Indonesia headed into the recent Paris climate talks with the dubious honor of being the country with the highest rate of greenhouse gas emission in the world. Indonesia skyrocketed into…
As leaders of the world’s largest economies gather at the global climate negotiations in Paris, there’s an ongoing climate emergency unfolding in Indonesia that demands our attention: the country has…
Riot police van at sunset, COP 21 in Le Bourget, France Introduction: Glimpses of the Background at COP 21 The start of the Paris Climate Conference has…
Rainforest Action Network released a new report today about the big banks profiting off of coal. Here are five things you need to know from The Coal Test: Where Banks…
In just six months, four of the six biggest U.S. banks have committed to cut financing for coal mining: Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo. That’s excellent…
Great news today. As a result of your actions this fall, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo announced they’re cutting financing for the global coal industry! You made this happen. When…
Three weeks ago, the climate movement forced the rejection of Keystone XL, with President Obama turning down the pipeline after seven years of activist pressure.1 The very idea of the project…
Good news this week! On Coal India, you spoke—and Wall Street listened. U.S. banks stayed away from the deal! Back in September, we asked for your help when a share…
Today began with a national call in to Morgan Stanley global headquarters and culminated in the delivery of petitions at 15 Morgan Stanley locations from coast to coast. Activists hand…
PepsiCo’s new palm oil policy and ‘action plan’ has a loophole the size of Indonesia. Throughout the month of October, forest fires, intentionally lit to clear land for palm oil…
Yesterday, outside of Denver, the federal government offered up 90,000 acres of public lands for sale to the highest bidder, to drill and frack for private profit.1 Much of that land…
On November 12th over 100 activists gathered at BLM’s Colorado offices to stop the leasing of our public lands for private profit. Here’s how the day unfolded.
For Immediate Release, November 12, 2015 Contact: Micah Parkin, 350 Colorado, (504) 258-1247Pauline Reetz, Audubon Society of Greater Denver, (303) 973-9530, (303) 333-2164 …
cross-posted from Counterpunch “At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the…
Guest post from Catalina von Hildebrand, BankTrack RAN supporters have heard about the changes underway at the top US banks when it comes to their financing relationships with the coal…
Right now, bulldozers are destroying the heart of the rainforests and peatlands of the Leuser Ecosystem for Conflict Palm Oil. At 6.5 million acres, Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem is like nowhere…
Today, you made history. After a seven-year fight, President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline once and for all.1 It’s you—and the rest of the movement — that we have to…
On Tuesday, I sat in a half-empty ballroom in a Holiday Inn in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and watched oil companies buy up 60,000 acres of wild land to drill and frack for…
Yesterday in Wyoming, some of the world’s richest dirty energy companies bought up 76,000 acres of public lands to mine, drill and frack for private profit. I rallied with environmentalists…
For over a year, Rainforest Action Network has been calling on fashion brands to stand up for forests and those who depend on them. Wood-based fabrics, including rayon and viscose,…
This is getting ridiculous. The ongoing saga of Keystone took another twist yesterday as Canadian oil giant TransCanada attempted to weasel their way out of an outright rejection of the…