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Photo of a biomass pellet plant in Burns Lake, BC taken from a drone. Piles of logs and wood pellets surround the plant which is blooming white smoke into the air.
Cities and Transportation
Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels
Protecting Forests

What is greenwashing?

April 24, 2024
Fossil fuel processing factory with multiple smoke stacks, with a grey sky in the background.
Cities and Transportation

LNG: Liquid Natural Gas is Fracking

April 9, 2024
a "natural" gas stove burning
Cities and Transportation
Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels

We’re suing the largest provider of “natural” gas in British Columbia

March 26, 2024

Press Releases

Protecting Forests

Stop subsidizing Drax’s forest destruction, environmental injustices, and climate damage, say Dogwood Alliance and other environmental groups

April 25, 2024

Stand.earth reacts to 2024 federal budget: Some nurture, not enough nature

April 16, 2024
Cities and Transportation

Joint Statement on housing measures in the Federal Government’s 2024 budget

April 16, 2024
Cities and Transportation

Shipping penalties toothless without better monitoring and enforcement of violations

April 16, 2024

We're making headlines

"We’ve witnessed Stand.earth help cities kick their fossil fuel habits by working with local municipalities on climate policies that do everything from prohibiting new gas stations to limiting fossil fuel use in buildings."
"There’s this perverse incentive to treat Canada like a toilet bowl," says Anna Barford, Canada shipping campaigner at Stand.earth. "They’re just using us like a highway and tossing stuff left, right and centre."
The more connections a brand has to companies that may have a role in deforestation, the higher the risk, said Greg Higgs, the study’s lead researcher.
"We’ve witnessed Stand.earth help cities kick their fossil fuel habits by working with local municipalities on climate policies that do everything from prohibiting new gas stations to limiting fossil fuel use in buildings."
"There’s this perverse incentive to treat Canada like a toilet bowl," says Anna Barford, Canada shipping campaigner at Stand.earth. "They’re just using us like a highway and tossing stuff left, right and centre."
The more connections a brand has to companies that may have a role in deforestation, the higher the risk, said Greg Higgs, the study’s lead researcher.