Chainsaw economy: Financial sector fuels deforestation despite climate promises
Last year, the world lost a primary forest area larger than Sri Lanka while finance for forest-risk commodities surged.
EU hits “snooze” on landmark anti-deforestation law, Oreo cheers
If the planned delay goes through, this will be the second time in as many years that the EUDR has been delayed. The planet cannot wait any longer.
Insurance needs to be real about the science of climate crisis
Captain Ray Mallet isn’t sure why the shrimp stopped coming up the channel once the three methane export terminals arrived in his home of Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It could be…
Amazon-clearing cattle are being turned into “green” jet fuel
Not all “green” energy is actually what it purports to be, and biofuels have a litany of problems that could outweigh their supposed benefits.
Billionaire coup: How extreme wealth is killing the planet
The uber-wealthy are propping up an unequal system of ever-increasing consumption and production, driving emissions and environmental harm at the expense of others’ land, resources, and autonomy.
Greenwashed Gold Rush: The hidden cost of the electric vehicle boom
Global sales of electric vehicles currently account for a quarter of all vehicles sold, but it’s not necessarily a victory for environmentalism.
Organized people beat organized money—again
After years of stonewalling and greenwashing, Procter & Gamble—the $361 billion multinational known best for its laundry detergent, razor blades, toilet paper and, sadly, rainforest destruction—has finally started to budge….
How Sustained Pressure Continues to Move Chubb on Climate
The insurance industry is a key driver of climate chaos. While insurance companies deem neighborhoods, cities, and even entire states as too risky to insure due to climate risks —…
Oreo-maker begs the EU to delay its landmark anti-deforestation law
Mondelēz is attempting to delay the EUDR, taking a leaf from the palm oil industry as it tries to create loopholes for smallholders.
Palm oil producers are draining the life out of the Orangutan Capital of the World
Illegal drainage canals are turning the soil into a flammable carbon bomb inside the Orangutan Capital of the World.
Another reason to oppose war—its environmental fallout
The coming decades spell trouble for the two billion or so people living in or near conflict zones, and they also paint a dire picture for one of the frequently unheeded casualties of war—the environment.
Japan’s largest bank blinked, and then peatlands burned
MUFG acquired one of Indonesia’s largest banks, yet failed to vet its client list, which includes firms responsible for egregious acts of peatland destruction.
A playbook for combating corporate land theft emerges in Borneo
Indonesia’s pro-corporate land use system has caused devastating deforestation, but one Indigenous community is fighting back—and winning.
The Leuser Ecosystem has come a long way, but its future is still uncertain
A critically threatened rainforest sits at a crossroads—will it become a global model for rainforest conservation, or will it disappear piece by piece?
Big Win: Chubb No Longer Insures Calcasieu Pass LNG!
After impacted fishing families, RAN, and global allies exposed major insurer Chubb was insuring one of the biggest methane export terminals in the country, we pulled the new policy and…
The maker of Oreos is not taking its human rights responsibilities seriously
Rising authoritarianism is eroding basic democratic principles and human rights around the world, and corporations aren’t doing enough about it.
Animal feed is the new, silent planetary killer
The increasing use of palm oil in animal feed has deepened an unholy alliance between palm oil and animal agriculture, two planet-destroying industries, with the potential to dramatically accelerate tropical deforestation.
Palm oil lobbyists water down Europe’s anti-deforestation law
Lobbyists want the EU to give smallholders a pass on EUDR requirements, a dangerous gamble for Indonesia’s rainforests.
Elites posing as small farmers destroy critical rainforests in Indonesia
Smallholders grow about 40% of Indonesia’s oil palm, but they’re not all the same — some run their plots like mini corporate plantations, complete with managers and heavy machinery.
How to catch illegal deforestation in the act
Our latest investigation gets up close and personal with illegal oil palm producers in the orangutan capital of the world.
Multinationals silent on destruction of prime orangutan habitat
Oil palm growers are illegally cutting down rainforests inside the orangutan capital of the world, but complicit multinationals have nothing to say about it.
RAN’s 2024 Community Action Grants Supported Key Alliances Fighting for Climate Justice
Although 2024 brought significant challenges for the climate movement worldwide—ranging from the rise of the global far right to devastating forest fires from California to Patagonia and rising global temperatures—Indigenous and frontline communities remained resilient and unwavering, continuing to lead the movement for climate justice.
Black Activists Who Shaped America
Black activists have shaped our nation, created the blueprint for civil disobedience, and built the backbone of every movement changing the world today. RAN — and the nonviolent protest that’s…
Human Rights Under Attack
— An earlier version was printed as an Op-Ed in Newsweek on Feb. 18, 2025. Human rights are under attack. And we all need to speak up. At Rainforest Action…
Fisherfolk take the fight against LNG to Chubb
May 16, 2024: Update! Chubb no longer holds their $1.5 billion primary insurance policy for Calcasieu Pass LNG! Help us use this momentum and keep pressuring them to stop insuring…