Challenging the Corporate Climate Crisis
It’s only a few days until November 30, an international day of climate action and solidarity with the upcoming protests in Copenhagen. Nine cities are preparing mobilizations, mass actions, protests…
AMP Ohio Coal Plant Canceled
This is a nice piece of news. Hopefully the folks in Meigs County, OH will have a good holiday this year in celebrating the cancellation of this proposed plant. Meigs…
REDD Forest Agreement Still Missing Basic Elements for Sustainability
As negotiations wrapped up in Barcelona at the UN Climate Talks, the opportunity for a robust agreement to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries (REDD) is dangling…
A low-fat diet where potato chips don’t count
The world’s forests are a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. Covering over 30 percent of the Earth’s land surface, forests play a huge role in regulating weather patterns…
Indonesian NGOs reject forest certification of one of Asia Pulp and Paper’s industrial forest plantations
Last week I was in Sumatra, Indonesia, traveling with representatives from the local NGO Warsi, investigating the impacts of Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sinar…
Oil Giant Chevron Accused of “Extortion” on Capitol Hill
November 23, 2009 Published in the Huffington Post by Han Shan Chevron is piling on the lobbyists and PR firms in an extraordinary effort to evade responsibility for its massive…
Philadelphia Youth Activists speak out against Mountaintop Removal at EPA
There has been a lot of grassroots pressure on the EPA in the last few weeks on the issue of Mountaintop Removal. Last Friday I was able to meet a…
Protestors Stop Blasting on Coal River Mountain
Responding to Harmful Government Inaction, Protestors Stop Blasting on Coal River Mountain PETTUS, W. Va. – Early this morning two concerned citizens, Dea Goblirsch and Nick Martin, locked down to…
Do We Want To Be The Generation That Destroyed Ourselves?
November 20th, 2009 Published in the Huffington Post By Trudie Styler Actress, director, producer, and humanitarian The following post was originally delivered at the UN General Assembly’s meeting…
Breaking News: EPA Challenges Massey over Coal River Mountain
From RAN’s Dana Clarke We’ve just learned that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent a very legalistic letter to Marfork Coal Company, the Massey Energy subsidiary that is blasting…
Naomi Klein: Seattle Movements Coming of Age in Copenhagen
Here are a couple of great articles by lefty author Naomi Klein about the anti-corporate movement of movements which converged in Seattle in 1999 at the shutdown of the World…
Mr. Watson, how will you respond?
Mr. Watson, how will you respond? Yesterday Rainforest Action Network’s executive director Mike Brune sent a letter to Chevron’s incoming CEO John Watson and made him an offer. Come with…
Save Coal River Mountain Rally and Protest; Charleston WV; Dec 7 at 2pm
Seriously, if you aren’t going to be Copenhagen, ask yourself why won’t you be in West Virginia defending Coal River Mountain on Dec 7? As climate justice movements turn towards…
Sumatra hunger strike: the last recourse for a forest community
Here in Riau, Indonesia, signs of the struggle to save the last of Sumatra’s forest is everywhere. Daily, the papers cover stories of timber and oil palm companies destroying forests,…
RSPO Dispatch: Duta Palma destroys rainforests and lives
On the first day of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Pak Jamaluddin was quiet. He said the air conditioning of Kuala Lumpor gave him the flu. He seemed…
Appalachia’s Spotted Owl: Will a Tiny Fly Stop Mountaintop Removal Mining?
Could it be that a tiny fly is the secret to saving Appalachia’s mountains and drinking water from the destructive mountaintop removal coal mining (MTR) practice? According to Kevin Book,…
RAN Toronto Publicly Shames RBC CEO Gordon Nixon
Written by Dave Vasey from RAN Toronto. On Tuesday, RAN activists disrupted a speech by Gordon Nixon, president of RBC at Ryerson University. Nixon was speaking as part of a…
Massey Cited for Blasting on Coal River Mountain
So we’re in the midst of a campaign to save Coal River Mountain and end mountaintop removal. About two weeks ago, on a Nation Day of Action to End Mountaintop…
Save Coal River Mountain:The Online Day of Action Results are In!
All of you are AMAZING! At the end of last week, a number of organizations took online action to save Coal River Mountain. 350.org, Center for Biological Diversity,CREDO, Greenpeace, ilovemountains.org,…
Philly Activists Demand Lisa Jackson Save Coal River Mountain
Sunday, November 8th, 2009- Philly activists protested and flyered today outside the Opening Session of the American Public Health Association’s 137 Annual Meeting at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where EPA…
The U.S. Holds the World Hostage in Barcelona
The Barcelona Climate Talks are wrapping up, and the world is disappointed. We have seen two vocal protests in the first hour inside the closing plenary and expressions of frustration…
Join Thousands Calling on the Obama Administration to Save Coal River Mountain
Last week, Massey Energy began dynamiting Coal River Mountain in West Virginia—the site of a proposed 328-megawatt wind farm—to prepare for a massive mountaintop removal coal mining operation. Today, more…
We’re Literally Blowing Up Our Clean Energy Future
Cross posted from Alternet Last week, blasting began on Coal River Mountain in West Virginia. This is a part of the country where dynamite routinely goes off — turning the…
RSPO Dispatch: Cargill’s message to local communities – We have no time for you
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was founded to create a path towards sustainability in the palm oil industry. A voluntary process, oil palm producers, traders, buyers, and NGO’s…
Flashmob at America’s Energy Future conference at Washington University in St. Louis
Execs from Arch Coal and Peabody recently joined the board of Washington University in St. Louis and then had a conf on campus called “America’s Energy Future” Students and community…