Prominent organizations call for Donziger’s immediate release and warn of chilling effect on other human rights lawyers who stand up to corporate polluters NOVEMBER 14, 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
Press Releases
Fifteen environmental NGOs demand that sustainable palm oil watchdog does its job
BANGKOK: As members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the world’s largest palm oil certification system, meet in Bangkok for their 17th annual meeting, the world is in the midst…
Grand Opening of MN JPMorgan Chase Branch Disrupted by Climate Activists, Students
World’s worst banker of climate change under fire for its massive financing of fossil fuels and Line 3 pipeline. Saint Paul –– As the newest Chase branch in Minnesota opened…
Halloween Candymakers Caught Red-Handed Using Illegal Conflict Palm Oil Grown in ‘Orangutan Capital of the World’
***For Immediate Release October 29, 2019 Halloween Candymakers Caught Red-Handed Using Illegal Conflict Palm Oil Grown in ‘Orangutan Capital of the World’ Undercover field investigations expose major chocolate brands Nestlé,…
Climate Activists Disrupt UCLA #Internet50 Event, Target Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
Activists Demand World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change Stop Funding Fossil Fuels Contact Ayse Gursoz, [email protected] for photos and video. Los Angeles –– As California’s wildfire crisis spreads, activists…
Environmental Groups Warn Banks Against Climate and Human Rights Implications of Underwriting Saudi Aramco Offering
For Immediate Release CONTACT: Ayşe Gürsöz, +1 (650) 391-6443, [email protected] Saudi Aramco is quickly moving forward with plans to float up to three percent of the national oil company in…
AXIS CAPITAL BECOMES FIRST U.S. INSURER TO RESTRICT INSURANCE FOR BOTH COAL AND TAR SANDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AXIS CAPITAL BECOMES FIRST U.S. INSURER TO RESTRICT INSURANCE FOR BOTH COAL AND TAR SANDS New policy increases pressure on Liberty Mutual and AIG to follow suit…
Rainforest Action Network Launches Campaign Targeting Liberty Mutual, Top Fossil Fuel Insurer
Demonstration at Liberty Mutual headquarters marks second anniversary of Tubbs Fire in California For high resolution photos contact [email protected] October 8, 2019 – Today, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), in conjunction…
Global Brands Caught Sourcing Illegal Palm Oil From Within Protected Wildlife Reserve
Undercover field investigations in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem implicate big name brands in destruction of carbon-rich peatlands in violation of their own deforestation policies…
Minneapolis Climate Activists and Students Stage Die-In at New JPMorgan Chase Branch, Demanding World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change Stop Giving Money to Oil and Gas
For immediate release: Sept 25, 2019, 1:00pm CDT CONTACT: Blair Fitzgibbon, (202)503-6161, [email protected] Minneapolis Climate Activists and Students Stage Die-In at New JPMorgan Chase Branch, Demanding World’s Worst Banker of…
Recent Media
Gizmodo: How China Is Helping Drive Deforestation in Brazil and Indonesia
“The outpouring of support around the Amazon fires from the general public is important,” Emma Lierley, forests communications manager at the non-profit Rainforest Action Network, told Earther. “People are remembering…
Newsweek: THE FIRES DECIMATING RAINFORESTS CAN ONLY BE STOPPED IF WE SIDE WITH COMMUNITIES OVER CORPORATIONS | OPINION
“Across the globe, tropical rainforests are burning. Even as the Amazon continues to burn, the rainforest in the Congo Basin –– the second-largest rainforest on Earth –– is on fire. And…
Reuters: Green groups flag threat to Indonesia forests recovered from palm planters
“Gemma Tillack, forest policy director at U.S.-based environmental group Rainforest Action Network, said the move was “a welcome signal at a time when forest fires are destroying rainforests the world…
The Guardian: Banks warned over Saudi Aramco by environmental groups
Green groups have warned that banks linked to Saudi Aramco’s $2tn (£1.6tn) market float are undermining global efforts to tackle the climate crisis by supporting the listing of the world’s…
The Washington Post: The Energy 202: Wall Street shouldn’t help huge Saudi oil company go public, green groups say
Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and other big banks are getting an earful from environmental groups over what’s set to be the biggest initial public offering in history. (Read…
Markets Insider: Investment banks have plowed more than $700 billion into fossil fuels since the Paris climate agreement
The world’s largest investment banks are funding hundreds of billions of dollars into fossil fuels. (Read More)
The Guardian: Top investment banks provide billions to expand fossil fuel industry
The world’s largest investment banks have provided more than $700bn of financing for the fossil fuel companies most aggressively expanding in new coal, oil and gas projects since the Paris…
The Wall Street Journal: Food Companies Put Supply Chains Under a Microscope
“The most information being made available covers palm oil, an ingredient companies use in everything from frozen pizza to soap. For years, environmental organizations have implicated palm oil in the…
Newsweek: MAJORITY OF WORLD’S LARGEST PRIVATE BANKS DON’T HAVE SUSTAINABLE FINANCE COMMITMENT
A majority of the world’s largest private-sector banks have not made sustainable investment commitments to finance a low-carbon future. (Read More)
MSN: Why Big Banks Are Accused Of Funding The Climate Crisis
Rachel Heaton understands better than most the power banks have to shape our world. Heaton, a member of the Muckleshoot tribe, started to make the connection between money and climate…