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.

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. …

A new report by Stand.earth and Amazon Watch reveals Citigroup’s role in funding state-run oil companies with ties to corruption, rights violations, pollution, and deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. Now, Indigenous leaders, human rights, and environmental campaigners are calling for Citigroup to exit Amazon oil and gas. Ahead of Citigroup Investor Day, environmental campaigners at Amazon Watch and Stand.earth are releasing a report spotlighting the bank’s exposure and central role in providing billions in financing and investments to oil and gas companies in the Amazon. Indigenous leaders and federations directly impacted by oil drilling are calling on…

Thanks to determined organizing, over 1500 institutions globally, representing more than $40 trillion in assets, have committed to some level of fossil fuel divestment! The movement to defund coal, oil, and gas has grown 20-fold since the 2015 Paris agreement. For perspective, $40 T is equivalent to: offering every single…

Or are they pulling a bait and switch? The provincial government is nearing the conclusion of its Natural Gas Royalty Review, which could overhaul the way that the province charges fracking companies to access gas. As part of those changes, it seems more and more likely that the NDP government…

Right now in British Columbia, Canada, Indigenous Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and land defenders are resisting the construction of the controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline slated to cut through their territories. On Wednesday, February 9, over 155 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) representing millions of members released a letter to the 27 banks financing…

Last night in twenty-five cities, towns, and neighbourhoods, British Columbians gathered to light candles for those killed by heat events, mudslides, and other climate-related disasters this year.