Tom Stephens: Amnesiac or Poor Brand Manager?
Forest News Watch posted an interesting interview with Boise Cascade CEO Tom Stephens Friday. When asked what effect “the agreement reached with Rainforest Action Network” had on day-to-day operations of…
The Biggest Environmental Victory You’ve Never Heard About
Looking for a little good news? Try this: earlier this month, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced the largest forest conservation deal in Canadian history, and set a historic precedent for…
Broad coalition writes to Ontario premier
Today RAN was part of a coalition that released a joint public letter to Ontario’s premier calling on him to implement his promises for the Northern Boreal with full respect…
Indigenous resistance gets the goods
If you haven’t already heard about Ontario’s huge announcement for the Boreal and Indigenous rights then you should REALLY check out this earlier post. Ontario’s Premier committed to protect 50%…
Huge News for Ontario’s Boreal Forest and its peoples.
The Ontario Government just announced plans to protect 56 million acres of Northern Boreal forest from all industry. The area falls entirely in the traditional territories of 36 First Nations…
Shame on ADM! Vote ADM for Corporate Hall of Shame TODAY!
Vote for ADM in the Corporate Hall of Shame Today! –Shame on ADM for its role in destroying tropical rainforests for soy and palm plantations; –Shame on ADM for displacing…
Canada Looking for Terrorists in Grassy Narrows
The National Post just reported that Canada’s top Federal spooks were keeping *really* close tabs on last year’s National Day of Action for Native Rights–apparently including protests planned in support…
Grassy Victory Articles
Check out these lengthy news pieces on Grassy Narrows’ victory in kicking the clear-cut logging corporations off their territory – an area three times the size of Yosemite National Park….
Amazon Soy Moratorium Extended. RAN calls for expansion too!
Last week, we wrote to ADM, Bunge and Cargill, to call for an extension and expansion of the Amazon Soy Moratorium. Great news! The Soy Working Group (GTS), including U.S….
New indy film about 2005 deportation of Texan peace and environmental activist from Australia
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-800073345267667553&hl=en Not sure how well this is known in the RAN blogosphere, but in 2005, before I came to RAN, I was detained and forcibly removed from Australia for reasons…