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.
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Richard Brooks
@richardbrooks.bsky.social
· Jan 15
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.
apnews.com
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:
apnews.com/article/shel...
All with the aim of greenwashing both banks and energy companies.
@apnews.com digs into it here:
apnews.com/article/shel...
It's not every day, you get really close to seeing $42 billion move from the world's largest asset manager because of their lack of credible climate action.
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
NYC comptroller push to drop BlackRock creates test for Mamdani
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) -New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging city pension fund officials to rebid $42.3 billion managed by BlackRock over climate concerns, the first major move by a
finance.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It's not every day, you get really close to seeing $42 billion move from the world's largest asset manager because of their lack of credible climate action.
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
Blackrock, which manages more than $12 trillion, has repeatedly failed to take climate change seriously.
finance.yahoo.com/news/nyc-com...
Images from Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's definition of #TeamCanada.
Smith has accused BC Premier David Eby of not being part of Team Canada because he respects the adamant position of First Nations to uphold a oil tanker ban on the North Coast.
#Trump #oil #abpoli #cdnpoli #greensky
Smith has accused BC Premier David Eby of not being part of Team Canada because he respects the adamant position of First Nations to uphold a oil tanker ban on the North Coast.
#Trump #oil #abpoli #cdnpoli #greensky
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Alberta Premier makes "Team Canada" accusations to BC Premier for opposing a dirty pipeline thru the Great Bear Rainforest, oil tankers on the coast. Where was her Team Canada sense when she hung with Trump in Florida with his 51st state of Canada talk?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Alberta pushes back on B.C.’s opposition to proposed pipeline
Being part of ‘Team Canada’ means co-operating on getting the province’s oil to market, Premier Smith says
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Alberta Premier makes "Team Canada" accusations to BC Premier for opposing a dirty pipeline thru the Great Bear Rainforest, oil tankers on the coast. Where was her Team Canada sense when she hung with Trump in Florida with his 51st state of Canada talk?
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Any attempt by @mark-carney.bsky.social to build a pipeline to move the dirtiest oil through one of the most ecologically fragile places will be met with opposition that will make the Trans Mountain and Keystone XL protests look like a kid’s birthday party.
#greensky
stand.earth/press-releas...
#greensky
stand.earth/press-releas...
Carney’s deal with the devil: a deadly tar sands pipeline through B.C., violating Indigenous rights and risking another Exxon Valdez oil spill - Stand.earth
OTTAWA | TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – While governments and civil society meet in Brazil for COP30 to address the climate emergency, Prime Minister Mark Carney ...
stand.earth
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Any attempt by @mark-carney.bsky.social to build a pipeline to move the dirtiest oil through one of the most ecologically fragile places will be met with opposition that will make the Trans Mountain and Keystone XL protests look like a kid’s birthday party.
#greensky
stand.earth/press-releas...
#greensky
stand.earth/press-releas...
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As #COP30 unfolds in Belem, JP Morgan Chase, the world's top financier of Amazon oil and gas, quietly added restrictions to its fossil fuel financing in the Amazon.
#ClimateSky #GreenSky
#ClimateSky #GreenSky
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As #COP30 unfolds in Belem, JP Morgan Chase, the world's top financier of Amazon oil and gas, quietly added restrictions to its fossil fuel financing in the Amazon.
#ClimateSky #GreenSky
#ClimateSky #GreenSky
This is what my gas powered AI generated when I asked it to make me a photo of Prime Minister @Mark-Carney.bsky.social as a Wizard.
Because naming Ksi Lisims LNG a project of national interest is just fantastical financial nonsense and illusion.
And during #COP30 to top it off. What a show!
#lng
Because naming Ksi Lisims LNG a project of national interest is just fantastical financial nonsense and illusion.
And during #COP30 to top it off. What a show!
#lng
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is what my gas powered AI generated when I asked it to make me a photo of Prime Minister @Mark-Carney.bsky.social as a Wizard.
Because naming Ksi Lisims LNG a project of national interest is just fantastical financial nonsense and illusion.
And during #COP30 to top it off. What a show!
#lng
Because naming Ksi Lisims LNG a project of national interest is just fantastical financial nonsense and illusion.
And during #COP30 to top it off. What a show!
#lng
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Young people have been driving institutions to divest from fossil fuels since the launch of the fossil fuel divestment movement.
Taking a look at the Divestment Database, educational institutions now make up 16% of divestment commitments. ✨
Taking a look at the Divestment Database, educational institutions now make up 16% of divestment commitments. ✨
Stand.earth’s Climate Finance Youth Fellowship Supports Next Generation Climate Leaders - Stand.earth
Stand.earth piloted a Youth Climate Finance Fellowship with partners in the climate finance movement to grow key skills.
stand.earth
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Young people have been driving institutions to divest from fossil fuels since the launch of the fossil fuel divestment movement.
