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  • 21 dirty oil pipelines & train projects delayed or stopped
  • 65 Million acres of forests protected from logging
  • $1 Billion in corporate purchasing shifted to more responsible sources

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  • Tuesday May 29, 2018

    Pipeline buyout will haunt Trudeau government; real costs, risks of project remain hidden

    Unceded Coast Salish Territories (VANCOUVER, BC) — Today’s announcement by the federal government of a buyout for the failing Kinder Morgan pipeline and expansion project hides the real costs and risks of the purchase — and leaves Canadian taxpayers on the hook for the cost of construction and any delays to the project. The project still faces immense opposition from BC municipalities, First Nations, additional legal challenges, and ongoing public protests.

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  • Thursday May 24, 2018

    Kinder Morgan pipeline remains in jeopardy despite BC Supreme Court decision in Squamish case

    Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Burnaby, BC) — Despite today’s ruling by the British Columbia Supreme Court denying the Squamish Nation’s appeal of the province’s approval of Kinder Morgan’s project, the pipeline still faces immense opposition — from 22 BC municipalities, 150 First Nations who have joined the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion, 17 additional legal challenges, and growing investor uncertainty from ongoing public protests.

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  • Wednesday May 16, 2018 • Jim Ace, Stop SFI Greenwash Campaigner and Actions Manager, Stand.earth

    Campaign win: Starbucks promises recyclable AND compostable cup by 2021

    The movement to stop climate change comes in many shapes and forms, including our work to stop deforestation — preventing trees from being cut down just so they can be turned into single-use items like coffee cups that are used once and thrown away. 

    That’s why in 2016 Stand.earth launched the #BetterCup campaign calling on Starbucks to make a coffee cup that can be more easily recycled. And on March 20, 2018, after a two-year campaign and pressure from thousands of customers, Starbucks finally promised to deliver a recyclable and compostable paper cup by 2021.

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