The True Cost of Chevron
Cross-posted from The San Francisco Chronicle. In advance of Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting in Houston next week, a damning report of the oil giant’s global operations was just released. The…
Chevron 2010 Alternative Report: A Look At The True Cost of Chevron
As public outrage at the oil industry intensifies and questions on how to reign in the industry abound, an unprecedented global coalition of communities harmed by – and fighting back…
Live from New York: At the Chase Shareholder Meeting
Hello from New York, where I spent the morning at JPMorgan Chase’s annual shareholder meeting. It was a packed event. After a year of financial turmoil, from which Chase has…
Two Activists Arrested Disrupting Coal Giant Massey Energy’s Shareholder’s Meeting
Activists disrupted the annual general meeting of criminal corporation Massey Energy this morning in Richmond, VA. Two of the group were arrested as they demanded an end to Massey’s reckless…
JPMorgan’s First Public Statement on MTR
Just in time for JPMorgan’s annual shareholder meeting, which is happening in NY tomorrow, the lead U.S. financier of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining released its first public statement on…
Two Anti-MTR Non-Violent Activists in West Virginia Held on $100,000 bail each
It’s pretty outrageous that a criminal thug like Massey CEO Don Blankenship walks around free (going to the Massey Shareholder’s Meeting tomorrow,) while two non-violent anti-MTR activists are held on…
Climate Ground Zero Blockades Coal Giant Massey’s HQ in West Virginia
Update: Tripod is down. EmmaKate and Ben are in custody. Julian, W.Va. — Two Climate Ground Zero protesters are blocking the driveway to Massey Energy’s Regional Headquarters in Boone County,…
Darth Vader takes on the American Power Act
This week the “climate” bill was rolled out in it’s newest form, the American Power Act (APA). The APA is little more that a handout to the largest polluters. Seems…
Judge Guts Chevron’s Malicious Prosecution Suit Against Lawyer
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Breaking New Video: Inside the Cargill Lock Down
Last week 10 activists entered Cargill’s private executive mansion, known as the Lake Office, with a special delivery for CEO Greg Page and the other top executives that run Cargill…
New Report Card Exposes Largest Financers of MTR Coal Mining
Today Rainforest Action Network, the Sierra Club and BankTrack issued a report card that ranks nine of the world’s largest banks on their financing of dangerous mountaintop removal (MTR) coal…
A New Video from Chicago Chase Activists
RAN Chicago and The Topless America Project participated in last week’s day of action against JPMorgan Chase’s financing of mountaintop removal coal mining. They visited a Chase branch in Chicago…
Royal Bank of Scotland Dodges Questions on Indigenous Rights
On April 28th in Edinburgh, Scotland the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) held their Annual General Meeting where shareholders met to discuss the future of RBS. RBS was one of…
Big Oil Profits, We Pay
Today, BP, and their contractors, Transocean and Halliburton, are testifying before Congress to determine who is at fault for the nearly 4 million gallons of oil wreaking havoc on the…
Chase: Stop Funding MTR- Reportback from Colorado Springs
Colorado College in Colorado Springs represented on the Chase:Stop Funding MTR day of action. Nice work to the folks out there! Here’s a reportback from Lizzy: “A group of about…
Dis-invest-a-lujah!
Our friends in NYC are on the move as the Church of Life After Shopping is hitting the Chase branches and talking to Chase employees about mountaintop removal…. with hidden…
The Coal Train Report
Over in Western Europe, when the British Government closed down the coal mining industry in the mid-1980s, there was strong resistance from workers and communities. A quarter-century later, public opinion…
Chase: Stop Funding MTR- Reportback from Lexington, KY
From Martin in Lexington, KY: At noon on May 6, a small but determined group of residents gathered in downtown Lexington, KY next to the JP Morgan Chase office tower…
National Day of Action, Night of Mourning Against Offshore Drilling. Friday, May 14
Day of Action, Night of Mourning Against Offshore Drilling www.ActAgainstOil.com SIGN UP- http://bit.ly/cyjsyl CONTACT- oilspill@risingtidenorthamerica.org Once again the fossil fuel industry has brought crisis to the Gulf Coast. Devastation of…
Chase: Stop Funding MTR- Reportback from Boulder, CO
Nice report back from Susan in Boulder: “I just got back from the local branch of Chase bank. First I stood outside and asked people coming in and out of…
Chase:Stop Funding MTR- Event Report from LA Action
In Los Angeles, a crew of dedicated volunteers protested outside a bank branch and delivered a letter, passed out flyers and held signs and banners. From Sophie in LA: “Today’s…
Chase: Stop Funding MTR Day of Action Reportbacks
Yesterday, people all over the country (150 registered actions) took action against Chase Bank over their funding of the mountaintop removal coal mining sector. From New York to Los Angeles,…
The Oil Spill’s Real Eco-Terroristas
“The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.“ -Utah Phillips We can’t make up shit better than this. In…
Activist Lock Down At Cargill Executive Mansion: The Inside Scoop
“In the wake of a damning report linking Cargill to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests, activists with Rainforest Action Network occupied the executive offices of the nation’s largest private agribusiness…
The truth about Cargill’s palm oil plantations in Borneo
The truth is out! After months of investigations, RAN just released a report entitled CARGILL’S PROBLEMS WITH PALM OIL: A BURNING THREAT TO BORNEO. Slideshow of report images Our report…