Stop Insuring Trans Mountain: Week of Action
Event by Stand.earth, Rainforest Action Network and 10 others
Online Event
Jun 14 at 12 AM PDT – Jun 21 at 12 AM PDT
Price: Free
Public Anyone on or off Facebook
Join us for a Week of Action from June 14 - 21 targeting the insurance companies enabling the continued operation and expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
What's Trans Mountain? The Trans Mountain expansion project would transport an additional 590,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta to British Columbia, and lead to a 700% increase in oil tankers in the Salish Sea.
Many Indigenous communities have consistently and repeatedly rejected the Trans Mountain pipeline and tanker project – but the Canadian government continues to plough ahead with construction.
Why Insurance? Current insurers of the pipeline are complicit in violating Indigenous rights and driving climate change through providing $500 million USD in coverage.
Without insurance, the pipeline cannot keep operating, and its expansion can’t be constructed. That makes un-insuring Trans Mountain a critical way to stop the pipeline once and for all.
Last year, Indigenous communities and activists pushed three insurance companies to cut ties with the pipeline: Zurich, Munich Re, and Talanx. We are not letting up the pressure.
Trans Mountain is currently seeking insurers to back the project in the year to come, with a deadline of August 31. Right now we have a critical window in which to pressure insurers to rule out coverage for the pipeline and make Trans Mountain uninsurable.
We're calling on these insurers to publicly drop Trans Mountain:
Liberty Mutual
Chubb
AIG
W.R. Berkley
Lloyd’s
Starr
Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting
Marsh
Chubb
AIG
W.R. Berkley
Lloyd’s
Starr
Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting
Marsh
Join Us? We will turn up the heat on these companies during the Week of Action through protests at office locations, digital actions, and more. Find your local or virtual event below.
- Stop TMX Week of Action Supporter Toolkit:
- Sign up to host an action in your community here:
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Actions are happening at the following cities: (More to come)
Berlin
Bristol
Charlotte
Denver
Eagle River
Fairbanks
Fremont
Kaneohe
Ottawa
Montreal
Portland
Seattle
Rochester
Thunder Bay
Toronto
Vancouver BC
Victoria
Bristol
Charlotte
Denver
Eagle River
Fairbanks
Fremont
Kaneohe
Ottawa
Montreal
Portland
Seattle
Rochester
Thunder Bay
Toronto
Vancouver BC
Victoria
Cover artwork by Pete Railand with JustSeeds (Instagram: @lookbacktosee)
Date:
Monday, June 14, 2021 - 00:00