Join Mountain Justice, Energy Justice Network and Rainforest Action Network as We Mobilize to End Mountaintop Removal. SIGN UP:http://ran.org/endmtrdoa WHAT: Actions at the EPA and across the country calling for…
A surprising turn of events in West Virginia politics this week. Sen. Robert Byrd, Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Nick Rahall all publicly criticized Massey Energy after the company refused…
Last night, RAN’s Sam Corbin attended the premiere of The Yes Men’s new movie, “Yes Men Fix the World”. After the movie was over, she directed the riled-up crowd to…
Last night, RAN’s Sam Corbin attended the premiere of The Yes Men’s new movie, “Yes Men Fix the World”. After the movie was over, she directed the riled-up crowd to…
Last night, RAN’s Sam Corbin attended the premiere of The Yes Men’s new movie, “Yes Men Fix the World”. After the movie was over, she directed the riled-up crowd to…
Here at RAN the agribusiness campaign is hard at work pressuring US agribusiness companies, with a focus on the massive privately held company Cargill, to stop their dirty and dangerous…
cross posted from Grist. Today marked one of the final days of the Bangkok UN Climate Negotiations. With the end of this intersessional in sight, the International Youth Delegation (IYD)…
About two years ago, a mucky muck at another environmental group campaigning against coal told me he thought we were winning against coal, but he couldn’t figure when the backlash…
Dr Yusof Basiron is the CEO of the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), a lobbying group that supports the oil palm industry in both Malaysia and Indonesia. Dr. Basiron is…
The largest industry trade group in the world is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a coalition of some 3 million leading corporations. This behemoth includes some of the most environmentally…
Bill McKibbon, author, activist, and founder of 350.org is helping to put the pressure on JPMorgan Chase to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining! Check out his letter to Jamie…
Bill McKibbon, author, activist, and founder of 350.org is helping to put the pressure on JPMorgan Chase to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining! Check out his letter to Jamie…
Bill McKibbon, author, activist, and founder of 350.org is helping to put the pressure on JPMorgan Chase to stop financing mountaintop removal coal mining! Check out his letter to Jamie…
I recently went on a trip with two awesome people from Rainforest Action Network, Branden Barber and Debra Erenberg, to visit Appalachia country in West Virginia. The purpose of the…
David Dellatore has faced much criticism for his willingness to work with palm oil companies. NGO’s on the ground in Indonesia face a very different reality than advocacy groups far…
The Rainforest Agribusiness campaign team attended the Natural Products Expo East in Boston, Massachusetts, where we participated in two very successful events entitled “Little Seed. Big Problem. Bold Solution” in…
I’m sitting opposite the ‘Hotel Black Gold’ as the sun goes down over Lago Agrio and the streets start to hum with evening traffic, people returning home from work and…
October 12-18 is World Rainforest Week. Every year, we take this opportunity to highlight rainforest destruction around the world – and what we are doing to stop it. And RAN…
Fabiola is a beautiful thirteen-year old girl with sparkling bright eyes and an infectious smile. As we approached her house in the village of Taracoa in Ecuador, she marched right…
David Gaveau et al. have released an innovate paper that takes a critical look at the widely touted Reduced Emissions through avoided Deforestation and Degredation (REDD) project in the Ulu…
Evidence is mounting about the social and environmental consequences of industrialized biofuels, aka agrofuels. A new paper from RAN concludes that we cannot grow our way out of our oil…
Today, Royal Bank of Canada held a fancy reception for journalists at their new headquarters, the 43-story, $400 million RBC Centre. RBC was practically bursting at the seams with pride…
Wednesday, September 30th, the Environmental Protection Agency released a list of 79 pending mountaintop removal permits that will be held for further review. While the decision signals a strong first step,…
Think Climate Finance is boring? Think again. cross posted from Grist. Remember when the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and International Monetary Fund were constantly making global headlines for…
How will you celebrate World Rainforest Week this year? As tropical forests around the world continue to be endangered by unsustainable logging practices, climate change and the expansion of agribusiness,…