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Richard Brooks

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Climate Finance Director @Stand.earth Fighting climate change by challenging the power of the financial institutions enabling fossil fuels companies. Banks, pensions and retirement funds on my radar. Advancing climate finance action.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · Jan 15

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:

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How mega-polluters take advantage of billions in green loans

Some of the world’s biggest polluters are reaping billions of dollars through a lax form of green finance, a new investigation by The Examination has found.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 9d

Time for Doug Ford to seize #Marineland and all of its assets, assume care for the whales and make an ocean sanctuary happen. Imprison the Marineland owners and seize their homes and sell them to recoup the costs. They enriched themselves on cruelty.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Marineland says it needs money from Ottawa or its belugas will be euthanized | CBC News

Marineland, the defunct amusement park in Niagara Falls, Ont., says it is rapidly running out of money and it urgently needs financial support from the federal government or it will have no choice but...

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Patrick Bonin @patbonin.bsky.social · 11d

Je viens de déposer aux Communes une pétition citoyenne pour que Mark Carney adopte enfin une réglementation en finance durable.

Il y a 10 ans, il parlait de la «tragédie des horizons»...
2025, toujours rien!

65 % des Canadiens et 73 % des Québécois exigent un changement.

#polcan #BlocQc

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 10d

Last Wednesday as part of Climate Week, we were delighted to join celebrities and changemakers for an energizing conversation on the impact and momentum behind the Retire Big Oil campaign, which calls on the $4 billion SAG-Producers Pension Plan to divest from fossil fuels.

#GreenSky #ClimateSky

SNEAK PEEK: Retire Big Oil Panel | Climate Week 2025

YouTube video by Stand.earth

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Greenpeace UK @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 10d

Last year, we were lucky enough to welcome Dr Jane Goodall to the Greenpeace stage at Glastonbury, where she shared this beautiful message of HOPE in tough times.

Rest in peace, Jane. Thank you so much for all the hope you gave to us all. 💚💚

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 11d

The impressive life of Jane Goodall. If each of us could accomplish a mere fraction of what she did, the world would be such a better place..

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 11d

Thinking about and remembering one of the greatest, most compassionate and impactful humans: Jane Goodall.

We will miss you.

The light of the world is dimmer now with your passing.

#JaneGoodall

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 12d

Hmmm! Exxon cuts 2000 jobs TotalEnergies announced Monday it hopes to save $7.5 billion by 2030; Imperial #Oil said it will reduce its workforce by 20% by December 2027; and Chevron laid off 15% to 20% of employees in February.

www.foxbusiness.com/media/exxon-...

Exxon to slash thousands of jobs in major corporate overhaul and comprehensive restructuring plan

Exxon Mobil joins other oil industry leaders by announcing its move to cut costs by eliminating 2,000 jobs across its global workforce as part of a "long-term restructuring plan."

www.foxbusiness.com

Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 13d

But a really bad time to fast-track and invest in new #LNG projects in Canada as gas prices go negative, sub zero!

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canadian Gas Hits Sub-Zero as LNG Plant Hiccups Keep Supply High

Canada’s benchmark gas price has tumbled to a record low as production hiccups at the country’s first LNG export plant on the British Columbia coast contributed to a surplus of supply.

www.bloomberg.com

Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 13d

Since Carney’s speech and the Paris Agreement was signed, Canadian banks have loaned or invested more than $1 trillion to coal, oil and gas companies.

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 13d

@mark-carney.bsky.social's 'Tragedy of the Horizons' speech was a landmark moment for the financial sector to recognize climate breakdown was a severe threat, but a decade later he's flouting his own prophetic warning.

www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/29/a...

A decade after Carney’s climate wake-up call, financiers still hitting snooze

Mark Carney's 'Tragedy of the Horizons' speech was a landmark moment for the financial sector to recognize climate breakdown was a severe threat, but a decade later he's flouting his own prophetic war...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 13d

Hey @mark-carney.bsky.social why is Canada fast tracking new #LNG projects when the price of gas is negative?

This is a tragedy and it's not on the horizon. It's right here right now.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Canadian Gas Hits Sub-Zero as LNG Plant Hiccups Keep Supply High

Canada’s benchmark gas price has tumbled to a record low as production hiccups at the country’s first LNG export plant on the British Columbia coast contributed to a surplus of supply.

www.bloomberg.com

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 19d

LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the #LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.

#greensky #climateweekNYC
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Stop Funding the Methane Menace: Tell Banks to End LNG Expansion!

