Forest Defenders vs. Forest Offenders
The Keep Forests Standing campaign calls on the most influential corporations fueling the destruction of rainforests and the violation of human rights to take real action. A recent evaluation found…
These Activists are Disrupting the Dollars of the Line 3 Pipeline
For months, Indigenous activists, climate refugees, young folks, and community leaders have been calling on the bankrollers of climate change to step away from funding climate chaos, especially Enbridge’s Line…
Financed Emissions and the Road to Glasgow
This blog was originally published as an essay in Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021, published in March 2021 by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
5 Ways Liberty Mutual is Threatening Communities and Our Climate
Every new dirty energy project needs insurance. With Liberty Mutual’s support, fossil fuel companies are digging new coal mines, building tar sands pipelines, and expanding oil and gas drilling in…
We want YOU—in our Liberty Mutual campaign
We’re deploying new tactics and strategies against insurance giant and top climate chaos funder, Liberty Mutual. Join our webinar next week on Wednesday, April 14 to learn how you can get involved!
The data is in: Chase, Citi, and MUFG are hurling us all towards climate catastrophe
Our annual flagship report, Banking on Climate Chaos, has revealed that JPMorgan Chase is once again the top funder of fossil fuels since Paris, followed by Citi. MUFG earns a dishonorable mention for its funding of poisonous pipelines. Fortunately for them, we have a plan–and we’ll make sure our voices are heard.
Supporting the Line 3 Pipeline Resistance
To fight back against the toxic Line 3 pipeline, RAN is supporting Indigenous groups and frontline communities leading the resistance through our small grants program.
2020, Year of the Forests: Long live the Leuser!
2020 was a breakthrough year in our efforts to protect the Leuser, a fragile yet extraordinary ecosystem home to orangutans, tigers, sun bears, rhinos and elephants. Millions of people also depend on the Leuser for clean drinking water, food, and their livelihoods.
The Bad Egg in the Box
For a decade Ferrero has taken action to address its palm oil problem but now at this critical time for forests, communities, and climate, Ferrero has taken a step back…
Case Study: EMBA Hunutlu Coal Plant
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Case Study: Fracking in Vaca Muerta
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Case Study Compilation: Oil and Gas Projects
This blog was originally published as case studies in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil…
Case Study: Mozambique LNG Projects
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Case Study: Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Case Study Compilation: Coal Projects
This blog was originally published as case studies in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oil…
Case Study: Fires Around the World
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Case Study: The Arctic Refuge
This blog was originally published as a case study in “Banking on Climate Chaos: Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2021” — a report by Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network,…
Five Grassroots Organizations Elevating Frontline Voices
As RAN and many other organizations think through how to incorporate equity and inclusion into all facets of our work, it is more clear than ever we need to make…
With New Policy, The Hanover Insurance Group Starts to Exit Coal and Tar Sands
The Hanover Insurance Group recently updated its Environmental, Social and Governance framework and committed to cease new investments in many coal and tar sands companies and partly divest from these…
Reparation for the Irreparable
For more than two weeks, a group of the Indigenous Dayak Modang Long Wai people in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province has been blocking the entrance to a huge local palm…
Texas Winter Crisis
Today is day 3 of no power for many families across the state of Texas. A brutal winter storm that continues to sweep through the southwest of the United States…
Three Ways Ferrero is Breaking Our Hearts
The maker of Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Brach’s Candy, Ferrero Rocher, Nutella, and Girl Scout Cookies has fueled the destruction of one part of the world to profit off another! This Valentine’s Day, tell Ferrero we’ve had ENOUGH of its sweet nothings! 💔
Pipeline of poison
Despite decades of organizing and non-violent direct action against tar sands led by Indigenous and First Nations communities, energy corporation Enbridge recently began construction on the toxic Line 3 pipeline. Here’s how we’re supporting the fight to #StopLine3–and how YOU can join in.
Relentless pressure on Liberty Mutual forces insurance giant to respond
Despite claims that the company is taking efforts to curb climate change, Liberty Mutual continues to back fossil fuel projects while refusing to meet with impacted communities.Our latest campaign efforts, which include a website launch, scathing policy analysis, and global day of action, forced the insurance giant to respond.
Win for longtime Indigenous allies defending ancestral lands
The Achuar and Wampis of the Peruvian Amazon halt major oil extraction project on ancestral territory.