Who’s banking the Keystone XL pipeline?
May 2020 update JPMorgan Chase remains the primary banker of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline through its support for TC Energy, the company behind the project. It’s followed…
Indofood takes advantage of pandemic outbreak to lay off hundreds of palm oil workers
Indofood, Indonesia’s largest food company, has taken advantage of the pandemic to lay off hundreds of palm oil workers. Brands and banks MUST pressure it to end its long track record of worker exploitation!
Keep Forests Standing
Campaign Launch!
Today, we’re putting 17 brands and banks on notice: end deforestation and the expansion of logging and industrial agriculture into the last tropical rainforests of Indonesia, the Amazon, and the Congo Basin, in particular areas traditionally owned and managed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities…NOW.
Taking Care and Taking Action
At RAN, we fully recognize the global health and financial crisis created by the COVID-19 pandemic. And we know that, like the existential threat of climate change, these crises require unprecedented global action in solidarity with those most vulnerable.
Liberty Mutual Stands With Tar Sands Oil
Liberty Mutual spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year advertising their insurance coverage for homes, cars and more. For the general public, they don’t advertise that they also insure…
Offshore Drilling: Guyana
Guyana, a small South American country with less than one million people, is a newcomer to oil production at a time when the world must move away from fossil fuels….
Expansion: Amazon Oil
Despite widespread concern over the vulnerability of the Amazon rainforests, four companies (Andes Petroleum, GeoPark, Frontera, and Amerisur) are actively pushing to expand fossil fuel extraction deep into the western…
Coal Mining: Turów Mine
PGE (Polska Grupa Energetyczna) is the largest producer of electricity and heat in Poland, 91% of which it derives from burning coal. PGE’s plans to develop Europe’s deepest lignite mine…
Taking care of each other during crisis
Just like you, our family at RAN is trying to navigate the global pandemic that is reaching into our communities and around the world. Social justice and mutual aid are…
You told Chase to do better, and they listened (Well, sort of).
Breaking news! Last week, JPMorgan Chase said it will rule out funding for coal plants around the world, and for oil and gas projects in the Arctic. It also committed…
PepsiCo Makes Major Shift in Approach to Palm Oil
What does this win mean for PepsiCo, for RAN, and for the rainforests, communities, and workers of Indonesia?
What does winning on the PepsiCo Campaign mean?
Got questions? We’ve got answers! Here are the top five Q&A’s that’ll give you a sense of just how monumental a move this is!
The Bank You’ve Never Heard of That’s Bankrolling Deforestation AND the Climate Crisis
Around the world, our greatest protection against the climate crisis is going up in flames. Forests are our greatest line of defense against worsening climate chaos, but they’re being destroyed…
Make Polar Bears Happy for Polar Bear Day
It’s Polar Bear Day! But the planet is warming, their habitat is disappearing, and their way of life is becoming impossible. We won’t stand by and lose Polar Bears to the greed and destruction caused by Big Banks driving climate change; but we need your help!
Yoooooouuuuuu DID IT:
Good news from Kellogg 🎉
Breaking News: Kellogg announces stronger Palm Oil and Deforestation Policies including precedent-setting protections for human rights defenders and a commitment to forest restoration!
An Introduction and Q & A with RAN’s New Executive Director Ginger Cassady
We are very excited to announce that Ginger Cassady is the new Executive Director at Rainforest Action Network. Ginger’s appointment follows the decision of former Executive Director Lindsey Allen to…
We must keep forests standing, uphold rights and protect the climate
Here we are in a new year and 2020 requires bold action from all of us. We must keep forests intact and standing. We must uphold the rights of frontline and Indigenous communities as they face the most immediate harm. We must draw a line in the sand: not another forest cleared.
Racism, The Royals, and “The RAN”
It’s not often that Rainforest Action Network gets swept up in a royal scandal. In fact, let’s say never — until now, that is. Spurred by an article in a…
Are U.S. Insurers Breaking Up with Fossil Fuels?
2019 was the second hottest year on record and marked the end of the hottest decade ever. It was 365 days of devastating climate impacts: wildfires ravaged California, Indonesia, and…
BIG News: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s New Coal Policy
Big climate news in late December: insurance giant Liberty Mutual adopted a policy to stop insuring coal companies, just two months after we launched our campaign. It’s a big deal (and…
How do the Snack Food Giants compare on Cutting Conflict Palm Oil?
How do the Snack Food Giants compare on Cutting Conflict Palm Oil? Our assessment has found that their paper promises have not stopped deforestation, have not mitigated threats to endangered species, and have not delivered remedy for the exploitation of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and workers.
Fast facts about Australia fires
The images and video coming from Australia are devastating. Yet again, the climate crisis is fueling another horrifying event, one that has killed an estimated 500 million animals, dozens of…
5 BIG Wins and 1 Lesson We’ll Never Forget From 2019
It’s been a year for the record books: record-breaking temperatures and pollution, but also record-breaking climate protests. Millions of people hit the streets worldwide to prove that people power is…
The Most Important Place You’ve Never Heard Of
Can you picture a rhinoceros in the rainforest? Add a herd of elephants, families of orangutans swinging through the treetops and tigers prowling the understory and there is only one place in the world you could be: Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of Earth’s most ancient forest ecosystems…
AXIS Capital Adopts New Fossil Fuel Policy
Slowly but surely, the U.S. insurance industry is starting to acknowledge its role in driving climate change, and taking steps to stop. Last month, AXIS Capital became the second U.S….