Richard Brooks

Opinion: The questions Canadians should be asking amid hype over LNG projects How does the expenditure of government energy and taxpayer dollars benefit us? What are the risks? Are they really of national interest?

Cross-published in the @theprovince.com

*LNG Demand is dropping in key target markets like China
* Way too much LNG already available.
*Projects are mostly foreign-owned incl. by Trump cozy companies Western LNG, Blackstone
*Indigenous rights violations galore

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Breaking: Taxpayers in Canada should be asking a lot of questions about the #LNG projects Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social Carney wants to fast track.

In this oped in @vancouversun.bsky.social, I look at the market, financial reality of proposed projects: Ksi Lisims LNG and LNG Canada.

Canada Pension Plan sued by young people over climate risks The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board was sued by young people who claim the pension fund is putting their benefits in jeopardy. Read on

No wonder that the Canada Pension Plan is being sued for mismanaging climate risk. Clearly it is being run by goofs with no ethics and likely little ability to properly assess risk - from climate to reputational.

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Canada's pension plan invested $416 million in Musk's deepfake porn-generating AI The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ploughed about $416 million last year into xAI, Elon Musk's AI company. The money helped fund the billionaire's push to build three of the world's larg...

Ew. It's disgusting that my national pension plan is invested in Elon Musk's xAI and Grok.

Clearly the Canadian Pension Plan needs a new set of managers.

Shame on @evansolomon.bsky.social and François-Philippe Champagne.

#xAI #Grok #AI
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Who is first in line to earn billions from the U.S. invasion of Venezuela? 👉 Fossil fuel execs.

But without their financiers - big banks - none of this would be possible.

Let’s follow the money. 💰

Background photo of U.S. troops rappelling down from a helicopter. Quote reads “[The Trump doctrine] is a good thing for the Bank of Nova Scotia.” with attribution to Scotiabank CEO Scott Thomson. Screenshot of headline from Canada’s National Observer, reading “Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business”. Article is written by John Woodside and was published on January 8th, 2026.

This week, at a conference of Canadian bank CEOs, Scotiabank CEO Scott Thomson overtly endorsed the Trump regime's desire to control the Western Hemisphere.

“I'm frankly horrified by his comments,” said Stand.earth Climate Finance Director @richardbrooks.bsky.social.

Here are the banks who are helping him and the oil companies that will benefit from the takeover

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New Stand.earth Data: Banks and Investors Enabling U.S. Oil Push in Venezuela - Stand.earth Research Reveals Banks Financed $120+ Billion to Nine U.S. Oil Companies Set to Profit from Venezuela Occupation.

Explore the full data that @stand.earth has compiled on the banks enabling the oil companies to exert their influence to start another oil war - this time in #Venezuela and the potentially the region.

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Here are the top ten dirty oil financiers.
1. Bank of America $10,164 billion
2. JPMorganChase $8,773 billion
3. Citi $8,682 billion
4. Barclays $8,333 billion
5. Mizuho $7,662 billion
6. MUFG $6,850 billion
7. TD $5,732 bllion
8. SMBC Group $5,398 billion
9. RBC $5,266 billion
10. Scotiabank $4,866

Fossil fuel execs are first in line to earn billions from the U.S. invasion of Venezuela?

But without their financiers - big banks - none of this would be possible. They've financed war-profiting oil companies to the tune of $124 billion since 2021.

Let’s follow the money. 💰

#Venezuela #greensky

“I'm frankly horrified by his comments...He's not hiding his greed in any way. He's being very transparent that his bank is going to make money off of disasters and military interventions.” - @richardbrooks.bsky.social

Scotiabank CEO sees ‘Trump doctrine’ as positive for growth - CMT News Bank of Nova Scotia’s international business could benefit from a rightward political shift in Latin America alongside rising U.S. influence in the region, Chief Executive Officer Scott Thomson said.

It's been a HELL of a week from the Trump Regime & right wing extremists. It's happening here in #Canada too with Bloomberg reporting that Scotiabank CEO Scott Thomson sees ‘Trump doctrine’ as positive for growth, as he shared at Canadian Bank CEO Conference. Time to boycott Scotiabank.

#ElbowsUp

Someone close to me is moving their business account from Scotiabank.
Supporting or otherwise endorsing insane Trump will cost #scotiabank.

Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition.

Divest from Scotiabank. Let them see how good it is for their business then: Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business
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Scotiabank CEO says Trump doctrine to dominate hemisphere will be good for business Financial data suggests Canadian banks are poised to profit if Donald Trump’s plan to takeover Venezuela’s oil industry comes to fruition.

