The Inside Scoop on Stickering, As Told By A Snacktivist
This post was written for RAN by Megan in Florida, who has been taking action with our Palm Oil Action Team to call out snack food companies using palm oil…
The Chicago 22: Arrested for Telling Obama to Stop Keystone XL
In the early hours of the morning today, in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline, 22 activists were arrested when they staged a sit-in at the State Department in President…
Training for the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Throughout the summer, Rainforest Action Network, CREDO, and the Other 98% will be leading…
Two Big Announcemements on the KXL Pledge of Resistance
Over the last two months, Rainforest Action Network has been working with CREDO and The Other 98% to lay the groundwork to prepare for the Pledge of Resistance. The Pledge…
Reportback: Divestmentment Students Pay Brian Moynihan a Visit
This is a guest blog by students Camila Bustos (Brown University) and Alli Welton (Harvard University). Earlier this month, we traveled from our universities in New England down to Charlotte,…
The “Revolt of the Golden Toads” Bay Area Tour!
A guest blog post by Reverend Billy, leader of the Church of Stop Shopping, an activist performance group based in New York City The Church of Stop Shopping returns to New York now, after a week…
Culture Beyond Oil: Artists Bring BP Trial to London’s Tate Art Museum
A Guest blog-post by Glen Tarman, a founding member of the art collective, Libertate Tate Every day this week in marking the third anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the…
Cargill Dead Set On Plantation Expansion; Orphaned Orangutan Calls on CEO Gregory Page in Wayzata, MN.
Meet Uttuh. She’s an orphaned Sumatran Orangutan who lost her forest home when it was destroyed for palm oil. Today she reached out to Cargill CEO Gregory Page at his…
Dear Exxon, We’re Sick of Your Spin Machine. With No Love, America.
Is anyone else paying attention to the tweets that Exxon-Mobil have posted following the aftermath of the Mayflower, Arkansas oil spill? Frustratingly—and not surprisingly—Exxon has issued a hollow apology “for…
Divestistas: From Opposition to Resistance
I had the great privilege of representing Rainforest Action Network at the student-led Power Up! Divest Fossil Fuels Convergence. Hosted by Swarthmore Mountain Justice, students from around the country gathered…