Five Grassroots Organizations Elevating Frontline Voices
As RAN and many other organizations think through how to incorporate equity and inclusion into all facets of our work, it is more clear than ever we need to make…
With New Policy, The Hanover Insurance Group Starts to Exit Coal and Tar Sands
The Hanover Insurance Group recently updated its Environmental, Social and Governance framework and committed to cease new investments in many coal and tar sands companies and partly divest from these…
Reparation for the Irreparable
For more than two weeks, a group of the Indigenous Dayak Modang Long Wai people in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province has been blocking the entrance to a huge local palm…
Texas Winter Crisis
Today is day 3 of no power for many families across the state of Texas. A brutal winter storm that continues to sweep through the southwest of the United States…
Three Ways Ferrero is Breaking Our Hearts
The maker of Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Brach’s Candy, Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, and Girl Scout Cookies has fueled the destruction of one part of the world to profit off another! This Valentine’s Day, tell Ferrero we’ve had ENOUGH of its sweet nothings! 💔
Pipeline of poison
Despite decades of organizing and non-violent direct action against tar sands led by Indigenous and First Nations communities, energy corporation Enbridge recently began construction on the toxic Line 3 pipeline. Here’s how we’re supporting the fight to #StopLine3–and how YOU can join in.
Relentless pressure on Liberty Mutual forces insurance giant to respond
Despite claims that the company is taking efforts to curb climate change, Liberty Mutual continues to back fossil fuel projects while refusing to meet with impacted communities.Our latest campaign efforts, which include a website launch, scathing policy analysis, and global day of action, forced the insurance giant to respond.
Win for longtime Indigenous allies defending ancestral lands
The Achuar and Wampis of the Peruvian Amazon halt major oil extraction project on ancestral territory.
Making Conflict Palm Oil History
In an unprecedented move, the US blocks the import of Conflict Palm Oil as Procter & Gamble shareholders speak up for forests by calling for transparent reporting.
Onward
We need to move forward for racial justice, move forward to keep forests standing, and move forward to halt climate catastrophe. Of course, we can’t simply forget the past four…
An Absence of Justice
Yesterday was not a protest: it was a violent insurrection. It was an attempted coup and domestic terrorism. And yet, the police response to yesterday’s attack on the seat of…
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You moved Nestlé!
You did it! We pressured Nestlé to own up to its impacts on forests and communities! Now candymakers Mars, Mondelēz, and Ferrero MUST step up and follow suit!
Destroying Lives and
Stealing Land
Forest destruction, criminalization, crop destruction, murder… these are only some of the crimes that have been found on these plantations, and pulp and palm oil that come from these plantations are still finding their way into our food and packaging…
Stories of Inspired Resistance:
By any measure, 2020 has been a dramatically unprecedented year, forcing us all to adapt to new challenges while facing the grim realities of racial injustice, the violence of right-wing…
MUFG: No. 1 Asian banker of the climate crisis
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) –- the parent company of Union Bank in the U.S. — is Japan’s largest bank. It’s not only financing the construction of more coal plants…
Why are banks and investors still funding Indofood?
This month, 10 banks committed another $2.1 billion in loans to Indonesian noodle giant, Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur – whose instant noodles rely on Conflict Palm Oil produced by its…
Our Vote, Our Voice, Our Rights
We all know our basic rights — our right to vote; our right to a free press; our right to peacefully protest. We may need to use our voices to make sure every vote is counted.
Indigenous-led Actions Across the Nation Demand an End to Tar Sands Pipelines
On October 2, hundreds of people around the globe joined together to demand that Chase, Liberty Mutual, and other financial institutions stop backing the destructive tar sands sector and respect…
Defending Democracy Resource Guide
As we get closer to Election Day 2020, those waging war on people and the planet are refusing any commitment to a peaceful transition of power should they lose. They’ve…
YOU moved Chase to commit to climate action, now let’s get it to follow through.
BREAKING NEWS! This week, the #1 banker of the climate crisis, JPMorgan Chase, made a new commitment to align its financing with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. Is…
Rights Abuses, Deforestation, and Climate Change
Procter & Gamble is linked to rights abuses, deforestation, and climate change: P&G this doesn’t look good! Here are 3 ways P&G is falling short and 1 thing you can do about it.
Launching a new eNewsletter series
It would not be an understatement to say that 2020 will go down in history books as one of the most disruptive years of our lifetimes. From economic upheaval to disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to early wildfires and hurricanes to the uprising for racial justice, the time for dismantling systemic layers of oppression has long since arrived.
JPMorgan Chase and the Fracking Fiasco
Today, RAN and our friends at Oil Change International released a new report: Fracking Fiasco: The Banks That Fueled the U.S. Shale Bust. We looked at bank financing for top…
🦏 A New Sanctuary for Little Rhinos
Yay for World Rhino Day and a HUGE WIN for endangered Sumatran rhinos. A coalition—including major palm oil companies—has announced a NEW rhino sanctuary & breeding centre in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem! Thanks to YOU!
Chasing Down Chase
JPMorgan Chase is the world’s worst fossil fuel banker — but the pressure to change is mounting. This year, CEO billionaire Jamie Dimon, and the rest of the bank’s senior management team got a warning from their shareholders they can’t afford to ignore.
