The expansion of the Tilbury LNG terminal in Delta B.C. could have devastating impacts on nearby communities, critical habitat for marine life, and our climate. It would also slow down the transition towards truly safe and sustainable alternative energies.

Building out more LNG infrastructure doesn’t make sense in a world transitioning away from fossil fuels.

Thankfully, the Tilbury LNG expansion plan is far from a done deal — it needs to show it has financial support.

That’s why we sent a letter to financiers explaining to them why Tilbury is a bad bet.

You can see the letter here.

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Notes to the editor: 

The full list of financial institutions that received the letter includes:

Banks: Bank of America, BBVA, BMO, BNP Paribas, CIBC, Citi, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, Intesa Saopaolo, JPMorgan Chase, MUFG, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, National Bank of Canada, RBC, Santander, Scotiabank, SMFG, Société Générale, TD Bank, Wells Fargo

Export Development Canada, Canada Infrastructure Bank, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Pension Funds:Alberta Investment Management Corp, British Columbia Investment Management Corp, Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Canada Post Pension Plan, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan, Investment Management Corp of Ontario, Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System, Ontario Pension Board, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Ontario’s University Pension Plan, OPSEU Pension Trust, Public Sector Pension Investment Board

The over 80 endorsement signatories include:

1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations
350Hawaii
ACORN Canada
BC ACORN
Aid Life Learn Environment
Athabasca Regional Renewable Energy Assn.(ARREA)
BankTrack
CACOR
Canadian Association of Nurses for the Environment
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, British Columbia Regional Committee (CAPE BC)
CAPE
Canadian Health Association for Sustainability and Equity (CHASE)
Canadian Unitarians For Social Justice
Change Course
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada
Clean Arctic Alliance
Climate Action Network – Réseau action climat Canada
Climate Action Partnership
Climate Conversation Brazoria County
Climate Defenders
Climate Reality Project Canada
Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB)
Communities for a Healthy Bay
Conexiones Climáticas
David Suzuki Foundation
Decolonial Solidarity
Denman Islanders for Climate Action and Social Justice
Deutsche Umwelthilfe
Divest Washington
Dogwood
Earth Ethics, Inc.
Environmental Defence Canada
First Do No Harm
First Things First Okanagan
FoE Japan
For a Better Bayou
For Our Kids
For Our Kids, Burnaby
Force of Nature Alliance
Friends of the Earth Canada
Friends of the San Juans
Georgia Strait Alliance
Grandmothers Act to Save the Planet (GASP)
Green 13
Green Global Future
GreenFaith
Greenpeace Canada
Gulf South Fossil Finance Hub
High Ambition Climate Collective
Hip Hop Caucus
Iceland Nature Conservation Association
Independent
Indigenous Climate Action
Jubilee Australia Research Centre
Justice Institute Guyana
Living Oceans Society
Mothers Rise Up
My Sea to Sky
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Nordic Center for Sustainable Finance
Oceans North
Oil and Gas Action Network
Oilfield Witness
One planet port
Opportunity Green
Pacific Environment
Quantum Leap
Rainforest Action Network
RBC Off Screen
re•generation
Seattle Cruise Control
Shift: Action for Pension Wealth & Planet Health
Sierra Club BC
South Fraser Unitarians
Third Act of Maryland
Unitarian Universalists of the Salish Sea
Watershed Sentinel Educational Society
West Coast Climate Action Network
White Rock South Surrey Climate Corps
Wilderness Committee
WILPF Canada
Zero Waste BC