A network of secretive, government-backed financial institutions called export credit agencies are handing more than $31 billion USD per year to the oil, gas, and coal industry, new analysis by Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. shows.
"When the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock places sustainability and climate risk at the center of its investment approach, and commits to stronger sustainability advocacy actions, it is game-changing for capital markets.”
Sixty years ago, Rachel Carson sparked our modern environmental movement. But sixty years of denial has pushed us to the brink of climate catastrophe.
“It’s somewhat frustrating and embarrassing that the UN has to chide the government of Canada and the provincial government with respect to what the rule of law is in this country in regard to Indigenous land rights, Indigenous human rights."
[caption id="attachment_33405" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] In Winter 2019, protests in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders fighting BC's Coastal Gaslink pipeline happened around the world. Pictured is one of these, a round dance blocking downtown traffic in Edmonton, Alberta.[/caption] The Canadian province...
The IEA has become a liability on climate with its annual World Energy Outlook failing to provide the critical tools to plan for Paris success.
It is time to kick the polluters out of the UN climate negotiations. They should have been kicked out decades ago. But it needs to happen now. Once and for all.
After a year of clear demands and obvious signals from energy experts, investors, and governments, the IEA has again failed where it matters on climate.
When politicians fail to address the climate crisis – we have no choice but to rise up and shut down the fossil fuel industry.
The local protesters, typified by the wonderful Nanas, maintained a protest camp against Cuadrilla through rain and shine, through hail and snow, through night and day, they said they had the science behind them, they had history on their side....
