Atlanta Activists to EPA Region 4: No New MTR Permits!!!
Today the EPA’s two regional offices that have jurisdiction over new mountaintop removal coal mining permits got visits by RAN activists. Atlanta’s Region 4 office oversees new MTR permits in…
Philadelphia activists rally & risk arrest to tell the EPA no more MTR
Philly EPA Considering 16 New Mining Permits This morning activists in Philadelphia descended upon their Regional EPA branch to put an end to Mountaintop Removal mining (MTR). Decisions made here…
Emergildo is Here! Tommorrow we visit Chevron
The RAN office is in high gear right now. Emergildo Criollo just arrived at our San Francisco offices straight from his home in the Ecuador rainforest, and we are prepping…
The Battle of Blair Mountain
The Battle of Blair Mountain was the largest organized armed uprising in United States labor history and led almost directly to the labor laws currently in effect today. For nearly…
Massey’s War on the First Amendment
I often post details on various Climate Ground Zero and Mountain Justice actions happening in the Coal River Valley and other parts of West Virginia and Appalachia. It’s often a…
Help Sustain Direct Action in the Coalfields of Appalachia
You may remember that last June 23, dozens of activists, including myself, organized a daring action to shut down one of Massey Energy’s mountaintop removal sites in West Virginia. That…
Pull a Prank That Packs a Punch on Fossil Fool’s Day 2010
The fossil fools ain’t no joke – but that doesn’t mean we can’t fight them with one! The Fossil Fuel Empire is real and it’s here. The stakes couldn’t be…
Cargill leaves a palm oil mess in Papua New Guinea
Cargill Inc., the world’s largest agribusiness company, has announced the sale of their palm oil plantations in the remote tropical nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Cargill owns mills and…
Fight MTR in Atlanta On March 1st
Reposted from It’s Getting Hot In Here By Matt Wilkerson If you live in the Southeast and want to do something for the struggle against mountaintop removal coal mining come…
Rebranding of Chase as Mountaintop Removal Financier Goes Viral
Last Thursday, Rainforest Action Network along with several online allies including 350.org, Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, the Waterkeeper Alliance, the Ruckus Society and others re-branded JP Morgan Chase in social…
‘Avatar’ is Real in the Amazon
Once upon a time there was a movie. Hundreds of millions of people around the world saw this movie. They were transported to the beautiful jungles of Pandora and introduced…
Two Jailed Pro-Mountain Activists Stage Hunger Strike Against Excessive Bail
The legal system is loaded against people fighting King Coal in Appalachia. Over the past year, we’ve seen excessive “cash-only” bails for non-violent activists in jail and excessive fines once…
Getting to Maybe with RBC
After a year of campaigning, this afternoon RBC and RAN finally sat opposite the same table to talk tar sands (here’s the background for those just tuning in). In RBC’s…
Activists occupy Marfork Coal Company, Pettus WV
This morning. three activists began an occupation of Massey Energy subsidiary Marfork Coal Company, Inc.’s main office. The protestors plan to present a citizen’s arrest warrant and list of violations on the…
Internet to Chase: Stop Destroying the Mountains
JP Morgan Chase is the biggest U.S. financier of mountaintop removal. They have financial relationships with the poster child of mountaintop removal, Massey Energy. That means their money is funds…
Remembering Christopher Coppola, March 20, 1989 – November 13, 2009
The following is a tribute to Chris Coppola. Donations to Rainforest Action Network in Chris’ memory have to-date exceeded $5,000. The Coppola family plans to continue to actively support the…
Kids Tell General Mills: ♥ Have a Heart ♥
On Monday, February 15, a dozen activists and several kids with Rainforest Action Network’s rockin’ Twin Cities chapter visited General Mills’ Golden Valley Headquarters with a very special Valentine’s Day…
First Nations and RAN Protest RBC in Vancouver
On Saturday February 13th at 3:00 p.m. dozens rallied outside of RBC’s main branch in Vancouver (1025 West Georgia St) to protest the Olympic sponsor’s record as the top financier…
Seattle Loves Mountains (Not King Coal or His Bankers at Chase)
This weekend, Seattle activists tired of watching big banks ruin the global economy and the planet had an action at a Chase branch in Seattle. Chase is currently the biggest…
RBC Tar Sands activists have a posse
I just finished spending two weeks with some of my favorite organizers in Toronto. In the midst of strategizing to have an impactful presence at the Royal Bank of Canada‘s…
Mining Banned in Flathead River Valley, BC
I’m heartened to hear that British Columbia has made a firm commitment to protect the headwaters of Glacier National Park by banning mining and drilling in the Flathead River Valley….
We All Heart Mountains
It’s time to celebrate the official “I Love Mountains” Day today. Today in the capitols of Kentucky and Virginia, coalfield residents, coal miners and people from all over Appalachia will…
Want an Awesome Yacht? Destroy the Environment.
In the last couple of weeks a slew of articles have come out announcing last year’s earnings for some of our favorite CEO’s. • JP Morgan Chase’s CEO Jamie Dimon…
Big Banks Not Winning Any Popularity Contests
Its easy to hate banks. From the vicious and predatory Mr. Potter in Its a Wonderful Life to the detached George Banks in Mary Poppins, bankers in TV and movies…
Chevron Lies, People Die.
In today’s “Chevron is a dirty liar” news: The oil giant pulls another dirty PR trick and lies to avoid paying $27 billion to clean up their toxic legacy in…