Growing Resistance to Coal in the West
The spirit of Ed Abbey has returned home. The fight against Big Coal is not just in Appalachia anymore. Most publicized on this site and in the media is the…
Chevron’s Solar Fanfare- More than hot air?
Today, Chevron’s PR team is out in full force! And no, today they’re not lying to the public about their toxic legacy in Ecuador, climate change, their massive greenhouse gas…
Reverend Billy brings the mountaintops back to Chase bank
We’ve been hearing updates from across the country of activists and groups who are protesting Chase bank’s role in financing mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. This may be the…
Cargill waits for RSPO while Sinar Mas destroys forests
Last week Nestle joined the ranks of other major food conglomerates to cancel their palm oil contracts from Sinar Mas, Indonesia’s largest palm oil and wood pulp producer and notorious…
Two days locked-down to the EPA campaigning to end mountaintop removal
RAN activists have spent two days locked-down to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), demanding justice for the people of Appalachia by enforcing the Clean Water Act and ending mountaintop removal…
Palm Oil Controversy Threatens General Mills Golden Reputation
“Few things are more important than a company’s reputation with stakeholders. It represents the sum of all that we do – and reflects the value and trust that consumers, customers,…
Lisa Jackson’s Reaction To Mountaintop Removal Activist Lock Down At EPA
UPDATE: 7:00am, Friday March 19–After 24 hours activists are still locked down in front of the EPA headquarters in Washington, DC demanding justice for the people of Appalachia and protection…
Breaking: Anti-MTR Activists Risk Arrest at EPA HQ with Elaborate Protest
Follow @RANactions on Twitter for updates Hi Res Pictures Activists Risk Arrest with Elaborate Protest at EPA HQ; Demand Immediate Action to Stop Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Group Erects Purple…
Cargill customers cancel with Sinar Mas while Cargill continues to support rainforest destruction
Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has become the latest major multinational to cancel their palm oil contract with Sinar Mas, one of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates and a…
What a Week in Washington
Last week I went to Washington DC, along with 200 other folks from 27 US states. We were all there to tell Congress to end mountaintop removal and pass the…
Leprechaun Flash Mob Takes Over Twin Cities
This past Sunday, a crowd of leprechauns entered several Twin Cities grocery stores and froze with shock, horrified to discover that beloved Lucky Charms cereals are contributing to rainforest destruction!…
Screen the Film Chevron Doesn’t Want the World to See
CRUDE Screening Update: Wow we just shipped out over 260 Crude screening packets and and the numbers keep growing. From New Zealand to Spain, Austria to Mexico you are helping to…
Mountain Justice Spring Break
This week I’m at Mountain Justice Spring Break with folks from all over Appalachia and the east coast. Ex-coal miners, college students, people from Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Virginia,…
NASA Photos Reveal True Impact of Mountaintop Removal Mining
Satellite photos recently released by NASA illustrate the real impacts of mountaintop removal (MTR) mining in Appalachia. They were taken between 1984 and 2009 at the Hobet mine site in…
Indonesian Groups Reject APP’s Greenwash
Aida Greenbury, Director of Sustainability and Stakeholder Engagement at Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), took the stage today at the 12th Annual RISI pulp and paper conference to promote APP’s…
How Did They Get In Here? Part One
Mike Roselle, co-founder of RAN and Earth First!, now works in southern West Virginia with Climate Ground Zero campaigning against coal companies to end mountaintop removal. Last Thursday, he was…
Emergildo Criollo’s Video Message to Chevron CEO John Watson
On March 2nd Emergildo Criollo traveled from his home in the Ecuadorean rainforest to deliver a letter to CEO John Watson from 4 Indigenous nationalities living with Chevron’s pollution in…
Emergildo’s Story
This past week, Emergildo Criollo, an Indigenous Ecuador leader of the Cofan people traveled 3,000 miles from his home in the Amazon rainforest to California. He came to California to…
CA Lawmakers Want to Help Make Chevron Clean Up Ecuador
Last night, Emergildo Criollo, the Indigenous leader from Ecuador, met with California legislators and asked for their support in the 16+ year campaign to demand Chevron remediate massive oil contamination…
Indigenous And Hundreds More Challenge RBC On Tar Sands
Today more than 170 people rallied outside of the Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC’s) Annual General Shareholder meeting (AGM) in Toronto after a series of creative non-violent actions all morning….
Seattle Activists Target JP Morgan Chase
Activists in Seattle have been busy lately targeting their local JP Morgan Chase branches. Here’s a description of last Saturday’s protest from Chad in Seattle: “It was another fun filled…
Reverend Billy: “Let us CHASE the Devil Out of Mountaintop Removal!”
We’ve got some friends in New York joining the campaign to end mountaintop removal. Today, I got the following email from Rev. Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping: Our…
Emergildo Criollo Delivers Letter and Petition to Chevron Headquarters
Today Emergildo Criollo, an Indigenous leader who traveled from his community in Ecuador, attempted to deliver an appeal letter to Chevron CEO James Watson from the Cofan, Siona, Secoya Indigenous…
What’s Your Carbon “FOODprint”?
Brighter Planet has just come out with a report that examines the climate impact of multiple factors along the entire supply chain of producing, transporting, packaging, preparing and discarding our…
San Francisco:”Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal”
RAN’s Coal Campaign is bringing this theatrical production to San Francisco. If are in the Bay and can make, please do! “Welcome to the Saudi Arabia of Coal” An original…