Opponents Offer Fierce Resistance to Tar Sands, Enbridge and Keystone XL
Don’t fool yourselves: Big Oil and Big Oil-friendly politicians aren’t giving up on tar sands or any other dirty fossil fuels. The only thing that’s gonna stop the tar sands…
How to Drive Change Through the Palm Oil Supply Chain
Over the past ten years, the disappearance of Indonesia’s and Malaysia’s most rich, pristine, and biologically diverse rainforests has been accelerating faster than ever. These rainforests are now ground zero…
Does Your Family’s Valentine’s Candy Contain Child Labor?
First, the bad news. This week, as millions of schoolchildren across the U.S. share Valentine’s candy and chocolate, they’ll be unwittingly—and unwillingly—contributing to child labor taking place on the other…
INFOGRAPHIC: 12 reasons to reject Keystone XL
It’s not a matter of if Keystone XL will spill, but when. Pipelines carrying tar sands have a horrible track record. In early 2013, 80,000 gallons of tar sands crude…
5 Ways Our Network Is Saving the Planet
Dear friends, Early in the New Year, I received a text concerning my two nieces that read, “We are all safe but leaving town—state of Emergency declared in Charleston as…
3 Outrageous Claims the Media Is Making About Keystone XL
Here are the 3 most outrageous things the media is saying about the Keystone XL pipeline: “Tar sands oil will be developed and transported to the gulf coast, with or…
Progress Report: Asia Pulp & Paper, One Year Later
Today marks the 1st year anniversary of the latest published “forest conservation policy” (FCP) of the Sinar Mas Group’s Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). Rainforest Action Network has evaluated the…
#NOKXL: Thousands Across The U.S. Say “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop”
We can’t stop. We won’t stop. Our Indigenous friends and allies in the U.S. and Canada have vowed to not let the “Keystone XL Black Snake” cross their sacred land….
New Keystone XL Review Acknowledges Significant Climate Impact
Today we moved a step closer to discovering what President Obama’s true climate legacy will be, when the State Department released the final, supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the…
APRIL Misses the Mark with New Forest Management Policy
On Tuesday, Indonesia’s second largest pulp and paper company, Asia Pacific Resources International Limited (APRIL), released an updated Sustainable Forest Management Policy. While this policy is notable, especially given APRIL’s…
Investor Summit: Bank of America puts our Climate at Risk
This post is by Yann Louvel, BankTrack Climate and Energy Campaign Coordinator. Earlier this month, Bank of America participated in the 2014 Investor Summit on Climate Risk as the “convening sponsor” of…
5 Reasons the TransPacific Partnership Fast Track Must Be Stopped
Time is running out to stop a secretive global trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership from getting Fast Track status at the end of January. “Fast Track” means the U.S….
Shut It, You Long-Haired Hippie
An “anti-public service” message from Donny Rico (originally published by Amazon Watch) Donny Rico here to deliver a message to all you long-haired hippie activist types complaining about the environment…
Why You Should Give A Sh*t That Water In West Virginia Is Contaminated
As I wrote last week, my two nieces live in Charleston, WV. Although their water has now been cleared as “safe,” they continue to have no clean water to drink….
The West Virginia Coal Chemical Spill Should Be A National Outrage
Right now my two nieces have no running water to drink. As a result of the coal chemical spill in West Virginia, they cannot safely use their water even though the…
West Virginia Chemical Leak Poisons 300,000 Peoples’ Water Supply
Since last Thursday’s toxic spill, when a coal-processing chemical spilled into West Virginia’s Elk River, roughly 300,000 people have lost access to tap water. Our friends at groups like OVEC,…
Goldman Sachs Sacks Coal Export Investment
This year got off to a good start when Goldman Sachs withdrew its investment in the dirtiest coal project on the west coast by selling off its equity investment in…
Remembering Becky Tarbotton: One Year Later
A year ago today the unimaginable happened. On December 26, 2012 we lost our executive director and friend, Rebecca Tarbotton. It was one of the hardest, most painful moments in…
Banking on Coal: New BankTrack Report Highlights Bank Complicity in Global Coal Mining Boom
“Most innovative investment bank for climate change.” – Citigroup “Mak(ing) your life greener and help(ing) tackle climate change.” – Morgan Stanley “Financing a low carbon economy.” – Bank of America…
Thank You
You know what I’m thankful for this year? You. Everything RAN has accomplished this past year is thanks to you. Please don’t think for a second that I’m just saying…
Lumber Liquidators: Trading Siberian Tigers, Organized Crime, and Illegal Logging for Cheap Flooring
A shocking new report shows direct ties between hardwood flooring giant Lumber Liquidators, organized crime, and the illegal logging of the habitat of the last 450 Siberian Tigers. This shameless…
Walmart: King of Greenwash
This week I have watched in horror as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded slammed into the Philippines. Fueled by a warming ocean, Typhoon Haiyan has killed an…
Pledge of Resistance Leaders Put Barack Obama “On Notice” – No Keystone XL Pipeline
Dear Barack Obama: Are you getting the message? Here comes the KXL Pledge of Resistance! More than 76,000 people have pledged to commit civil disobedience, if necessary, in opposition to…
Urgent: Papua New Guinea Tribes Under Threat from Conflict Palm Oil
The Indigenous communities of Collingwood Bay, Papua New Guinea are engaged in a high stakes battle to defend their land and culture from the threat of Conflict Palm Oil expansion…