Activists Crashed a Black Tie Gala, Demanding Chubb Stop Insuring Methane
Last night, Manhattan’s business elite gathered at a prestigious black tie gala for the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, where millionaires and top executives from coal companies, insurance companies and…
Greenwashing Alert: NextDecade Cancels Carbon Capture
By Toyo Kawakami, Japan Senior Advisor (Japan) & Ruth Breech, Senior Campaigner (US) In August 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that permits for…
Community Victory! Insurance giant Chubb drops coverage for Rio Grande LNG!
After fierce pressure from frontline organizers, climate activists, and allies – Chubb insurance has become the first major insurer to stop covering Rio Grande LNG, a dangerous methane gas export…
People power is moving insurance giant Chubb — but even their newest climate policies fall short
In April 2024, Chubb released a new policy to expand their minimal restrictions on insuring oil and gas. Chubb continues to feel campaign pressure to address their reputation risk on…
Chubb’s Conservation and Methane Standards for Midstream Oil & Gas Remain Inadequate
On April 24th, 2024 Chubb quietly published new conservation-based criteria for its underwriting of midstream oil and gas operations.
The Insurers Secretly Backing the Methane Gas Boom in the US Gulf South
Insurance companies are supposed to protect us from catastrophic risks. Yet when it comes to climate change, insurers perpetuate climate chaos and dependence on fossil fuels by insuring new coal,…
“Natural” Gas is Methane
A decade ago, Rainforest Action Network coined the term “Conflict Palm Oil.” It was a part of a concerted effort to rebrand the most widely used vegetable oil in the…
2023 Update: Rio Grande LNG Final Investment Decision | Rio Grande Valley at Risk from Fracked-gas Export Terminals
Despite the long delays and risks clearly laid out in each of the three editions of this report, NextDecade announced a final investment decision (FID) for the proposed Rio Grande LNG project in July 2023.
Methane Gas from LNG Production is a Climate Emergency
This is an opinion piece by RAN’s Climate & Energy Program Director, Aditi Sen, originally published in Newsweek. Due to climate change parts of India, where I’m from, are questioning…