Welcome To The Port Of Poverty And Pollution
The spirit of Seattle lives. A revolt is in motion in many parts of the country. It’s crossing issues and bringing together unlikely allies to challenge corporations and politicians acting…
Cargill Losing Minnesota Community Support Over Rainforest Destruction
If a place exists where Cargill has spent the time and resources to look as proper as the front row of a church on Sunday, it’s in the wealthy Minnesota…
VIDEO: Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan Dodges Coal Question
Early this morning, Bank of America‘s CEO Brian Moynihan presented to the Barclays Capital conference in Manhattan. Moynihan outlined his bank’s strategy to emerge from the credit crisis as “not…
Gibson Guitars Is Playing Politics To The Detriment Of Jobs And Forests
Today’s announcement that John Boehner will host Gibson Guitars CEO Henry Juskiewicz in the speaker’s box during President Obama’s jobs speech as a victim of over-regulation run amok is an…
Why Would Anyone Want To Work For Chevron?
Ahead of President Obama’s big jobs speech tonight, Chevron CEO John Watson says that Obama shouldn’t call for ending the $4 billion in taxpayer handouts Big Oil receives in order…
Illegal Orangutan Skulls Found On Palm Oil Plantations
An article in yesterday’s Jakarta Post identifies the role of palm oil plantations in the illegal souvenir trade of the skulls of endangered orangutans. Indonesia-based Center for Orangutan Protection (COP)…
Drawing A Line In The Tar Sands
tipping point (tɪpɪŋ point) — n the crisis stage in a process, when a significant change takes place This last week, I went to Washington D.C. and joined the Tar…
VIDEO: The Tar Sands Action Was Just Phase One
The Tar Sands Action wrapped up last Saturday, and I have to say it was a truly amazing thing to watch transpire. In all, 1,253 people were arrested protesting the…
Obama Buries Bad News, Insults Us All
If you blinked, you probably missed it. Last Friday, when most were getting ready to enjoy the Labor Day holiday, President Obama slipped out an announcement that he was asking…
Red State Rebels: Idaho Residents Call For Support & Solidarity Against Tar Sands Megaloads
Bam! The fight against the tar sands is hot! In the past week and a half, over 800 people have been arrested sitting-in at the White House in protest of…
This Week In DC, The Outcry For Climate Solutions Has Become An Uproar
Last fall, Bill McKibben, Phil Radford and I issued a letter calling on people of conscience to take direct action to amplify the demands of the climate movement. Of course,…
Photo Of The Day: Appalachians Join Texas Landowner In Tar Sands Sit-in At White House
Today another 111 people were arrested sitting in at the White House calling on President Barack Obama to deny the Keystone XL pipeline’s permits. In a powerful example of cross-movement…
Don’t Even Bother Watching This Ludicrous Pro-Tar Sands Propaganda Video
There are few things more destructive and horrifying than Canada’s tar sands, yet the new “Ethical Oil” TV ad airing in Canada right now uses the worst kind of fear…
Cargill Exposed: A Trail Of Human Rights Abuses
Much like the story with palm oil suppliers IOI and KLK, Cargill is again implicated in serious human rights abuses through it’s palm oil supplier Wilmar. News of yet another…
Photo Of The Day: RAN founder Randy Hayes, Darryl Hannah, 70 Others Blockade White House Sidewalk
RAN founder and board member Randy Hayes was arrested today along with actress Darryl Hannah and over 70 other concerned citizens protesting the expansion of the Keystone XL tar sands…
RAN Founder Randy Hayes On Why He Was Arrested At The White House Today
This post is by Randy Hayes, a founder and board member of RAN. Today Rainforest Action Network Board member Jodie Evans, actress and nature lover Darryl Hannah, myself, and more…
Join the Race to Save Rainforests And Orangutans: Earn a Renegade Merit Badge!
This post is by Girl Scouts Madison Vorva (age 16) and Rhiannon Tomtishen (age 15), who have been campaigning to get palm oil out of Girl Scout Cookies for the…
Photo Of The Day: James Hansen Arrested For Protesting Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
The Tar Sands Action entered its second week with the biggest day of arrests so far. NASA scientist and climate expert Dr. James Hansen was one of those arrested today…
Idaho Residents Arrested Blocking Tar Sands Megaloads Bound For Alberta
They spill, they drill, and we fight back with the only currency we have — our bodies, our minds and our fighting spirit. Hundreds have been arrested sitting in at…
Standing Up For Climate Justice In California
On Wednesday August 24th, citizens from all over California rallied in Sacramento and took a stand for climate justice. The mass action, organized by CoRReSol (Communities Rising for Real Solutions),…
Photo Of The Day: Father And Daughter Join Tar Sands Protest
Today’s Photo Of The Day is yet another inspiring image from the ongoing Tar Sands Action at the White House. Joe Uehlein and his daughter join the protest: Joe Uehlein,…
Photos Show Destructive Impacts Of Steam Injection At Chevron Oil Well, California Officials Forced To Intervene
Even after a sinkhole filled with poisonous gas, super-heated steam and hot water opened up beneath 54-year-old Robert David Taylor, killing the veteran oilfield worker, Chevron continued its use of…
“Everest Of Dirty Money” Launches Pro-Keystone XL Effort – A Partnership To Pollute America
“The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the Everest of dirty money.” — Bill McKibben, Powershift 2011 Have you heard of the Partnership to Fuel America? It sounds innocent enough, but…
VIDEO: Landowners Take It To The Streets To Protest Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
The massive sit-in at the White House to protest the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline expansion has entered its fifth day, with over 50 more arrests. But the protesters taking…
VIDEO: Tar Sands Action Sends “A Powerful Signal Around The Country And Around The World”
Since last Saturday, well over 100 people from all over the country have been arrested in Washington D.C. after standing up against the tar sands and the Keystone XL pipeline…