Chevron Cares More About Image Than California Schools
Today, Chevron’s ever present PR team is pushing out an announcement about how much Chevron loves Southern California schools. According to the press release and tweets, the oil giant is…
Chevron Confidential Employee ‘Whistle Blower’ Hotline
In light of today’s shocking revelations about longtime Chevron contractor Diego Borja, we are launching a confidential hotline for Chevron employees to report ‘suspect’ activities by the oil giant. This…
“Greenwash of the Week”: Chevron’s Project Bull#$%^
Chevron likes to sponsor a lot of things, hoping we’ll forget how irresponsible and polluting their operations are. Turn on the TV and there’s Chevron. Go to a San Francisco…
Chevron’s Solar Project Bulls#%t!
Rainforest Action Network is bringing back our popular web TV show Greenwash of the Week. This week our charismatic hosts Nick and Brianna investigate the recent solar announcement by oil…
Challenging Chase on Coal in San Jose
Here’s a report-back from a Chase branch protest in San Jose last week: At 3:00 PM eight of us headed to the branch office at 55 West Santa Clara Street,…
Mountaintop Removal’s Final Four
Tomorrow night, the West Virginia Mountaineers are going up against one of the nation’s toughest teams to pursue the ultimate victory – winning the NCAA championship. To get their win,…
Report-Backs from 340+ Crude Screenings Rolling In!
Crude screening report-backs are rolling in from all over the US. When it’s all said and done we will have had over 340 Crude screenings! With this many screenings it’s…
Fossil Fools Day Packs Some Punches!
Spoofs, hoaxes, Insurgent clown armies, impersonations, media hijacking, theatrics, and even Bigfoot formed just part of the arsenal that climate activists used in calling out the worst climate criminals commenced…
Activists tell Chase in Chicago: Stop Funding MTR
We just received an update from RAN activists in Chicago, whostaged a ‘flashmob-style die-in’ today (Friday April 2nd) at the Mid West headquarters of JPMorgan Chase. Bill Daley, Head of…
General Mills: Stop Fossil Foolin’ Around!
In Fossil Fools Day spirit, a dozen palm oil activists and one endangered orangutan protested General Mills’ use of rainforest-destroying palm oil in front of a San Francisco Safeway yesterday,…
EPA lays down the law: announces strict enforcement of Clean Water Act
More on today’s announcement from the EPA… As we have already blogged, today the EPA announced formal guidance on the issuance of new mountaintop removal coal mining permits. I will…
Activist Arrested at RBC’s Waterloo
An activist was arrested this afternoon at the Waterloo Branch of RBC Bank. Mark Corbiere was charged with mischief for hanging a banner reading “Boycott RBC” and “Stop the Tar…
Fossil Foolery in 13 Canadian Cities
From Maryam in Toronto: In the spirit of Fossil Fools day, 13 Cities in Canada have taken action and pulled creative pranks and tricks on tar sands supporters. 8 communities…
Spoof Newspaper Targeting NW Natural Gas Distributed in Portland for Fossil Fool’s Day
Late last night volunteers with Portland Rising Tide blasted the city with over 3,500 fake newspaper covers wrapping the Willamette Week. With content including an interview with Bigfoot about pipeline…
Chicago Plays Pranks on Fossil Fool JPMorgan Chase
Reportback from RAN Chicago: In celebration of Fossil Fools Day, RAN activists in Chicago “fooled” customers by taping off drive through ATM’s and posting signs stating “this bank has been…
Activists Pull Elaborate ‘Fossil Fools Day’ Prank on Xcel Energy
Fossil Fool’s Day actions all over the world. Here’s one from Denver Spoof Website, Press Release and Letter Announce that Xcel Will Completely Abandon Fossil Fuels April 1, 2010 Denver,…
The EPA Releases New Guidance on Mountaintop Removal
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today a major new guidance document that provides the coal industry and coal-state regulators with “clarity” regarding the permitting of mountaintop removal coal mining….
Shell Apologizes for Human Rights Violations in Niger Delta….. or Did They?
Happy Fossil Fool’s Day from the Yes Men [youtube zciWUOrIUqo&feature] Today the Yes Men called a faux press conference and posed as Shell Oil apologizing for human rights violations in…
Twenty-Twenty-Twenty Four Hours to Go, Fossil Fool’s Day is Almost Here
Bummed out that the fossil fuel empire might be a scoring a big win on offshore drilling? Wanting to do more to stop King Coal’s destructive reign over Appalachia? Are…
Credit Suisse, No Financing for Mountaintop Removal Mining
Check out this excellent article by Andy Kroll at Mother Jones that examines how “Wall Street darlings” JPMorgan Chase are “underwriting environmental Armageddon” by funding mountaintop removal coal mining companies,…
Chevron’s Lobby Spending Doubles as Profits Plummet.
The Associated Press reported today that Chevron spent $5.3 million in the last 3 months of 2009 on lobbying the federal government on everything from trade issues in Ecuador to…
Rockefeller Responds to EPA Decision Vetoing Spruce Pine Permit
It’s a sad thing that when Jay Rockefeller first entered West Virginia politics in 1972 he opposed surface mining. But after losing that election he aligned with King Coal and…
EPA moves to block the largest MTR mine in West Virginia
We’re hearing some reassuring news from the EPA this morning. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it is moving to block the largest mountaintop removal mining permit in…
Pledge to End Mountaintop Removal in 2010
I have spent the last two years working to end the devastating, unjust practice of mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR). This is a practice that requires dynamiting the tops off…
Marsh Fork School Gets A ‘Welcome Start’ From Its Polluting Neighbor
Last June I joined hundreds of concerned citizens, including NASA scientist James Hansen, to rally at Marsh Fork Elementary School in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The school is adjacent to…