In the shadow of the Summit of the Americas, massive Indigenous protests unfolded for nearly 3 weeks in Ecuador, and growing civil disobedience in California illustrate the need for Governor Gavin Newsom to take action to ensure the state’s refineries will not be complicit in new drilling in the Amazon…

But the fight isn’t over. — By Amy Gray, Stand.earth Senior Climate Finance Strategist When it comes to protecting pensioners and the planet alike, fossil fuel divestment must be considered as a responsible fiduciary act. It is legally sound and fiscally right. And it is no longer novel. With a decade of data, more than 1500 institutions representing over $40 trillion in assets have committed to some form of divestment. These include very large, mainstream banks, insurance…

With RBC-financed Coastal GasLink drilling imminent, and devastating fires & floods, Canadians bring fossil fuel finance impacts straight to RBC executives’ golf tournament. — PHOTO AND VIDEO HERE. Territories of Indigenous peoples including Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, Wendake-Nionwentsïo, so-called Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Today, Indigenous land defenders, climate organizers, and communities brought a clear message straight to Royal Bank of Canada executives at the annual Canadian PGA…

Right now, fossil fuel companies like TotalEnergies and the China National Offshore Oil Company Limited (CNOOC) are attempting to push through the East East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a 1,443 km / 897 mile proposed to run from Kabaale, Uganda to the northeastern coast of…

Retail giant Target must move to zero-emissions ocean shipping and help transform the cargo industry from a fossil fuel laggard to a climate and public health champion. The supply chain crisis and shipping delays spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic have uncovered a huge climate polluter that often flies under the…

Following Royal Bank of Canada’s shareholder meeting, and ahead of Earth Day, complaint highlights misleading advertisements of the Bank’s climate commitments and its fossil fuel financing OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Six members of the public, supported by environmental groups, are requesting that the Competition Bureau open an investigation into misleading advertising by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) about the company’s commitments to climate action while continuing to finance fossil fuel development.

Fear. That’s what stands out in poll after poll, across all issue areas and locations. Two years into the pandemic, we have a litany of fears — rising energy and food costs, historic inflation, the threat of the next variant, increased polarization, the rise of a global alt right. And…

US Pensions and their role in financing nearly $350 million in companies behind dangerous project blatantly ignoring Indigenous rights. Right now in British Columbia, Canada, Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and land defenders are resisting the construction of…

Here’s why. On Thursday, FortisBC and the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office hosted their first public townhall as part of the Environmental Assessment process for the Tilbury LNG Expansion Project. …