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Major Banks Fueling Biodiversity Collapse by $395 Billion Since the Paris Agreement; Governments Failing to Reign in Banks
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 approaches, new research released by the Forests and Finance Coalition reveals that the world’s major banks have funneled over US $395 billion i…
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Exiting Petrochemicals: Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change
Plastics and the 16,000 chemicals used to make them contaminate food, water, air, blood, and even breastmilk.
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EXIM Finances $690 million for Malaysia Petrochemicals as US Scrambles to Prove Climate Chops for COP29
The US Export-Import Bank (EXIM) voted to approve a massive financing deal for a petrochemical project in Malaysia, compromising US’ climate pledges in advance of the UN Climate Change Conference (C…
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Conservationists seek to defend basic federal oil and gas fiscal reforms from industry complaint
Conservation groups filed a formal legal request to intervene in an industry lawsuit and defend the Biden Administration’s oil and gas leasing rule, which contains much-needed reforms regarding bondin…
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Defining Carbon Markets and Offsets
Voluntary carbon markets are defined as carbon markets where companies aren’t required to lower emissions but choose to buy carbon offsets.
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38 New York Lawmakers Call on Gov. Hochul to Position New York as Global Climate Leader by Signing the TREES Act
This week, 38 New York legislators are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to protect the world’s rainforests and sign the Tropical Rainforest Economic & Environmental Sustainability (TREES) Act.
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Climate Week Panel: Experts Discuss Benefits of TREES Act During Climate Week
This is the most substantial climate legislation awaiting action by the Governor and the most important pending deforestation measure we know of in the world.