LNG is not a solution—it's a climate catastrophe in disguise. Sign the petition today to tell banks to stop funding the LNG boom and invest in a healthy, sustainable future instead.

act.stand.earth

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 20d

Disney buckles to backlash and reinstates #JimmyKimmel, affirming that the People still have [some] power in the USA.

Keep rising!

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Disney Says ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to Return After Backlash

Walt Disney Co. said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the air on Tuesday, ending a suspension imposed following controversial remarks its ABC late-night host made about the assassination of Republica...

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 22d

Toronto rises to fight for justice

#drawtheline

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 22d

PINK PONY died in a climate fuelled wildfire. It's time to #drawtheline

1. Defund Fossil Fuels
2. Build Renewables
3. Invest in Millions of Green Homes
4. Fight for Climate Justice and Human Rights.

#climate #greensky

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 24d

An overview of the data and report can be found here. It's worth the read.

It's clear that the time for voluntary action has passed. It's time now to litigate, legislate and regulate banks into taking real climate action.

@stand.earth

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Bank Financing Shows Little Progress on Climate Goals: Five Things to Know | BloombergNEF

Banks support the energy transition by financing projects and companies. Their lending to both low-carbon and fossil fuel ventures signals their transition readiness and mirrors the wider economy’s de...

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 24d

The worst performers remain the Canadian and US banks including RBC, TD, JP Morgan, Citi, Wells Fargo.

Notably @group.bnpparibas has shown that you can be profitable and be responsible. Their ratio is 2:1 and its an improvement from last year. They are singular bright light in a dark banking cloud

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · 24d

Breaking and Bad: Global banks slow the energy transition by overfinancing fossil fuels and underfinancing renewables according to new report by @bloomberglp.bsky.social

Just 89 cents is going into low carbon energy for every dollar financing coal, oil & gas.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Global Banks’ Financing of the Energy Transition Has Stalled

The global banking sector failed to make any progress in financing the clean energy transition last year, with capital allocations to oil, gas and coal continuing to outpace money spent on renewables.

www.bloomberg.com

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · Sep 12

Lol.

Fires burning all over Alberta, Saskatchewan and BC this summer and Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social is getting ready to strike a grand bargain that would allow oil and gas polluters to continue to pollute.

Might as well have elected Pierre PoIlievre.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Exclusive: Canada may drop oil emissions cap as part of new climate plan, sources say

Canada's government is in discussions with energy companies and Alberta about eliminating a federal cap on emissions from the country's oil and gas sector if the industry and province reduce their carbon footprint in other ways, three sources with knowledge of the talks said.

www.reuters.com

Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Shame on the cowardly CEOs of these banks including RBC, Citi, and HSBC. Shame on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and UNEP FI who capitulated continuously to pressure to ratchet down ambition and waste civil society's time.

truthout.org/articles/ban...

Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing

The 65 biggest banks committed $869 billion to firms expanding the fossil fuel industry last year, a new report says.

truthout.org

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Breaking: The Net Zero Banking Alliance is dead.

Voluntary alliances never could solve the climate crisis. They were a delay tactic and a lot of greenwashing cover. It is not in the DNA of the world's biggest banks to voluntarily lead. They must be FORCED to do so.

www.wsj.com/articles/net...

Net-Zero Banking Alliance Suspends Activities Amid Wave of Departures

Banks including JPMorgan, Citi and UBS left the NZBA in the past year as they faced pressure from the Trump administration to ditch green pledges.

www.wsj.com

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fuck the banks and their CEOs who are destroying our climate.

truthout.org/articles/ban...

When the sky is orange, heatwaves, hurricanes, tsunamis are killing people, communities are being evacuated due to fires, floods are killing camp kids, you just gotta call it like it is.

#greensky

Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing

The 65 biggest banks committed $869 billion to firms expanding the fossil fuel industry last year, a new report says.

truthout.org

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Richard Brooks @richardbrooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hannah Einbinder is awesome and a great supporter of the Retire Big Oil campaign. It's time private retirement funds get out of fossil fuels. Including the pension for actors @sagaftra.org

#Retirebigoil

Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · Aug 21

Special guest on today's Boiling Point podcast! I chatted with Hannah Einbinder, star of "Hacks" and one of Hollywood's most outspoken climate advocates. We talked about the L.A. fires, climate comedy and a new campaign to get SAG-AFTRA to divest from fossil fuels: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Stand.earth @stand.earth · Aug 12

We know a bad script when we see one, and continuing to bankroll fossil fuels is one story that’s headed for a disastrous ending.

It’s time to change the narrative and invest in a future that’s actually worth celebrating."

#ClimateSafeRetirement

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