Anna Barford
About Anna Barford
Anna (she/her) is the Canada Shipping Campaigner with Stand.earth. She grew up in the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Coast Salish territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples known as Vancouver where she lives now with her partner and dog. Her work focuses on dumping from vessels and the environmental impacts of the shipping industry under Canada's jurisdiction.
LNG conference brings the wrong energy to B.C.
The shipping industry has been burning some of the dirtiest fuels available, acting as proxy waste incinerators for the world's refineries, unwilling to transition to cleaner fuels.
Port of Vancouver lost at sea when it comes to climate action
The Port of Vancouver's latest ad blitz is the ultimate in greenwashing, celebrating actions that have been ineffective at reducing total emissions, writes Anna Barford.