Supermarket Sleuths: Are they hiding rainforest destruction in our supermarkets?
It is not every day that we here at RAN get to announce the launch of a major new strategy… but today is one of those exciting days! The Rainforest…
“Multi-Stakeholder” Process Misses the Mark (Police and barricades installed to prevent access)
I don’t necessarily expect to be welcomed into a closed, board-room meeting. Or, the secret negotiations of nation-states as they deliberate economic agreements, or arms deals. But, when a process…
200 Indigenous Leaders Demand Their Rights in Malaysia
Yesterday, in Kuching, our fact finding team meet with 200 leaders from Indigenous communities around the state of Sarawak. Some had traveled by boat to attend, some had traveled 8…
Houston RAN Solidarity Action with No Coal Groups at BOA AGM
Houston RAN did a solidarity action with No Coal groups at the Bank of America shareholders’ meeting. Coal activism is POPPING. If you don’t have a coal plant or coal…
Coal is over: get the picture?
A supporter from Texas created this video about why you should care about Bank of America (and Citi’s) investment in coal. If you want to get involved, start by signing…
Coal makes BoA’s Ken Lewis red in the face at AGM
Today’s Bank of America shareholder meeting was a packed house and CEO Ken Lewis was not having a very good day. Poor guy, first he had to deal with the…
Bank of America: You Can’t Bail out a Dead Planet
Coal and climate activists have really been stepping it up in Charlotte and North Carolina. Between Duke Energy building a 800 NW new coal plant in Cliffside, NC and Bank…
When “Responsible” Just Isn’t Enough
The voices are growing louder. In recent weeks declarations released by social movements, as well as social justice and environmental NGO’s internationally have pronounced: there is no such thing as…
I got a date with Citi! (or, Inside the Citi AGM)
I’m about to hop on a plane to Charlotte, but I wanted to capture some of the excitement from Citi’s Annual Shareholder Meeting. It was an amazing day – there…
Hey Citi, Coal is Over! Start Funding Wind and Solar!
Today is Citi’s annual shareholders’ meeting. It’s the day where the company executives give a report on the state of the company (which is pretty bad for Citi right now,…
Appalachian resistance comes to NYC for Citi shareholder’s meeting
This week I am in New York for the Citi shareholder’s meeting. Mostly because Citi is the biggest funder of coal from the cradle to the grave. They fund mountaintop…
Malaysia: State Agency Could Use PR Training
This morning, our international fact finding team in Malaysia was scheduled to meet with officials from the Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra), the state agency that officially works…
Protest Chevron on Earth Day in San Francisco!
As I mentioned in my post on Thursday, “Justicia Now! Shame on Chevron”, Chevron is getting desperate with its PR punches. Last week, Chevron launched a PR campaign denouncing Goldman…
Toxic Tar Sands Exposed at Earth Day Event
Got Tar Sands? Similar to the got milk ads about our health, communities across the country are questioning why oil refineries are asking for permits to expand their refinery. The…
What is Bank of America doing for Earth Day?
I spent this past weekend in Charlotte, NC – the headquarters of Bank of America. Their annual shareholder meeting is this Wednesday, and I’ve also been attending a number of…
Oil Palm Devastating Indigenous Communities
I just returned to Kuching after visiting with seven Indigenous communities in northern Sarawak (in Malaysian Borneo). What we saw was a tragic and infuriating picture of collusion between the…
Justicia Now! Shame on Chevron!
This week has filled me with immense pride for work of the Indigenous and campesino communities who have been waging a campaign for social and environmental justice in the Ecuadorian…
RAN Exposes Weyerhaeuser to Shareholders
Update: better quality video of the event is here. Update: pictures from the event are here. This morning, RAN activists gave Weyerhaeuser shareholders an idea of what the company is…
On a mission to expose the human costs of palm oil
I just arrived in Kuching, Malaysia, after 20 grueling hours of travel from San Francisco. I’m here to take part in a fact finding mission organised by Sarawak Dayak Iban…
Some pretty darn good tips for greening your money
Here’s a good post on Grist, ‘Any Portfolio in a Storm’ about environmentally friendly investing – or if you don’t have any investments, but might one day – where you…
Climate Activists Blockade Dominion HQ
Blue Ridge Earth First! blockaded Dominion Resources HQ in Richmond Va today. EARTH FIRST! BLOCKADES DOMINION HEADQUARTERS IN RICHMOND IN PROTEST TO COAL PLANT: YOUTH FROM WISE CO. TO NORTHERN…
Rebirth of a Dream
I coauthored this with Amy Ortiz, a student activist from the RAN network, who also works with Southern Energy Network. This past weekend, April 4-6th, something historic took place in…
Rebirth of a Dream
I coauthored this with Amy Ortiz, a student activist from the RAN network, who also works with Southern Energy Network. This past weekend, April 4-6th, something historic took place in…
Rebirth of a Dream
I coauthored this with Amy Ortiz, a student activist from the RAN network, who also works with Southern Energy Network. This past weekend, April 4-6th, something historic took place in…