“As climate change deepens, forests –– those lush, abundant, mysterious stands of trees that for millennia have quietly produced the air we breathe and the water we drink –– have…
February 22, 2020
February 8, 2020
The Telegraph: HSBC has not cut its ties to deforestation despite pledge, say activists
“HSBC has been accused of continuing to fund firms linked to deforestation despite its pledge to sever ties with unethical palm oil producers years ago. The bank is “falling short” on…
November 1, 2019
Gizmodo: How China Is Helping Drive Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia
“The outpouring of support around the Amazon fires from the general public is important,” Emma Lierley, forests communications manager at the non-profit Rainforest Action Network, told Earther. “People are remembering…
October 22, 2019
Newsweek: THE FIRES DECIMATING RAINFORESTS CAN ONLY BE STOPPED IF WE SIDE WITH COMMUNITIES OVER CORPORATIONS | OPINION
“Across the globe, tropical rainforests are burning. Even as the Amazon continues to burn, the rainforest in the Congo Basin –– the second-largest rainforest on Earth –– is on fire. And…
October 18, 2019
Reuters: Green groups flag threat to Indonesia forests recovered from palm planters
“Gemma Tillack, forest policy director at U.S.-based environmental group Rainforest Action Network, said the move was “a welcome signal at a time when forest fires are destroying rainforests the world…
October 17, 2019
The Guardian: Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups
Green groups have warned that banks linked to Saudi Aramco’s $2tn (£1.6tn) market float are undermining global efforts to tackle the climate crisis by supporting the listing of the world’s…
October 17, 2019
The Washington Post: The Energy 202: Wall Street shouldn’t help huge Saudi oil company go public, green groups say
Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other big banks are getting an earful from environmental groups over what’s set to be the biggest initial public offering in history. (Read…
October 14, 2019
Markets Insider: Investment banks have plowed more than $700 billion into fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement
The world’s largest investment banks are funding hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuels. (Read More)
October 13, 2019
The Guardian: Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry
The world’s largest investment banks have provided more than $700bn of financing for the fossil fuel companies most aggressively expanding in new coal, oil and gas projects since the Paris…
October 9, 2019
The Wall Street Journal: Food Companies Put Supply Chains Under a Microscope
“The most information being made available covers palm oil, an ingredient companies use in everything from frozen pizza to soap. For years, environmental organizations have implicated palm oil in the…