Class action lawsuit launched against real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield for failing to protect their workers' retirement funds from climate financial risk.
Great summary in @fastcompany.com
#greensky #retirement #pensions
www.fastcompany.com/91503468/you...
Background photo of a gavel, with dramatic lighting. Red text box with “BREAKING: Real estate corporation Cushman & Wakefield is risking its workers' retirement funds by investing in climate-risky funds. We're highlighting a groundbreaking class action lawsuit to hold the company accountable in court.” “A worker filed a precedent-setting lawsuit against one of the world's largest real estate corporations, alleging Cushman & Wakefield's retirement plan managers breached their duties by failing to protect workers' savings from climate-related financial risks.” Arrow icon pointing right in top right corner. Stand.earth logo in bottom right corner.
Background photo of an investment graph. Red text box with “Retirement funds are deferred wages & long-term security that workers rely on. Retirement plans aren't abstract financial products; they're deferred wages, long-term security, and a reflection of how employers care for their people in uncertain times. When these critical savings are invested in underperforming fossil fuel companies and climate exposed real estate, employees shoulder risks they never knowingly agreed to.” Arrow icon pointing right in top right corner.
Background photo of stock investment graph. Gray text box with “The Kvek vs. Cushman & Wakefield class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, is the first-ever legal challenge on 401(k) managers for ignoring climate financial risk, alleging that such oversight violates their fiduciary duties. We are supportive of this lawsuit and have been working for several decades to educate and activate both public and private sector workers about risks to their pensions and retirement funds.” Arrow icon pointing right in top right corner.
Background photo of a flaring oil refinery. Red text box with “It's not just Cushman & Wakefield. Instead of safeguarding its workers' futures, companies across the United States are funneling retirement savings into risky funds packed with underperforming fossil fuel companies or high-risk businesses like real estate, that can be severely damaged by the impacts of climate change-fueled extreme weather. No matter who you are or how you vote, your retirement should be secure, and this new landmark lawsuit is arguing just that. Retirement savings should be managed to protect working people, not to bankroll polluters or enrich billionaires.” Arrow icon pointing right in top right corner.
BREAKING: One of the world’s largest real estate corporations, Cushman & Wakefield, is risking its workers’ retirement funds by investing in climate-risky funds.
We’re highlighting a groundbreaking lawsuit to hold the company accountable in court. #GreenSky
A climate time bomb is ticking in America’s retirement accounts. We’re going to court to stop it.
Most of us work hard, put money aside with each paycheck, and trust it will be there when we retire. But that trust is being betrayed.
Despite the Trump regime’s best efforts to slow down the energy transition in the U.S., new clean energy capacity vastly outnumbers new fossil fuels in the power plant sector this year.☀️🏭
https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-us-overwhelmingly-build-clean-power
Teal background. “4 Key Black-Led Climate Justice Site Fights You Should Know This Black History Month”. “The climate justice movement is firmly rooted in Black history. This Black History Month, we're spotlighting four key climate justice fights led by Black environmentalists and communities - from past to present.” Arrow icon in top right corner.
Teal background. “1. In the late 1970s, in Chicago, Hazel Johnson started her legacy of activism, where she exposed the devastating health impacts of toxic air and water pollution on her community. A decade after Johnson's husband passed in 1969 from lung cancer, she noticed that her seven children suffered skin and respiratory issues. Then, she saw a report that her neighborhood of Altgeld Gardens had the highest cancer rate in the city. Johnson immediately launched her own investigation to find out why. What she discovered shocked her.”
Teal background. “Altgeld Gardens was built on a former industrial waste dump for the Pullman Motor Company from 1863 until the 20th century. Landfills, industrial factories, and sewage-treatment plants also exposed the community to hazardous fumes and contaminated their water. In 1982, Johnson founded the People for Community Recovery to push city and state officials to take action. Her work eventually led to President Bill Clinton's executive order that directed federal agencies to address environmental racism.” [Photo of Johnson shaking hands with Vice President Al Gore in the White House, with photo credit at top of image reading “Photo: People for Community Recovery Archives, Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection of Afro-American History and Literature”. “Johnson is affectionately known as "the Mother of the Environmental Justice Movement." Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Teal background. “2. In 1982, the predominantly Black community of Warren County, North Carolina organized against the construction of a landfill for toxic waste. For weeks, the community organized protests and rallies, and engaged in acts of civil disobedience, like blocking trucks from delivering toxic waste.” Photo of historic sign reading “E 121 PCB PROTESTS Toxic waste illegally dumped along N.C. roads was moved to landfill 2 mi. E., 1982. Protest sparked environmental justice movement in U.S..” with photo credit in top right corner reading “Photo: Indy Beetle/Wikimedia Commons”. “Protesters faced arrest and police brutality, but their organizing efforts drew national attention to the persistent issue of environmental racism.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
The climate justice movement is firmly rooted in Black history.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re spotlighting four key climate justice fights led by Black environmentalists and communities – from past to present.
