Let Me Introduce You to Bunge
You’re not alone. Bunge has a rather low profile, and up until now they’ve delighted in that. But, RAN is doing everything to change this. And, tomorrow in New York…
Greenwash of the Week: Mattel’s Barbie B-Cause
We’re about a week behind on this one, but there’s more to come.
RAN activists (and polar bear!) take on Bank of America at Greenfest Chicago
RAN took on Bank of America at the Chicago Greenfest this weekend, with the help of some Chicago area activists, and a polar bear. Perversely inspired by the Bank of…
Preliminary Findings: The Supermarket Sleuths Report Back
Ever since TheProblemWithPalmOil.org went live, the supermarket sleuths have been checking out their supermarkets, pantries, and medicine cabinets, all looking for evidence that ADM, Bunge, and Cargill have snuck rainforest…
Canditates Focus on ‘Clean Coal’ while Mountains Fall
As Obama and Clinton stumped for “clean coal” in West Virginia this week something critical was left out—people. Despite the rhetoric around “clean coal’s” environmental benefits, the reality of coal…
Dynegy CEO Admits Uphill Battle on Coal Fired Powerplants
More from today’s Dynegy shareholder’s meeting in Houston today. CEO Bruce Williamson, a finalist for Fossil Fool of the Year, told his company’s shareholders “that only a few of the…
Houston RAN and Southern Energy Network Stage Die-In at Dynegy AGM
Environmental activists from six states -Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, Texas, Iowa, and Illinois – converged today to urge the Houston-based Dynegy corporation to halt construction on its six proposed coal plants….
Lieberman-Warner Bill: Dirty energy in the name of climate protection
(This is a guest essay from our ally Cascadia Brian with Rising Tide North America) On the surface, broad-based solutions to global warming appear to be emerging in Congress. But…
Weyerhaeuser Gives RAN a Webcam!
Weyerhaeuser, by way of its iLevel brand, has been broadcasting the construction of a new house in Reedley, CA live over the Web. Quick background: In northwestern Ontario’s stretch of…
Mobilize This! CEOs get an earful at shareholder meetings!
Talk about “direct action at the point of decision.” Mini-mobilizations and actions around the 2008 shareholder season has been quite lively. Especially around the issues of coal and climate. Three…
RAN on the Radio
Ever heard of Corporate Watchdog Radio? It’s a weekly radio show and audio/video podcast on issues that you most likely care about (since you read the Understory). Last week the…
“The oil guys bring bottled water when they come here”
Update: Pictures from the trip are here. I’m in a pool hall in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, about 1,800 miles north of my home in San Francisco. The only road that…
TheProblemWithPalmOil.org is ready for action
Check out our new page at theproblemwithpalmoil.org. Demand for palm oil is on the rise, and pristine rainforests are being clear-cut and burned to make way for palm oil plantations….
Peabody, me and “the security blanket of US coal reserves”
So this morning at the Carbon Capture and Sequestration conference I had the opportunity to hear the infamous Fred Palmer, Sr. Vice President of Peabody coal do his ‘I love…
The Scale of Greenwashing
I think the first time I ever heard the word ‘greenwashing’ was in the late ’80s or maybe early ’90s after I saw a flier from McDonald’s about how they…
Start your own coal & coal finance campaign; Here’s how.
Now that bank shareholder season is over (BOA, Citi), I wanted to put something out about coal and coal finance campaigns going into the summer. Since, we’re all part of…
Dispatches from Fantasy CCS-Land
I woke up this morning to the sight of a coal train rumbling below my window and the image of a shiny new ‘clean coal’ billboard fresh in my mind….
Let the sleuthing begin!: TheProblemWithPalmOil.org goes LIVE
ADM, Bunge, and Cargill can’t hide any more: www.TheProblemWithPalmOil.org just went live. There is no secret about what US Agribusiness companies are doing in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the…
Public Interest Groups Oppose Carbon Capture Scam
In conjunction with the international release of a report by Greenpeace today – that identifies the ridiculous risk, uncertainty and cost associated with industry-driven plans for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS),…
Activism with compassion
Friends, Last night was wonderful. We had a party in support of RAN’s work at the home of Nina Rothschild Utne in lovely, Spring is Springing, Minneapolis. The overall feeling…
Caution! Caution! OXY’s Toxic!
Hello from Los Angeles! I’ve been in LA for the past few days supporting Amazon Watch, a great long-time organizational ally of RAN, as they demand that Occidental Petroleum clean…
Caution! Caution! OXY’s Toxic!
Hello from Los Angeles! I’ve been in LA for the past few days supporting Amazon Watch, a great long-time organizational ally of RAN, as they demand that Occidental Petroleum clean…
Caution! Caution! OXY’s Toxic!
Hello from Los Angeles! I’ve been in LA for the past few days supporting Amazon Watch, a great long-time organizational ally of RAN, as they demand that Occidental Petroleum clean…
Jam Down at the Bank of America; Mountain Music Day of Action;May 9-10
A coordinated Day of Mountain Music Action against the Banks that fund coal. Bank of America and Citi are the biggest funders of the coal industry. Continued dependence on coal…