Scotiabank isn't the only one poised to profit. Canadian banks have billions invested in the US oil companies set to takeover Venezuela's industry.

This is overt disaster capitalism. Scotiabank's acknowledges there will be "bumps along the way" which is an awful way to describe the killing of civilians, bombing of a country, an illegal invasion for war.

Who is this guy and why isn't Corporate Canada condemning his comments?

Breaking Scotiabank CEO rejoices at the illegal invasion of #Venezuela for oil and the rightward change of governments in Latin America.

"#Trump doctrine is good for business! "

GREED IS GOOD it seems.

Abhorrent comments from the CEO of one Canada's largest corporations.

#teamcanada

My statement on President Trump’s actions in Venezuela.

You know what doesn't start wars and cause coups d'etat and invasions?

The Sun and the Wind.

#Venezuela

Mark Carney’s journey from climate ‘visionary’ to pipeline promoter Environmentalists believed the former Bank of Canada governor was a true believer in the need for the world to move away from fossil fuels. Then he became prime minister.

@thestar.com's Allan Woods looks at Carney's meteoric rise from climate truthsayer to oil pipeline proponent. I was happy to share with my thoughts and how my view of him has changed along the way.

Stand.earth #greensky

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Ottawa pushes toward scrapping ban on single-use plastic exports Plastic product manufacturing sector generated $35-billion, supported roughly 85,000 jobs in 2023, feds say

The Canadian Minister of the Environment, yes Environment not the Minister of Oil, just cancelled the federal ban on the export of single use #plastics - the latest backward step for the @mark-carney.bsky.social govt.

Shameful @juliedabrusin.bsky.social

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"I regret it now,” Brooks recalled in an interview, “but I said at the time, ‘If there’s one person that an environmentalist or a climate activist would choose to be the head of (government), who understands climate issues … Mark Carney would be at the top of the list.”

#climatesky #greensky

Mark Carney’s journey from climate ‘visionary’ to pipeline promoter Environmentalists believed the former Bank of Canada governor was a true believer in the need for the world to move away from fossil fuels. Then he became prime minister.

@thestar.com's Allan Woods looks at Carney's meteoric rise from climate truthsayer to oil pipeline proponent. I was happy to share with my thoughts and how my view of him has changed along the way.

Stand.earth #greensky

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Stand.earth on NYC Pensions Tabling Proposal to Move Billions Out of BlackRock - Stand.earth New York City Employee Retirement System (NYCERS) trustees tabled a proposal to rebid a contract with BlackRock.

"BlackRock may have avoided receiving its inevitable lump of coal, but they are still number one on the climate naughty list."

NYCERS pension board trustees tabled outgoing-Comptroller Brad Lander’s proposal to rebid a $40+ billion contract with #BlackRock

#greensky

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I think being optimistic about the MOU / Grand Bargain is a waste of time and hope. Both of which we have in short supply right now.

Putting all eggs in the industrial carbon price basket is too risky and foolish..

Don't mess with the Doctor! He's quoting real research. :-)

The Carney-Smith ‘grand bargain’ is a fire sale of our future The former UN climate envoy is trading Indigenous rights and Canada’s climate legacy for a financially toxic tar sands pipeline deal with Alberta

The Carney-Smith ‘grand bargain’ is a fire sale of our future.

The former UN #climate envoy is trading Indigenous rights and Canada’s climate legacy for a financially toxic tar sands pipeline deal with #Alberta.

New from @richardbrooks.bsky.social:

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#cdnpoli

The Carney-Smith ‘grand bargain’ is a fire sale of our future The former UN climate envoy is trading Indigenous rights and Canada’s climate legacy for a financially toxic tar sands pipeline deal with Alberta

With a backroom deal, Carney has bulldozed Canada’s remaining #climate policies and ignited a firestorm among #Indigenous communities across the country.

It is a betrayal, for which future generations will pay.

@richardbrooks.bsky.social at @stand.earth:

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#Alberta

"Damn courts! Damn Indigenous rights! Such an impediment to my half baked plans to build financially risky, climate destroying, water polluting #LNG projects and mega mines.

This would be so much easier if we could just use the military and suspend rights. Why isn't this land empty? "

Eby accuses courts of jeopardizing B.C. economy, resource projects Premier says recent decisions on Indigenous rights and title could disrupt development and threaten progress on reconciliation

What does one say to the BC premier who is whining & complaining about the courts upholding Indigenous rights and title and UNDRIP because these threaten his baby resource projects.

Cry me an atmospheric river @eby-david.bsky.social. The laws are the laws.

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