2014 in Review: Goldman Sachs Sacks Coal Terminal Investment
Your voice was heard. For communities of the Pacific Northwest, 2014 started off with some good news. On January 7, Goldman Sachs sold off its share in SSA Marine, the corporation…
World’s Top Coal-Financing Banks Still Won’t Touch Abbot Point
This week, BankTrack launched their latest report on the top coal-financing banks in the world. The ranking, topped by JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, includes several other U.S….
Tell Bank of America: Don’t Finance the Destruction of the Great Barrier Reef
The coal industry is trying to move forward with a deal that would threaten Australia’s treasured Great Barrier Reef and turbocharge climate change—but they can’t do it without major financial…
Wall Street: Don’t Destroy the Great Barrier Reef!
In the coming months, big Wall Street banks could finance the destruction of the Great Barrier Reef. Raise your voice to stop them! Photo: Shutterstock The Great Barrier Reef, off…
Challenging Corporate Power at the Biggest Climate March in History
This post is by the RAN staff who were in New York as part of the People’s Climate March: Lindsey Allen, Ginger Cassady, Susana Cervantes, Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, Chelsea Matthews, Scott Parkin, Claire…
You Did It! No U.S. Tax Dollars for Dirty Coal Plants Abroad!
We did it! We’ve won the first round in a fight against using U.S. tax dollars to finance the dirtiest coal projects around the world, thanks to an outpouring of…
The Coal Industry is Getting Desperate
The coal industry’s mouthpieces in Washington are getting desperate. This week, Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) had this to say about the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed carbon pollution standards for power…
No U.S. Funding for Coal Plants Abroad
The coal lobby’s best friend in the Senate is trying to roll back progress on stopping climate change. West Virginia Democrat and “mouthpiece for the coal industry” Joe Manchin is…
Closing Chicago’s Toxic Cloud Factories
Last month I was in Chicago to attend the U.S. Climate Action Network’s national meeting. The keynote speaker was Gina McCarthy, head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Her speech focused…
Eight Mountain Fighters Jailed After Taking Action Against Coal Company
“If it was easy they wouldn’t call it ‘struggle.’” —Old anarchist saying Not long ago, before fracking, before Keystone XL, the environmental issue in the headlines was mountaintop removal coal…