Activists Crashed a Black Tie Gala, Demanding Chubb Stop Insuring Methane
Last night, Manhattan’s business elite gathered at a prestigious black tie gala for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, where millionaires and top executives from coal companies, insurance companies and…
Greenwashing Alert: NextDecade Cancels Carbon Capture
By Toyo Kawakami, Japan Senior Advisor (Japan) & Ruth Breech, Senior Campaigner (US) In August 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that permits for…
Chubb Drops Rio Grande LNG Insurance
Banks, and now insurers, drop project plagued with risk from community, cultural and climate issues. RIO GRANDE, TX, August 6, 2024 — An insurance certificate obtained through a public information…
From Freeport to Manhattan: Frontline Leaders Take Their Methane Warning to Chubb Insurance
Chubb Insurance might not be a household name, but it should be, because its impact on climate disasters like heat waves, floods, and wildfires is inescapable. A small handful of…
Liberty Mutual’s Annual Policyholder Meeting is Fossil Fuel Business as Usual
In January, RAN and partners welcomed Liberty Mutual’s new CEO Tim Sweeney to the company and urged him to step up as a leader on climate and human rights. We…
Analysis: Chubb’s New Oil and Gas Standards Remain Inadequate
On March 22, 2023, Chubb announced a new suite of policies to restrict underwriting oil and gas extraction based on conservation and methane emissions criteria. Chubb will not insure oil…
Adani Group’s troubles are a warning against investment in fossil fuels
(This op-ed first appeared in South China Morning Post) The stock meltdown of Indian conglomerate Adani Group in the wake of the release of a report by short-seller Hindenburg Research…
Will new CEO Tim Sweeney clean up Liberty Mutual’s climate and human rights record?
You’ve likely never heard of him, but Tim Sweeney just became a critical decision-maker when it comes to the fate of the fossil fuel industry’s global expansion plans. As of…
We Took Our Demands to the Doorstep of Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg
Last month, RAN and partners in New York City built a two-story oil derrick right outside Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg’s house. Because while he’s making insurance deals and crunching profits…
Rio Grande Valley: At Risk from From Fracked Gas Terminals
Years of sustained local community resistance and international support has kept three liquefied natural gas projects (aka LNG or fracked gas) at bay in the southern Texas border town of…
