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September 15, 2022
August 24, 2022
Global Pressure Mounts on Trans Mountain Insurers in Advance of Renewal Deadline
As August 31 deadline nears, hundreds of thousands demand that Liberty Mutual rule out insuring tar sands expansion August 24, 2022 (Boston, MA, USA) – As Trans Mountain seeks to…
August 22, 2022
Indigenous Australians to Investors: Dump Adani Group
55 banks dropped direct financing of the Carmichael Adani Coal Mine – yet indirect investment keeps it afloat (Queensland) The Wangan and Jagalingou Cultural Custodians of Queensland, Australia, are calling…
July 19, 2022
Close to $60bn invested in fossil fuels by North American insurers
(Note: This article first appeared in Reinsurance News) Author: Kassandra Jimenez-Sanchez Top North American insurers invested $59.7bn in fossil fuels, with $30.8bn in oil and gas holdings as of 2019, according…
June 30, 2022
Today’s EPA Decision and the Reckless Violence of the New Supreme Court
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down yet another shocking decision in a string of recent dangerous and devastating decisions — backing coal companies in the midst of a…
June 19, 2022
Ukrainians Call For Fossil Fuel Transition, Not Expansion
This op-ed first appeared in the International Business Times By Svitlana Romanko AND Pallavi Phartiyal Ukraine is on the frontlines of a devastating war exacerbated by fossil fuels. A number of Ukrainians are…
June 16, 2022
Indonesia pulp giants’ net-zero pledges are misleading, warn civil society
By excluding their forestry operations, the pulp companies do not report the biggest source of their emissions; mill expansions are set to increase these emissions Ahead of a stakeholder meeting…
June 14, 2022
New Report: Despite ‘No Deforestation’ Rhetoric, Major Brands and Banks Failing to Stop Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses
Annual analysis reveals that as threats facing Indigenous communities in rainforest regions increase, demand-side companies are failing to reform supply chains Major multinational brands and banks are failing to stop…
June 7, 2022
BREAKING: Four Climate Advocates Arrested In Protest At P&G Headquarters
Event Calls Out Company for Connections to Climate Crisis, Deforestation, and Human Rights Abuses **High-res photo and video available upon request Cincinnati, OH – This morning, concerned local Cincinnati residents…
June 3, 2022
Banks have to stop financing oil expansion. If they don’t, their net-zero commitments are greenwash.
This op-ed was first featured on Marketwatch. By Jason Opeña Disterhoft U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recently called on banks and other financial firms to stop financing the expansion of fossil…