Revelations on illegal Indonesian logging sends clear message to governments and buyers
Last week the former governor of Riau province in Sumatra, the epicenter of deforestation in Indonesia, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by Indonesia’s anti corruption court for taking…
Blockade: Fighting strip mine expansion Rocky Branch, Illinois
This post is by activist Jeff Lucas. Residents of Illinois’ Rocky Branch community halt Peabody strip mine expansion for three hours with a road blockade. 321 miles south of Chicago…
Climate Culprits Exposed In New Scorecard
We know that keeping forests standing, along with keeping fossil fuels in the ground, offers Earth’s best hope for fighting catastrophic climate change. Yet everyday rainforests and carbon-rich peatlands are…
XL Dissent: “We Are Building A Culture of Resistance”
This Sunday, over one thousand young people will descend on the White House. By the end of the day, hundreds of them, most of them students at more than 200…
VIDEO: Thousands Take Action Saying #NOKXL
On January 31, the U.S. State Department released its final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL. The report was heavily influenced by the oil industry, but it still gave the…
Opponents Offer Fierce Resistance to Tar Sands, Enbridge and Keystone XL
Don’t fool yourselves: Big Oil and Big Oil-friendly politicians aren’t giving up on tar sands or any other dirty fossil fuels. The only thing that’s gonna stop the tar sands…
Progress Report: Asia Pulp & Paper, One Year Later
Today marks the 1st year anniversary of the latest published “forest conservation policy” (FCP) of the Sinar Mas Group’s Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). Rainforest Action Network has evaluated the…
New Keystone XL Review Acknowledges Significant Climate Impact
Today we moved a step closer to discovering what President Obama’s true climate legacy will be, when the State Department released the final, supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the…
APRIL Misses the Mark with New Forest Management Policy
On Tuesday, Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), released an updated Sustainable Forest Management Policy. While this policy is notable, especially given APRIL’s…
Investor Summit: Bank of America puts our Climate at Risk
This post is by Yann Louvel, BankTrack Climate and Energy Campaign Coordinator. Earlier this month, Bank of America participated in the 2014 Investor Summit on Climate Risk as the “convening sponsor” of…