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Shareholders Defeat Woke Climate Proposals At Three Massive Banks Thomas Catenacci on April 27, 2022 Shareholders of three massive U.S. banks delivered a

Indigenous leaders said the bank's role in enabling the expansion of the oil and gas industry was pushing the Amazon rainforest closer to the brink of collapse.

Steven Donziger says it's time to force the oil giant to pay a court-ordered $9.5 billion for rainforest oil pollution. Chevron: The judgement was 'fraudulent'

Shareholders of three massive U.S. banks delivered a thumping to climate activists, rejecting proposals to end their financing of new fossil fuel projects.

Timely reports from Sacramento News & Review writers on breaking news and big issues.

Financial asset managers have faced pressure campaigns from climate change activists to divest from fossil fuels.

As the Sarayaku people fight to protect their lands in the Amazon rainforest, the ancestral practice of Wituk painting is a source of strength. “It gives us life and provides us with the will to continue living,” says Nina Gualinga.

Even after more than 1,000 people were arrested last year, protesters in British Columbia, Canada, continue to fight against the logging of the Fairy Creek old-growth forests. Blocking roads and tying themselves to trees, these frontline defenders have made headlines by putting their bodies between bulldozers and some of the oldest forests in the country. […]

Drawing attention to the other Amazon, a new campaign from Allbirds leverages humour, early-web aesthetics and late-night TV nostalgia.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order today aimed at protecting old-growth forests on federal lands across the United States. Federal agencies are directed to define, inventory, and better protect the nation’s oldest trees; lean into reforestation commitments, and employ nature-based solutions to reduce emissions. Today’s order does not ban the logging of old-growth trees. […]