Reuters: Green worries keep foreign banks away from $3.3 billion Coal India sale
“The pressure in a country where economic growth frequently trumps environmental concerns comes at a convenient time for banks. Many operating in India are under pressure to be more selective…
Newsweek: Sweet U.S. Government Land Deals Charge Up Energy Companies: Report
“Researchers at the San Francisco-based environmental nonprofit (Rainforest Action Network (RAN)) combed through U.S. Bureau of Land Management lease records and found some of the world’s largest conglomerates—Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP…
Clean Technica: Rainforest Action Network Urges Morgan Stanley To Drop Coal Financing
“The Rainforest Action Network has urged financial services giant Morgan Stanley to stop financing coal mining and coal-fired power.” “Morgan Stanley has longstanding financing relationships with some of the worst offenders…
Daryl Hannah: Why I Was Arrested in Coal River, West Virginia
(Posted by Branden for Daryl who joined RAN’s Michael Brune and others to protest MTR in West Virginia last week.) Why would I fly across the country on my own…
Jerry Cope: The DC Shuffle; Saving the World From Death By Coal
Huffington Post: Jerry Cope: The DC Shuffle; Saving the World From Death By Coal. Right in the heart of our nation’s capitol is a coal fired power plant which kills….