Swipe to learn more! #GreenSky
![White background. “What's lurking behind big tech's Al climate claims?” Photo of polluting industries with an icon of glasses with the lens inside showing thriving, futuristic infrastructure. “We analysed 154 of Big Tech's claims.
This is what we've found: 74% were unproven. 36% cited no evidence at all.” “The new Al climate hoax is here. Brought to you by: [Logos for Google, OpeNAI, Microsoft, Meta] and more…” “Parody. Not a message from the companies shown. Based on independent research.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:utycno22cy35gcijlduthke7/bafkreib3wexll22sorfomyv7tfdfsa7ps3pijcyzboxi7katabk4zmiuzm)
White background. “What's lurking behind big tech's Al climate claims?” Photo of polluting industries with an icon of glasses with the lens inside showing thriving, futuristic infrastructure. “We analysed 154 of Big Tech's claims. This is what we've found: 74% were unproven. 36% cited no evidence at all.” “The new Al climate hoax is here. Brought to you by: [Logos for Google, OpeNAI, Microsoft, Meta] and more…” “Parody. Not a message from the companies shown. Based on independent research.”
Big Tech says AI can solve climate change.
The actual data in our new report says not so fast.
Learn why/how so many claims about AI’s climate benefit are a hoax:
➡️ https://bit.ly/AIGreenwash #GreenSky
OKAY BIG ONE FOR YA
NEW report out today: I dig deep into how big tech has been muddling tech types and overstating evidence to claim "AI" will make global emissions drop like a stone....
Not only will it not, it seems to be verifiably doing the opposite!!
ketanjoshi.co/2026/02/17/b... + 📼+🧵>
Background photo of a Puerto Rican flag proudly displayed above a colorful street in Puerto Rico. “Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (AKA Bad Bunny) brought his motherland with him into center stage during Sunday's performance in the Super Bowl halftime show - highlighting the island's struggles with power blackouts and colonization.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Black background. “Bad Bunny is no stranger to getting political. In 2022, Bad Bunny dropped his song "El Apagón" ("The Blackout"), referencing the blackout caused by Hurricane Maria, which hit the island in 2017. In the song, he reminisces about why he loves his home while calling out the island's political leaders and mainland gentrifiers. He called out the island's governor at the time, Pedro Pierluisi - a former coal lobbyist. While Pierluisi was in power, a fire broke out at the Costa Sur power plant, causing millions to lose power, including the intensive care center of a medical center in Mayagüez.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Black background. “The song also called out the growing wave of new island residents who are gentrifying the island and making native Puerto Ricans feel unwelcome in their own homes, including mainland Americans, social media influencers, and even "crypto colonizers". Screenshot of Washington Post article titled “‘Crypto colonizers’ in Puerto Rico try to sell locals on the dream’ with the subhead ‘A new wave of wealthy investors is moving to the island. Locals are greeting them with excitement — and suspicion.” Article was updated on January 13, 2022. Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Cream-colored background. “On Sunday night, as more than 100 million viewers watched, Bad Bunny delivered a strong message on energy justice, performing "El Apagón" amid visual symbols including power poles.” Photo of a power pole downed during Hurricane Maria. “As legendary Puerto Rican artist Ricky Martin performed Bad Bunny's "Lo Que Le Pasó a Hawaii" ("What Happened to Hawaii"), the power poles exploded - signifying the island's frequent power outages and failing grid.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
Last Sunday, Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio AKA Bad Bunny put his motherland Puerto Rico center stage during his Super Bowl halftime show – highlighting the island’s historic struggles with power blackouts and colonization, both old and new.
Background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou standing on a snowy mountain. “BREAKING We're taking Canada to court over Southern Mountain Caribou protections” Ecojustice logo in top right corner. Arrow icon in bottom right corner. “Photo: David Moskowitz” at bottom of image.
Background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou crossing a road. Ecojustice logo in top right corner. “For more than 11 years, Canada has delayed mapping Southern Mountain Caribou critical habitat. In mid-2014, the federal government said it would be done by the end of the year…” “Photo: David Moskowitz” at bottom of image.
White text box over previous background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou crossing a road. “Since then, we've watched the population deteriorate. Of the eighteen herds in Southern B.C., eight have already been lost, with more herds drifting to the edge unless the government intervenes. Under the Species at Risk Act, critical habitat must be mapped as part of a greater recovery strategy.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
White text box over previous background photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou crossing a road. “Without mapped habitat, logging will continue, destroying old-growth forests that the population depends on.” Photo of a Southern Mountain Caribou walking through a snowy forest. “Photo: David Moskowitz” at bottom of image. Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
After more than a decade of broken promises, we’re taking Canada to court. 🧵
#ClimateSky
The partisans of the "center left" (aka the courtiers of Abundance) won't tell you this, or even try to account for it, but:
Taylor Rehmet, who just flipped a district in TX that Trump took by 17 points, ran on "strong unions and worker power" as well as "environmental justice."
