Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down

Judge Orders Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down

“Today is a historic day for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the many people who have supported us in the fight against the pipeline,” said Chairman Mike Faith of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. “This pipeline should have never been built here. We told them that from the beginning.”

First Nations leaders speak out against Canada's refusal to allow appeal of Trans Mountain Pipeline approval

First Nations leaders speak out against Canada's refusal to allow appeal of Trans Mountain Pipeline approval

Kinder-Morgan’s application for approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) has been bouncing around in Canada’s federal courts like a pinball since 2013. First Nations tribes and environmental groups have valiantly worked the flippers of the judicial pinball machine for years, filing lawsuits and appeals, to keep that shiny ball from rolling down the drain of approval.

Seattle Seeks to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable

Seattle Seeks to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable

The fossil fuel industry has caused immeasurable harm to our society, and I intend to do everything in my power to make sure that fossil fuel companies pay their fair share for the mess they have caused.” Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes

Divestment Activists Focus on Moving the Money

Divestment Activists Focus on Moving the Money

It’s been almost six months since Seattle announced a break-up with Wells Fargo over their financing of the Dakota Access Pipeline and other unethical practices. Alameda, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Berkeley, New York City, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles have since followed. But have these cities actually divested?

City of Davis Divests from Wells Fargo

City of Davis Divests from Wells Fargo

The City’s banking business is about $125 million, so tiny compared to Seattle and SF, but this shows it can be done without a lot of hoopla, and it doesn’t need to take years to carry out. We are proud that our Council’s vote in February was taken the same week as Seattle took its action to begin the process of divestment.

No, US Bank Has Not Stopped Funding Pipelines Yet

No, US Bank Has Not Stopped Funding Pipelines Yet

 If you take a closer look at US Bank’s 2017 Environmental Responsibility Policy, you’ll see they have only committed to cease “project financing.” There’s the rub- despite this new policy, U.S Bank continues to provide hundreds of millions of dollars of corporate financing to pipeline companies for general use, including pipeline construction.