Canadian banks are playing a growing and globally significant role in fueling climate destruction and are more exposed to climate risk than they are telling their shareholders according to data in a new Greenpeace report. The report finds that prior to the pandemic, Canadian big 5 banks steadily increased their fossil fuel loans and investments since... Continue Reading →
For the last three years, my team and I have generated over 100M organic views on topics like Ocean Plastics, Fast Fashion, and Electronic Waste for some of these wonderful organizations: Along the way, we have provided our consulting services to many others, to translate their business values into unforgettable narratives using the intersection of... Continue Reading →
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As oil majors exit the North Sea, the region’s new players bring a track record of lobbying against climate policy, polluting the environment, and committing alleged labour violations. Companies with histories of environmental abuses and alleged labour violations, backed by private equity and with ties to foreign governments, stand to profit from North Sea oil... Continue Reading →
‘Gathering Storm’: How ‘Rogue’ Companies are Buying up North Sea Oil and Gas
Across the U.S., abandoned wells are belching the powerful greenhouse gas. This nonprofit aims to plug them to fight global warming. TOOLE COUNTY, Mont. — The stench bellows from the 1,500-foot hole in the ground, the remains of a well long ago abandoned by a bankrupt oil company. Despite the well’s rotten-egg smell, the real... Continue Reading →
Capping methane-spewing oil wells, one hole at a time
At the corner of a busy intersection in East Oakland sits a three-story apartment building that looks like many others in Northern California. As with many buildings in the notoriously housing-starved Bay Area, its tenants aren’t always happy. A complaint filed last year claimed that a third-floor apartment had leaking windows and mold. One from... Continue Reading →
Fannie Mae promised investors green buildings. What does it have to show for $95 billion in loans?
Our mission: To nurture a welcoming, connected, and leaderful climate community, rooted in the work and wisdom of women, to grow a life-giving future. The problem: the climate crisis is a leadership crisis. The science is clear: to have any hope of a livable future, we must rapidly, radically reshape society this decade.¹ We know... Continue Reading →
Resources for working with climate emotions
Climate change poses unprecedented challenges. Rising global temperatures are causing more frequent severe weather events, including wildfires and floods, capable of massive disruption that sweeps away homes and takes lives. While campaigners have taken to the streets advocating for companies and governments to address climate change, lawyers are setting new legal precedent on climate cases.... Continue Reading →
Nine Climate Change Cases You’ve Never Heard Of
What are negative emissions? Negative emissions are processes that take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere, for good ideally. Unless an approach converts one greenhouse gas from a particularly potent form to another less potent one, the gas has to be stored somewhere other than the atmosphere. This could be through geological storage, in a... Continue Reading →
All you need to know about negative emissions
The Earth is changing faster than at any point in human memory as a result of human-caused global heating. Since the mid-1800s, when we began burning fossil fuels at an industrial scale, we have been modifying our atmosphere and causing the globe to heat up. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, which causes hotter... Continue Reading →
Environment Now (Thank you Guardian for this service…)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released earlier today brings a dire warning: climate change is accelerating and aggressive action is needed. The report details how the severe impacts of the climate crisis are already upon us. These are evidenced by increasing water shortages and wildfires in some areas, and coastal flooding and... Continue Reading →
Waterkeeper Alliance Responds to Dire IPCC Report on Climate Crisis
The Time to Act on the Climate Crisis is NOW
Friends, the thoughts of the Free Speech TV team are with you as wildfires continue to scorch the West. We’re saddened by the destruction of homes and habitats, by the dangerous smoke-filled air, and by too many lives lost or shattered. We hope you and your loved ones stay safe. These fires are fueled by... Continue Reading →
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