ForestEthics is now Stand.
We are strongest when we stand together.
Diversity, connection, and cooperation make a stand of trees, and the individuals in it, more powerful and more resilient.
Our new name demonstrates our commitment to stand for communities and the climate, just as we fight for forests and wild places.
Our website is currently under construction, and will return better than ever very soon. To learn more about why we've changed our name, check out our blog here.
Saturday Jun 4, 2016 •
On Friday, June 2, an oil train derailed and caught fire in Mosier, Oregon, a town 65 miles east of Portland on the Columbia River.
Wednesday Jun 1, 2016 •
[Bellingham, WA] Can a lumber company sue its grassroots public interest critics? While some courts say no, yesterday Resolute Forest Products filed a civil RICO lawsuit in United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Tuesday May 31, 2016 •
The pipeline will raise the number of tankers in Vancouver by 700%.
Friday May 27, 2016 •
Public interest groups release report 'Crude Injustice on the Rails' evaluating the disparate threat to people of color and low-income communities from explosions and pollution from crude oil trains in California.
Thursday May 19, 2016 •
Vancouver, BC - Today the National Energy Board released its recommendation to Cabinet for approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion from Alberta to Vancouver.
“Today's announcement is no surprise. The NEB has never said no to an oil pipeline,” said Sven Biggs, Pipeline Campaigner for Stand.
Tuesday May 17, 2016 •
Monday May 16, 2016 •
[San Luis Obispo, CA] The San Luis Obispo Planning Commission, after its meeting today, is set to approve the permit for the controversial proposed Phillips 66 oil train terminal.
Friday May 13, 2016 •
In the year since five fiery oil train disasters in the US and Canada brought national attention to the threat from trains hauling explosive crude oil, the rail industry has embarked on a high profile public relations exercise to reassure the public that deadly disasters can be averted by emergency responders.
Friday May 13, 2016 •
Social justice campaigns are battles of the imagination, says writer and activist adrienne maree brown.
Wednesday May 11, 2016 •
This is an amazing day for treaty rights and the climate: May 9th, 2016, Colonel Buck of the US Army Corps of Engineers called Chairman Ballew of the Lummi Nation to announce that the United States recognizes Lummi Nation treaty claims and will not permit the dirty, unnecessary Gateway Pacific coal terminal. If built, it would be the largest coal terminal in North America, and directly impact the Lummi Nation’s ancestral homelands and fishing grounds.
