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Wall Street Backs Away From Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Two years ago no bank had a policy on coal mining, and Wall Street was providing finance and credit indiscriminately to the most destructive form of mining in the country. Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo have successively passed public policies limiting their financial relationships with coal operators that practice mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining.
RAN Announces New Executive Director Rebecca Tarbotton
EPA Appoves New MTR Permit: Demand Mountaintop Removal Mining Be Abolished Lisa Jackson’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as given the Army Corps of Engineers a green light for the Pine Creek mine permit, a mountaintop removal (MTR) mining site in Logan County, W.Va.
The Lasting Stain of Oil: Cautionary Tales and Lessons from the Amazon 10 lessons communities in Ecuador have compiled from their experiences living with Chevron’s billions of gallons of oil contamination for the past 30 years.
Rainforest Safe Reading List We released a list of 25 children’s books that are “rainforest-safe.” All books are printed on post-consumer recycled, FSC certified or recycled paper.

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A recent alumnus of Iona College in New York, Josh discovered RAN while researching his senior thesis, “Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest: Impacts, Causes, and ‘Green Business’ Solutions.” He credits his thesis advisor, Dr. Fredrica Rudell, with inspiring him to learn more about RAN, and calls the organization corporate America’s greatest ally…

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