In the face of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s climate rollbacks, bullying from the Trump administration, and the global climate conference starting November 9, Stand.earth co-founder Tzeporah Berman and Northern Forests Senior Campaigner Tegan Hansen are attending COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, and are available for on-site and video conference interviews. WHAT: Stand.earth experts COP31 media […]
Watching a right-wing Conservative government win a sweeping majority on Saturday night, I felt a pit in my stomach. As much as I understand why many B.C. voters were frustrated and wanted a change, the election outcome left me feeling devastated. Undeniably, the results have changed the political terrain across the social, economic, and environmental […]
OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today, partnering with U.S. private equity firm Blackstone, four Canadian pensions acquired a large $3.1 billion stake in the troubled LNG Canada project. The purchase of a minority portion of LNG Canada owner Mitsubishi’s stake comes as analysts predict a major global LNG supply […]
OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Today’s Auditor General’s report on Canada’s Thermal Coal Commitments affirms that the federal government has stopped trying to achieve its commitments to end thermal coal exports by 2030. The government ditched its commitment with zero transparency, no public communications, and no internal reports to […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Global fashion brands must help pay for Bangladesh’s shift to clean energy, speakers said at a national multi-stakeholder dialogue in Dhaka today. They called for renewable power and electrification to go hand in hand with fair purchasing practices, accessible finance and real protection for workers. The dialogue, titled “From Framework to Action: Advancing a […]
The Stand.earth community has grit. Through periods of progress as well as times of challenge, our community has been fortified by the enduring belief that the people and places we love are worth fighting for, and the knowledge that we are stronger together. With your help, we’ve taken on multinational oil, gas, and coal companies, […]
The fashion industry is responsible for about one gigaton of carbon dioxide emissions a year, about two percent of global emissions. Fashion supply chains are largely powered by fossil fuels, and Stand.earth’s Fossil Free Fashion campaign is working to change that. One of the places the campaign is working is Bangladesh, the third biggest exporter […]
OTTAWA (TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE) – Following the past two days’ meetings between Indigenous leaders from Canada and Amazonian countries to discuss the environmental, social, and human rights consequences associated with the expansion of oil and gas projects, as well as the role played by Canadian companies and financial institutions on […]
Ottawa, ON | Unceded Anishinabe Algonquin territory – Indigenous leaders and climate-concerned citizens will gather on Thursday, October 8 at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) public meeting in Ottawa, calling on the national pension manager to develop a credible climate strategy, stop investing in fossil fuel expansion, and develop an Indigenous rights policy. […]
“Amazon’s latest announcement is a flailing attempt at damage control for the harm its data center build-out has already caused. Compared to the $220 billion the company is investing in data centers this year alone, Amazon’s commitment of $1 billion over five years for community support is a drop in the bucket. It is difficult […]
PHOTOS AND VIDEO AVAILABLE HERE OTTAWA / ANISHINABE ALGONQUIN NATION TERRITORY — On the heels of announcements on the West Coast “Pacific Link” oil pipeline and LNG Canada’s Final Investment Decision (FID), and coinciding with Parliament’s Latin American Heritage Month, a first-of-its-kind delegation of nine Indigenous leaders and parliamentarians from Ecuador, Brazil and Colombia with […]
OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – The West Coast “Pacific Link” oil pipeline announced today by Prime Minister Carney and the Major Projects Office in Fort McMurray will cost taxpayers $43.7 billion, while putting the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale and British Columbia’s $21 billion ocean-based economy at risk. […]
VANCOUVER | Traditional, unceded territory of the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw), and Tsleil-Waututh (səlilwətaɬ) – A Final Investment Decision (FID) has been announced today for a massive expansion of the troubled LNG Canada gas export terminal, a joint venture led by Shell along with Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corp and Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS). The […]
Like many people who are invested in environmental and social justice movement spaces right now, we are feeling the effects of a dynamic landscape marked simultaneously by meaningful wins and discouraging setbacks. Luckily at Stand.earth, our tried-and-true formula applies equally well to either condition. When confronted with a new crisis or opportunity, our team carefully […]
Earlier this year, Stand.earth Research Group calculated that a single Microsoft data center facility in West Virginia powered entirely with onsite methane gas generators was set to increase the company’s annual data center climate pollution by a whopping 44%. Now, sources are suggesting that Microsoft quietly abandoned the project, declining to comment on the news. […]
Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) – Reacting to the news that the controversial Tilbury LNG expansion has been approved by BC Ministers Dix, Davidson, and Federal Ministers Dabrusin today, Stand.earth Oceans Campaigner, Anna Barford, said: “We came out and raised our voices in the community we built around a public comment period when we […]
A new analysis finds NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company by market capitalization, has been using greenwashing tricks to misleadingly mask its staggering emissions impacts. The briefing, written by analyst and lead author Ketan Joshi and a consortium of civil society groups, including Greenpeace International, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Friends of the Earth, Green Screen Coalition, […]
Traditional unceded territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat | TORONTO – As Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomes foreign billionaires and their representatives to Toronto for his ‘Canada Investment Summit’, a new report, Making Canada Weaker: How Carney’s American-owned Ksi Lisims LNG is a sinkhole for […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Just 15 global fashion companies could help Bangladesh avoid an estimated 8.59 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2040 by funding and enabling an energy transition away from fossil fuels, according to a new Stand.earth Research Group (SRG) analysis, titled Fashion’s Fair Share: Bangladesh Buyers’ Climate Opportunity. However, the brands wielding this purchasing power — […]
This Opinion Editorial originally appeared in Tagesspiegel, a leading German news publication on September 8th, 2026 My name is Gwii Lok’im Gibuu; colonially known as Jesse Stoeppler. I am a member of the Wilp Spookwx, a Housegroup of the Gitxsan First Nation and the co-executive director of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, an organization that […]
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