

The office told The Epoch Times it had sent out letters on June 10, but didn’t share the banks’ names on the record.