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 […]
OTTAWA (TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE) – The last 75 southern resident killer whales are worth more than pipelines. Members of Parliament have the power to protect them. That’s the message that Canadians across several major cities will be seeing and hearing as environmentalists raise the alarm about new legislation which is […]
As our communities grapple with deadly heat waves, smoky skies, sweeping floods, canceled harvests, and rising costs, it’s clearer than ever that the continued burning of fossil fuels is the single greatest threat facing our planet today. It’s past time to end the production of new fossil fuels, enact clear transition plans, and accelerate the […]
VINELAND, N.J. – Community and environmental groups are demanding answers from Microsoft after an investigation alleged that an AI data center backed by the company in Vineland, N.J. has been running dozens of gas generators without permits, in direct violation of federal and state law. According to the investigation published earlier today by Floodlight and […]
This month, as we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Stand.earth speaks with Luene Karipuna, a leader of the Karipuna people from Oiapoque, Brazil. At 27, Luene is the first young woman to serve as executive coordinator of the organization representing 11 Indigenous Peoples in Amapá and northern Pará. Her journey is […]
With El Nino peering over our shoulders, wildfires growing, and heat waves extending… the feelings of Summer 2026 are far from over. The climate and biodiversity crisis are on full display, and so is the Stand.earth community and environmental movement. With that in mind we unequivocally blew it out of the water as everyone came […]
Originally published on the German news site Table.Media on 21, July 2026 Authors: Diego Pedraza and Melina Pressentin, experts with Deutsche Umwelthilfe (Environmental Action Germany) We are currently experiencing our second fossil fuel price crisis in just four years. This is the price we pay for our dependence on fossil fuels. The cost spikes caused […]
A community organizer stands in an old growth cutblock in the Upper Walbran, September 2025. Stand.earth’s Forest Eye watchdog platform combines satellite imagery, remote sensing, and government data to detect logging in the most rare and at-risk old growth forests in British Columbia. Every alert on Forest Eye represents a threatened forest. Now, using […]
By Amy Gray, Associate Climate Finance Director, Stand.earth In 2022, more than a thousand Google employees signed a letter telling their own company something uncomfortable: the 401(k) plan wasn’t climate safe. Google’s default retirement option, the Vanguard Target Date Retirement Fund series, didn’t factor climate risk into its holdings at all. Workers organized. Google added […]
səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories (VANCOUVER, B.C.) Commenting on German government-owned Uniper signing a 2032 supply agreement with yet-to-be-built Ksi Lisims LNG, Richard Brooks, Climate Finance Director with Stand.earth said: “This is a major step backwards for climate action by both the German and Canadian governments who have pulled out all the […]
Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) – As the Tilbury LNG expansion public period ends today, over 690 comments have come through the webform, outpacing the previous comment period’s 272 entries. The total number of comments is expected to grow as more are trickling through the BC EAO’s filter. Commenters articulated concerns; including air pollution […]
Here at Stand.earth, we are working toward a climate-safe, fossil-free future in which governments affirm the dignity of all — because we’ve held them accountable. Corporations sell products made exclusively from responsible sources, and with renewable energy — because the collective pressure we’ve exerted makes it impossible not to. Energy grids around the world provide […]
Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) – The B.C. government’s announcement Friday morning of plans to proceed with the controversial Tilbury LNG expansion project is in direct opposition to the best interests of coastal communities and vulnerable species of wildlife, as well as a violation of the will of the public — even as a […]
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ Nations | VANCOUVER, B.C. — New optical gas imaging (OGI) shows FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG is releasing unmonitored and uncontrolled amounts of harmful uncombusted and partially combusted pollutants, as part of the facility’s current operations. At this very moment, expansion plans for the facility, located in Metro Vancouver […]
A shorter version of this OpEd appeared in The Hill Times July 20th, 2026 The Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has a clear mandate: to invest in projects that drive economic growth, support Canada’s low-carbon transition, and foster genuine economic reconciliation. When functioning at its best, the CIB is a catalyst for public good – a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Chochenyo and Karkin Ohlone Lands)—Microsoft’s latest sustainability report paints a picture of climate progress while omitting one of the company’s biggest climate liabilities: a massive deployment of fossil fuel-powered infrastructure to power its growing AI and data center empire. A new Stand.earth-commissioned analysis finds Microsoft makes no mention of three planned fossil gas power plants, totaling 4.75 […]
Key Findings: Microsoft’s new report does not mention its fossil gas plant megaprojects. The three upcoming fossil fuelled power stations will more than double the company’s emissions. Microsoft’s real emissions have already grown by 80% since 2020, due largely to emissions intensive infrastructure for new data centres and connections to the grid. Microsoft’s power consumption […]
Dear UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, We write as representatives of civil society, labour rights, environment and climate justice organizations across global fashion supply chains, to formally request the Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action to incorporate a fair and just energy transition consistent with human rights for the fashion sector into its […]
OTTAWA (TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE) – Prime Minister Mark Carney joined Alberta Premier Danielle Smith today to announce the Alberta government pipeline proposal to the federal government’s Major Projects Office for a million-barrel-a-day crude oil pipeline to British Columbia’s south coast. “The Trans Mountain expansion experience has proven that pipelines – […]
Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver, B.C.) – Activists from Frack Free BC, Stand.earth, and Wilderness Committee have peacefully unfurled a 6m x 6m banner which reads “DEFEAT LNG: RESIST CARNEY’S PIPELINES” at Creekside Park by the Science World soccer ball. Speaking at the banner drop, Stand.earth Oil and Gas Campaign Director Sven Biggs, said: “As […]
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