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@NationalObserver.com about the climate bona fides, record and future of @Mark-Carney.bsky.social, who will very likely become, the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and thus Canada's next prime minister in less than 2 weeks. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/21/o...

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Trump: "I don't think plastic is going to affect a shark very much as they're munching their way through the ocean" It's almost hopeless. The world is ending.

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Fossil fuels are trying to greenwash the sports we love It's called sportswashing: they capitalize on people's love of sport to gain goodwill -- while continuing to fuel climate disasters We can't let them get away with it - this morning we pushed back 👇👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2025/02/08/e...

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Breaking: Final grades are in for the USA's public pensions and their voting records and proxy guidelines. TLDR many pensions are failing, ignoring their shareholder power and voting against climate action. Time to go back to school and shape up! 📖 Report: stand.earth/press-releas...

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BREAKING NEW REPORT: Ahead of the 2025 shareholder season, we’re calling out the money pipeline between public pensions, banks, and fossil fuels. Check out this annual report that analyzes and scores proxy voting records and guidelines of 19 state public pensions. 👉 bit.ly/TheHiddenRisk

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Remember what regulations are. They are our protection against the predations of capital. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Breaking: BloombergNEF releases their annual stock take of how major banks are financing fossil fuels vs clean energy. Very little progress from the world's biggest banks who continue to contribute more to the climate problem than they contribute to solutions. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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DeepSeek deep sixes the fortunes of energy and nuke companies. Maybe AI won't stop the End of the Fossil Fuel Era? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The head of the UN calls out banks who have quit #climate initiatives and doubled down on fossil fuel financing: "You are on the wrong side of history, the wrong side of science and the wrong side of consumers who are looking for more sustainability, not less”. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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Disappointing to see CIBC, TD, BMO and National Bank all flee the Net Zero Banking Alliance even though it was a mediocre climate initiative. When LA is on fire & after the hottest year on record, climate backtracking is really out of touch. #netzero #fires www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

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Excited to share a new investigation... Banks have poured $286 billion in a lax form of green loans into polluting industries like fossil fuels and mining. With the Toronto Star & Mississippi Today, published with AP & supported by Pulitzer Center www.theexamination.org/articles/how...

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Enbridge received billions of dollars in green loans tied to curbing its impact on the environment. So why have its emissions grown? To critics, these loans are often just “greenwashing.” #StarInvestigation alongside @examinationnews.bsky.social

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Breaking: Deep investigation into the secretive world of so-called sustainability-linked loans and bonds issued by the world biggest banks to the world biggest polluters. All with the aim of greenwashing both banks and energy companies. @apnews.com digs into it here: apnews.com/article/shel...

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Talking to Trump for a few minutes at a party with dozens of people, and a photo shoot with a treasonous TV shark who thinks Canada should merge with USA ( Kevin O'Leary) is not a diplomatic mission. It's an exaggerated sycophantic betrayal move by a desperate premier. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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While the world is on fire, quitting even mediocre climate initiatives is an out of touch move that shareholders, workers, and regulators should pay close attention to. #climatesky #GFANZ www.theenergymix.com/rbc-bmo-expe...

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Warning: All climate progressive pension funds and banks should stay away from the IPO of notorious LNG Company Venture Global LNG. Their Gulf Coast community damaging fossil gas projects are just plain climate bombs. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/13/l...

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In 2023, ExxonMobil, Chevron, & Shell earned over $83B in profits. They spend millions upon millions lobbying. As #California faces multi-billion dollar budget deficit, & #LAFires burn, it’s time to end industry use of Water’s Edge tax loophole & #MakePollutersPay

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Los Angeles is on fire. Big Oil are the arsonists Big banks and pensions paid for the gasoline and matches. Oped from my colleague @tzeporah.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Rather than issuing thoughts and prayers for those affected by climate change fueled fires, we need to start pointing fingers. The two largest pension funds in California CalPERS & CalSTRs have opposed divesting from fossil fuels for years. This is on them. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

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That Pathways Alliance project designed to capture carbon from Canada's oilsands production and pipe and contain it in underground storage is NOT a money maker, a new study has found. @woodsideful.bsky.social reports. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/01/09/n...

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While the world is on fire, quitting even mediocre climate initiatives is an out-of-touch move that shareholders, workers, and regulators should pay close attention to. Shameful RBC and BMO. #bluesky #greensky www.netzeroinvestor.net/news-and-vie...

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Royal Bank of Canada & Bank of Montreal signal they will quit the Net Zero Banking Alliance, meant to advance climate action. We warned their membership was greenwashing. But quitting while climate fires burn in Los Angeles seems both out of touch and the wrong move. stand.earth/press-releas...

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Good climate news: ALL 8 unis in Wales have committed to divest from fossil fuels! For a full list of the 1660+ commitments, check out DivestmentDatabase.org #goodclimatenews #divest #climatesky #greensky

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And there you have. The final big US bank JPMorgan quits the NetZero Banking Alliance after gaining 3 years of green washing cover and doing its best to water down all ambition. The NZBA and umbrella GFANZ is collapsing . #greensky www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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