RBC Takes Step Away From Tar Sands
It took nearly two years, but today Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) finally adopted environmental and social standards on its financing in the tar sands. Great! So what does that…
More Lies on Midwestern Tar Sands Pipeline
With approval of his $7 billion KeystoneXL pipeline uncertain, TransCanada CEO Russ Girling is now saying the project has nothing to do with Canada’s tar sands. But that’s not the…
Historic Moment in Chevron-Ecuador Case: Judge Closes Evidence Phase, Ponders Ruling
This post originally appeared on Amazon Watch’s Chevron In Ecuador blog. Friday, December 17th was a momentous day in the long struggle of the people of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest region…
Rainforest Action Network Victories: Top Ten of 2010
Making change in the world is hard work — some times decades-long hard work. But with the right combination of strategies, experience, tenacity, and allies, it is possible to achieve…
Our Local Dirty Power Plant Is Shutting Down
Here in San Francisco we just got some holiday cheer: After decades of battling, the last remaining fossil fuel power plant in our city is going to shut down. Mayor…
Manchin Doesn’t Care About DADT Or Mountains
Joe Manchin is off to a poor start as the new Senator for West Virginia. Many of his constituents are furious he skipped out on the Senate’s “Don’t Ask Don’t…
WikiLeaks: Chevron Negotiated Oil Project With Iran
Last I checked, Chevron was still a US company and hence subject to US laws. But surprise, surprise: Chevron has little regard for the law when there’s money to be…
U.S. Announces Support for UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights
With President Barack Obama’s announcement that the United States will “lend its support” to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the U.S. has at last joined…
Book Lovers: Don’t Buy Rainforest Destruction!
UPDATE: On October 11, 2012, Disney announced a comprehensive paper policy that maximizes its use of environmentally superior papers like recycled and eliminates controversial sources like those connected to Indonesian rainforest destruction….
This New Spoof Chevron Video Is Funny Because, Sadly, It’s All Too True
The hits just keep on coming! This new spoof Chevron TV ad is absolutely hilarious. It’s too bad our contest is over, because this new video, created by Trouble and…
Giving To RAN: Going Green for Sweet Sixteen
Amanda Keller and Michelle Bennett of Morris County, New Jersey used the celebration of their very special sixteenth birthdays this year to raise $1,200 for Rainforest Action Network and spread…
Deep in the Heart of Dirty Energy and False Solutions
I just want Texas to be number one in something other than executions, toll roads and property taxes. -Kinky Friedman They say everything is bigger in Texas. And in the…
Don’t Take Our Word For It: Chevron’s “We Agree” Campaign One of 2010’s Worst
Rather than take responsibility for its toxic mess in the Ecuadorean Amazon, Chevron launched a fancy new $90 million ad campaign to convince us all that the company really cares…
Judging Our Right To Protest Coal
The media has paid a lot of attention to public protest in England this past week. Getting less attention is a fascinating trial of 20 climate change activists who were…
What’s The Connection Between Fractals And Rainforests?
When longtime RAN supporter Robert Wehle recommended to one of our staff that we watch the NOVA special FRACTALS: Hunting the Hidden Dimension that was the first question that popped…
Lessons For Activists From EPA’s Anniversary
The anniversary of the Environmental Protection Agency, created forty years ago this month, should remind us all of how action at the grass roots can make a real difference. I…
Coal Tattoo: Massey’s Blankenship to Plead the Fifth in Mining Disaster Probe
Don Blankenship is going to plead the 5th in the Upper Big Branch probe. Seems that Big Don is invoking his right to avoid self-incrimination. I’m pretty shocked and awed…
Challenging Green Corporate Power
Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle posted an article about California becoming “the center of renewable power development in the United States” as utility companies work toward the state-mandated 20%…
Oil Spills Are Just Business As Usual for Chevron
Oil is a dirty business. There’s just no way around it. Drilling for oil, transporting it across the globe, refining it into fuel – every step of the process is…
PNC: Are You In This For The Long Run?
Our friends at the Earth Quaker Action Team in Philadelphia staged a marathon-themed protest at PNC bank last month, shortly after the bank announced a public policy on financing mountaintop…
5 Better Ways Massey Could Spend Blankenship’s Golden Parachute
Just announced — Don Blankenship is set to receive a $12 million “F*** Off” package from Massey Energy. It must be very disappointing for Don, as last year he took…
Slave Labor For Palm Oil Production
Despite the 7.2 magnitude earthquake, tsunami and successive volcanic eruptions from Mt. Merapi this November, I made my way to Indonesia to attend the 2010 Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil…
U.S. Should Join World In Supporting Indigenous Rights
Canada has now formally endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), leaving the United States as the only country to remain opposed to the most…
Designing For Good (Not Evil)
When talking about activism and social change, design is not always one of the first words that come to mind. But maybe it should be. It is critical that we…
COP16 Climate Summit: Live From Cancun!
OneClimate and TckTckTck bring us live interviews and educational programming from the COP16 United Nations Climate Change Conference–a.k.a. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)–in Cancún, Mexico. You can…