Taking a look at the Divestment Database, educational institutions now make up 16% of divestment commitments. ✨
Taking a look at the Divestment Database, educational institutions now make up 16% of divestment commitments. ✨
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💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
💥BREAKING💥 Four young Canadians just launched a lawsuit against the Canada Pension Plan investment manager, #CPP Investments, for alleged mismanagement of climate risks.
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
Read more about the case brought by @ecojusticecanada.bsky.social and @gpllp.bsky.social
👉 bit.ly/4okNn1i
I just signed this petition with Stand.earth: Call on banks to stop fueling Amazon destruction at act.stand.earth/page/54896/p...
Stand.earth - For the people and places you love
For more than twenty years, we’ve been utilizing cutting-edge research, building equitable power with frontline communities, and leveraging mass movements to make a real impact on the health and wellb...
Stand.earth
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I just signed this petition with Stand.earth: Call on banks to stop fueling Amazon destruction at act.stand.earth/page/54896/p...
@theecologist.org digs into which banks are financing destructive oil and gas financing in the Amazon in the lead up to #COP30.
$2+ billion in new financing deals since 2024 to expand fossil fuels in one of the most critical ecosystems on the planet.
#greensky
theecologist.org/2025/oct/23/...
$2+ billion in new financing deals since 2024 to expand fossil fuels in one of the most critical ecosystems on the planet.
#greensky
theecologist.org/2025/oct/23/...
Banking on rainforest destruction
COP30 countdown: the banks financing the Amazon’s oil addiction.
theecologist.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@theecologist.org digs into which banks are financing destructive oil and gas financing in the Amazon in the lead up to #COP30.
$2+ billion in new financing deals since 2024 to expand fossil fuels in one of the most critical ecosystems on the planet.
#greensky
theecologist.org/2025/oct/23/...
$2+ billion in new financing deals since 2024 to expand fossil fuels in one of the most critical ecosystems on the planet.
#greensky
theecologist.org/2025/oct/23/...
Breaking: Big banks have inked $2billion of oil and gas financing deals in the Amazon since the beginning of 2024. Particularly heinous in the lead up to the first global climate summit in the Amazon - #COP30.
Ffind out the banks taking action and those lagging behind
banksvstheamazon.org/banks/
Ffind out the banks taking action and those lagging behind
banksvstheamazon.org/banks/
Banks - Banks vs. the Amazon
Oil and gas expansion in the Amazon endangers one of the world’s most vital ecosystems and Indigenous Peoples who have protected it for millennia. Their extraction also accelerates deforestation, and ...
banksvstheamazon.org
October 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Breaking: Big banks have inked $2billion of oil and gas financing deals in the Amazon since the beginning of 2024. Particularly heinous in the lead up to the first global climate summit in the Amazon - #COP30.
Ffind out the banks taking action and those lagging behind
banksvstheamazon.org/banks/
Ffind out the banks taking action and those lagging behind
banksvstheamazon.org/banks/
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...
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...
www.cbc.ca
October 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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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
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
October 1, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reposted by Richard Brooks
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
#GreenSky #ClimateSky
SNEAK PEEK: Retire Big Oil Panel | Climate Week 2025
YouTube video by Stand.earth
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October 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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
#GreenSky #ClimateSky
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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. 💚💚
Rest in peace, Jane. Thank you so much for all the hope you gave to us all. 💚💚
October 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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. 💚💚
Rest in peace, Jane. Thank you so much for all the hope you gave to us all. 💚💚
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
We will miss you.
The light of the world is dimmer now with your passing.
#JaneGoodall
October 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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
We will miss you.
The light of the world is dimmer now with your passing.
#JaneGoodall
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-...
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
September 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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-...
www.foxbusiness.com/media/exxon-...
@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...
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
September 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@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...
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/29/a...
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...
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
September 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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...
This is a tragedy and it's not on the horizon. It's right here right now.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
#greensky #climateweekNYC
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
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
September 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
#greensky #climateweekNYC
act.stand.earth/page/88515/p...
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...
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...
www.bloomberg.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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...
Keep rising!
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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
1. Defund Fossil Fuels
2. Build Renewables
3. Invest in Millions of Green Homes
4. Fight for Climate Justice and Human Rights.
#climate #greensky
September 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
1. Defund Fossil Fuels
2. Build Renewables
3. Invest in Millions of Green Homes
4. Fight for Climate Justice and Human Rights.
#climate #greensky
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...
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
September 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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...
Just 89 cents is going into low carbon energy for every dollar financing coal, oil & gas.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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...
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
September 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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...
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...
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...
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
August 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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...
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...