Richard Brooks
@richardbrooks.bsky.social
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.
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.
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..
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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...
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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
September 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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.
September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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.
September 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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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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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September 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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
about.bnef.com/insights/fin...
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
about.bnef.com/insights/fin...
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
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
September 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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
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