December 31, 2021
Wishing fossil fuel financiers a rocky new year
This article by Stand.earth’s Richard Brooks was originally published in the National Observer.
Updates
December 7, 2021
Greenpeace activists block entrance to RBC tower
Earlier today Greenpeace Canada activists blocked the entrance to a downtown Toronto bank tower. They suspended climbers from fifteen foot high tripods as part of a call for Canada’s big five banks to stop funding fossil fuels and to respect Indigenous rights.
November 21, 2021
Showing support for the Wet’suwet’en
As news spread of the latest militarized RCMP invasion of Wet’suwet’en territory and the arrests of peaceful protesters and even independent media, many partners in the RBC / Canadian fossil banks campaign decided to direct their attention and resources to help with coordination and amplification of efforts led by the land defenders.
November 5, 2021
Mark Carney’s GFANZ is a mile wide and an inch deep
Canadian Mark Carney leads the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). It’s a collection of over 450 financial institutions around the world, working to “accelerate the transition to a net-zero global economy”.
November 1, 2021
Actions at dozens of RBC branches across country, around world
Just before the start of the UN climate conference, hundreds of people across Canada showed up to deliver a message to Canada’s biggest fossil fuel funder, RBC: it must divest from fossil fuels and respect Indigenous rights!
October 29, 2021
On the eve of COP26, thousands protest RBC for its refusal to stop financing new fossil fuel projects
Montreal / Toronto / Vancouver — Thousands of Canadians across the country are today protesting Canada’s largest bank, RBC, which refuses to stop financing fossil fuels.
October 26, 2021
Defund Climate Chaos global day of action in 26 countries this Friday
The #DefundClimateChaos day of action is this Friday, 29th of October is just days away.
October 25, 2021
RBC CEO blasted in Globe for climate hypocrisy
Readers of the Globe and Mail didn’t fall for the bait and switch editorial by Dave McKay last week.
October 15, 2021
Canadian fossil-heavy banks join GFANZ
The news today that Canada’s biggest banks have finally joined Mark Carney’s “Net Zero” banking alliance was met with a giant ho-hum by climate campaigners.
October 14, 2021
French bank does exactly what Canadian banks refuse to do
A huge win today for the climate! French bank La Banque Postale announced it is stopping all financing to the oil and gas sectors by 2030.