Time To End $122 Billion In Taxpayer Handouts To Fossil Fuels
Say you live next door to a polluting factory that is poisoning you and your family, and you decide to stop buying whatever that factory makes, voting for alternatives with…
RAN’s Rebecca Tarbotton Interviews Naomi Klein
Rainforest Action Network’s Rebecca Tarbotton interviews bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein. Klein has consistently been a voice for economic justice, international people’s movements and environmental sanity. Her sharp critique of…
Bank Of America Sponsors Marathon That Runs Past Chicago’s Dirtiest Coal Plant, Which Also Happens To Be Funded By Bank Of America
Sponsoring local community events is a tried and true PR maneuver for corporate polluters who otherwise would find it hard to get much sympathy from the communities they’re poisoning. Bank…
Lessons From Tahrir Square For The Occupation Of Wall Street
It was pretty incredible to be in Egypt learning about one of the key uprisings of the Arab Spring and simultaneously watching from afar as the “American Autumn” got underway…
Why Are People Occupying Wall Street?
Why are people occupying Wall Street? And can this protest lead to real change in how banks treat people? Over the last two weeks I’ve watched momentum build in lower…
PNC Bank’s Evolving Approach To The Energy Sector
PNC recently released their 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report. Documents like this provide a window into how a bank thinks about its environmental and social impact. RAN has been paying close…
Peat Fires Greet Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force Assembly
Thick smoke from burning peatlands hangs over the capital of Central Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo every morning. The smell from the smoke is pervasive, a constant reminder of how Indonesia…
Girl Scouts USA Announces Palm Oil Plan for Thin Mints: Greenwash or Game-Changer?
After four years of savvy campaigning by Girl Scout activists Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen, Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA) has finally acknowledged its role in rainforest destruction by releasing a…
Greetings From Cairo, Where The Egyptian Revolution Is Still Underway
I’ve heard the phrase “The more things change, the more they stay the same” many times since I got to Cairo two days ago. But the hope for a better…
Victory for Indigenous Rights in Indonesia
In a huge win for Indigenous and forest dwelling peoples throughout Indonesia who are struggling to assert their customary land rights in the face of massive palm oil expansion, Chief…
Cargill & ADM Support Community Conflict in Indonesia
Do you remember in 2009 when the World Bank’s lending arm, the International Finance Corp. (IFC), came under fire from human rights and environmental organizations lobbying to halt its funding…
Wangari Maathai: What Do Planting Trees Have To Do With Peace?
“It is evident that many wars are fought over resources which are now becoming increasingly scarce. If we conserved our resources better, fighting over them would not then occur…so, protecting…
1252 Arrested to Stop Keystone XL—Here’s What Comes Next
The groundswell of opposition to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline is something I’ve been following closely since this month’s sit-in at the White House, which saw the arrests of…
Another European Bank Voices Risks of Financing Coal Plants
RAN is challenging the largest U.S. banks to address their financing of coal power and we’re concerned that they are falling behind their European competitors. Last week, French banking giant…
What’s YOUR Connection To Rainforest Destruction?
What would you do if you knew that rainforest destruction could be found in nearly every room of your home? Rainforest destroying palm oil is an ingredient in roughly 50%…
Palm Oil’s Dirty Secret: The Many Ingredient Names For Palm Oil
Did you see the palm oil infographic we released today? I hope so! If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out. Were you shocked to find out that palm…
Wikileaks Cables Make A Bad Week For Chevron Even Worse
Earlier this week, a New York appeals court toppled the legal house of cards Chevron built to shield itself from having to clean up its oil contamination in the Ecuadorean…
Justice Begins With Seeds
Bringing together an inspiring array of speakers including Vandana Shiva, Ignacio Chapela, Andrew Kimbrell, and Miguel Altieri, the Justice Begins with Seeds conference in San Francisco provided an important platform…
Earthdance And Critical Beats Release Album To Support Frontline Communities
Some of the world’s hottest DJs, including Govinda, Bluetech, and DJ Spooky, teamed up with Indigenous musicians from the Amazon to create some truly inspirational music. Now it’s your turn…
Chevron’s Legal Strategy Derailed, Ecuadoreans Score Major Victory
Yesterday, Chevron’s legal strategy to evade cleaning up its oil pollution in Ecuador went off the rails. An appeals court in New York lifted a ban on the $18 billion…
How Did the Banks Get So Weak, Anyway?
A great article from Forbes appeared in my Google alerts last week and I had to share. The article begins as yet another article describing the sad state of affairs…
Bank Of America Smack Dab In The Middle Of Coal Exports Controversy
Last week, Rainforest Action Network’s guerrilla projections team rolled around Seattle raising the profile of coal exports in the Pacific Northwest. Coal companies like Peabody Energy and Arch Coal are…
35,000 People Call For Massey’s Corporate Charter to be Revoked
Last Friday, 35,000 signatures were delivered to the office of Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden by West Virginia residents who have directly experienced Massey’s disregard for worker safety, community health,…
Oil Pipeline And Husker Football Don’t Mix
Yesterday, the University of Nebraska severed ties with TransCanada after a massive outcry from Husker football fans upset that the developer of the Keystone Pipeline was running ads on the…
Chevron Is Trying To Erase Servio Curipoma From History, And A US Judge Is Helping
After poisoning his community and taking his family from him, Chevron is heaping disrespect on Servio Curipoma by trying to pretend he doesn’t exist, and that his mother, father, and…