Methane Gas from LNG Production is a Climate Emergency
This is an opinion piece by RAN’s Climate & Energy Program Director, Aditi Sen, originally published in Newsweek. Due to climate change parts of India, where I’m from, are questioning…
RAN Response to JPMorgan Chase 2022 Climate Report
On December 22, 2022, JPMorgan Chase released its climate report in an effort to provide details on how the bank is responding to climate risks. Rainforest Action Network’s response to…
Close to $60bn invested in fossil fuels by North American insurers
(Note: This article first appeared in Reinsurance News) Author: Kassandra Jimenez-Sanchez Top North American insurers invested $59.7bn in fossil fuels, with $30.8bn in oil and gas holdings as of 2019, according…
Activists Disrupt Jamie Dimon Speech to Send Message that Chase Must Stop Banking on Fossil Fuels
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Christopher J. Herrera, Christopher@ran.org, 510.290.5282 Philadelphia, PA—This afternoon activists disrupted JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon’s speech at a World Affairs Council event, calling attention to the…
10 Ways Trump Has Waged War On The Climate, The Environment and Life As We Know It
You knew things were bad, but did you know it was *this* bad? Since the inauguration one year ago, this administration has been a whirlwind of environmental threats –– so…
Keystone XL: Where Things Stand
It’s been one month since the climate movement won a significant delay on the Keystone XL pipeline. Since then, the oil industry and their political and media backers have gotten…
The True Cost of Coal
This week a double tragedy has struck the coal mining industry. On Monday night in West Virginia, a coal outburst at a Patriot-operated mine killed two miners. And on Tuesday…
Mountains, Water and Community
Last week, Rainforest Action Network and three allies testified at Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting, urging them to drop coal, to stop profiting from environmental destruction and human rights…
Did You Hear The One About The Bank That Couldn’t Count?
Last week, Bank of America (BofA) admitted a huge accounting error—for several years, it claimed a whopping $4 billion more in capital than it actually has. The day BofA announced…
Divestment Movement Escalates
This week, the national fossil fuel divestment movement escalated, as student blockades popped up at Harvard and Washington University in St. Louis. By the end of the week, 8 students…