1/3
It's hard to overstate how ell-organized the portland march that got gassed was... organizers made the crowd promise to be peaceful, said the march would slow in front of the ICE building but not stop, that we would stick to one chant (ICE Out). They did absolutely everything right and got gassed.
I was there, too, and recorded this as people left the scene.
Hard to see in the video, but the baby in mom's arms was also crying with red eyes.
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Black background. “ICE OUT! Justice for Alex Pretti! Justice for Renee Good! NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN! JAN 30, 2026 2pm March in Downtown Minneapolis NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING.”
‼️ATTN: U.S. residents ‼️Happening TOMORROW!
Follow the leadership of folks in Minnesota resisting ICE and join the #NationalShutdown– find out more at nationalshutdown.org.
#ICEOut #ICEOutForGood #NoKings
Hope is best expressed through action.
📹 Watch this video to hear from some of our campaigners on what they’re most looking forward to in 2026, as we continue to hold corporations and governments accountable and help build a climate-safe future that benefits our planet and all of its people.
@microsoft.com’s new plan to convince communities to welcome data centers includes groundbreaking new ideas like *checks notes* paying its taxes and electric bills. 🥴 🧵
🔥 @markruffalo.bsky.social : “I gotta be honest, I’m not feeling so great. Renee Good was murdered... stormtroopers running around terrorizing. As much as I love all this, I can’t pretend all this crazy stuff isn’t happening. We have a president who says laws don’t apply to him- this is crazy.”
A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
Asheville turned out tonight to protest ICE and remember Renee Nicole Good.
Trump Says U.S. Oversight of Venezuela Could Last for Years In a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times on Wednesday, President Trump said “only time will tell” when it comes to how long the United States aims to control the country. President Trump speaking while seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are seated opposite him. President Trump in the Oval Office with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday. Credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times
I love how “wide-ranging interview” has become a pervasive euphemism for “completely unhinged rant” in the mainstream media now.
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Cream-colored background. Scooby doo meme of Fred revealing a masked villain, with Stand.earth logo on Fred and “polluting corporations & governments” on the unmasked villain. “2025” “From corporate greenwashing to people power wins, here are some of our key climate news highlights from this year.” Stand.earth logo in bottom left corner. “Stand.earth Wrapped” in bottom right corner.
Image of data centers. “Microsoft's AI data center demand is set to surge 600% by 2030, which would require as much power as the entire New England region, locking in new fossil fuel infrastructure and threatening community health across the U.S.” Stand.earth logo in bottom left corner. “Learn more: Stand.earth/Microsoft” in bottom right corner.
Image of logged trees with photo credit “Photo: Desiree Wallace”. “UK energy giant Drax received more than £2 million pounds a day in green energy subsidies for burning irreplaceable old growth forests for fuel”. Stand.earth logo in bottom left corner. “Stand.earth Wrapped” in bottom right corner.
Image of a southern mountain caribou running in the snow. “5,713 hectares of old growth and primary forests are either approved or pending approval for logging across the habitats of the Columbia North, Groundhog and Wells Gray South southern mountain caribou herds”. Stand.earth logo in bottom left corner. “Stand.earth Wrapped” in bottom right corner.
From corporate polluters to people power wins, here’s some climate news you might have missed.
From all of us at Stand.earth: Thank you for standing with us in holding corporations and governments accountable for their impact on the people and places we love.
Happy Election Day! May all of us working in comms, politics, and advocacy take a lesson from the master class that the Mamdani campaign has delivered in how to seemingly effortlessly blend pride in our communities with care for our neighbors, and joy in the process.
My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
Fossil-fueled #HurricaneMelissa devastated Caribbean communities this week, with over 50 deaths reported in Haiti, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic.
Please donate and support these relief efforts and follow caribbiznetwork on Instagram for more information on trusted organizations to support.
🌿Deep in the Amazon, uncontacted Indigenous Peoples live in voluntary isolation. There are more than 60 groups of isolated Indigenous Peoples living in the Amazon basin, and 90% are located in Brazil and Peru. 🧵
AI companies’ race to the top is an environmental race to the bottom.
But what’s it all for? The answer might shock you (not).
Getting our lives, businesses, and economies hooked on AI is all part of the master plan, and the price we pay will be steep.
#GreenSky
📣 SAY IT LOUD FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK 📣
"Mikaela Loach, a Jamaican British climate justice activist, says the hurricane was “caused by the climate crisis,” and says fossil fuel companies are to blame." 👏
Time to name unnatural disasters for those responsible: Big Oil & Gas.
#MakePollutersPay
After bringing a wake of devastation to Jamaica, #HurricaneMelissa is now making landfall in Cuba as a Category 2 storm.
We know who's responsible: Big Oil and Gas execs who have known and lied for decades about the impact of fossil fuels supercharging climate chaos like this unnatural disaster. 😡
"I feel compelled to make people realize that this is not going away, that this is going to continue to happen over and over again, and that we need to harden ourselves in every possible way and adapt to these increasing disasters." —part of yesterday's #Melissa coverage on @nbcmiami.com
