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…
RAN DC Delivers Over 6,000 Public Comments To EPA
Yesterday was the end of the public comment period for the April 1st guidelines that put tougher standards on mountaintop removal mining permits. So we stuffed the public comments into…
The Credit Crisis Demystified
For those who’d like a better understanding of the credit crisis, check out this great video from crisisofcredit.com
And the winners are…
The votes have been counted and the winners of our Punk Chevron contest have been announced. Congratulations to Jamie Way, of Denver, CO for creating this 1st place design: Jamie…
Diggin’ Palm Oil Free Soap
Most of us practice personal hygiene at least every couple of days, and because many contain synthetic chemicals, a portion of those end up in our bodies and in our…
Climate Activists Train To Slow Flow Of Tar Sands
Resistance is fertile. Last week, almost 100 people from Idaho, Montana, Washington, Utah Oregon, California, Oklahoma and different parts of Canada converged outside of Missoula, MT for the Anti-Tar Sands…
The PNC Four Go Free
Last month RAN organized a protest inside PNC Bank’s Washington DC branch in coalition with the Earth Quaker Action Team, RAN Chicago and Reverend Billy and the Church of Life…
Just One Small Part Of A mosaic:EARTH
From our friends at TckTckTck comes a beautiful new piece of digital art that RAN is honored to play a part. mosaic:EARTH tells inspiring stories of environmental action from around…
Breath Of Fresh Air: Two Kentucky Coal Plants Cancelled
Great news from our friends at Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC): the coal-burning power plant proposed by the East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) has been canceled by the utility. East…
Harmony On Earth: Is It Possible?
“Just as mankind had the power to push the world to the brink, so too do we have the power to bring it back into balance.” -Prince Charles When does…
Breaking: UBS Eighth Bank To Slow Financing Of MTR
More good news for our global finance campaign – this week Swiss banking giant UBS issued a public statement highlighting the regulatory and reputational concerns around mountaintop removal (MTR) coal…