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New Report Finds Top Children’s Book Publishers Using Paper Linked to Rainforest Destruction

Release Date: 
Monday, May 24, 2010

New York – America’s children’s books are contributing to the destruction of endangered rainforests in Indonesia, according to a new report released today by Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The report, entitled Turning the Page on Rainforest Destruction; Children’s Books and the Future of Indonesia’s Rainforests, finds that a majority of the top ten U.S. children’s publishers have released at least one children’s book that tested positive for paper fiber linked to the destruction of Indonesia’s rainforests, including some books that describe the benefits of rainforest conservation.

Activists Send Message at Massey Energy Hearing: Coal is Dangerous

Release Date: 
Thursday, May 20, 2010

Washington, D.C. (5/20/10)— Today activists with the Rainforest Action Network attended the 2:00pm Massey Energy hearing before the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions) Committee. RAN activists were present to ensure that Massey’s controversial CEO, Don Blankenship, was held accountable for his role in the April 5, 2010 Upper Big Branch mine explosion where 29 miners tragically died. They were also calling attention to the company’s repeated mine safety and environmental violations.

Certified logging no match for Indonesia's timber 'mafia'

LONG HUBUNG, Indonesia — Dayak tribesman Hanye Jaang didn't know it, but he used to be part of a multi-billion-dollar "mafia" that is ravaging Indonesia's forests and, scientists say, warming the climate.

The wiry 36-year-old still cuts down trees but now he's doing it legally in a way that minimises damage to fragile forest ecosystems.

"I don't have to play hide-and-seek with the forest police anymore. It's safe doing my job now," he told AFP in the jungles of East Kalimantan, or Indonesian Borneo.

Agence France Presse
Agence France Presse
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Rumble in the Jungle: Activists vs Palm Oil

Wake up in the morning. Enjoy a warm, soapy shower. Eat a bowl of cereal, perhaps with soy milk. Dab on some lipstick ...

The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

U.S. to Split Up Agency Policing the Oil Industry

"Members of the Rainforest Action Network, top, listened Tuesday at a Senate committee hearing as oil executives, middle, waited to testify before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources"

Full article and photo at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/us/12interior.html

U.S. to Split Up Agency Policing the Oil Industry
The New York Times
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

BP Oil Spill a Crude Awakening for Washington and Industry

Release Date: 
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Contact: Ginger Cassady, Rainforest Action Network, 415.640.7155 (on-site cell)

Brianna Cayo Cotter, Rainforest Action Network, 415.305.1943

Rainforest Action Network Stands By Evidence that Cargill is Destroying Rainforests

Release Date: 
Thursday, May 6, 2010

Minneapolis, Minn. – Rainforest Action Network (RAN) released the following statement today in response to Cargill’s denial of the evidence presented in our May 4, 2010 report, Cargill’s Problem with Palm Oil: A Burning Threat in Borneo.

“No one wishes more than we do that Cargill wasn’t destroying rainforests. Pictures and maps don’t lie, however.

“We stand by the evidence released in our report that Cargill’s plantations in Indonesia are cutting down rainforests, violating the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), and are out of compliance with Indonesian law.”

Activists Occupy Cargill HQ, Shutting Down Business for Cutting Down Rainforest

Release Date: 
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wayzata, Minn. - In the wake of a damning report linking Cargill to the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests, activists with Rainforest Action Network occupied the executive offices of the nation's largest private agribusiness company today. Playing a loud recording of chainsaws cutting down rainforests and holding signs reading "This is the sound of your supply chain," and "Mr. Page: Rainforest Destruction Stops with You," five activists locked themselves to the staircase of the Lake Office, blocking the entrance to the company's executive offices for over two hours.

Activists chain themselves to stairway inside Cargill headquarters

WAYZATA, Minn.-- Five activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) chained themselves to a stairway railing inside the executive offices of Cargill, the nation's largest private agribusiness company Wednesday morning.

KARE NBC 11
KARE NBC 11
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Rainforest Action Network slams Cargill

Rainforest Action Network says Cargill operating outside of sustainability guidelines.

Cargill Inc.'s Indonesian palm oil business is under fire from an environmental advocacy group for allegedly using practices linked to rain forest destruction.

In a report released Tuesday, the Rainforest Action Network said Cargill was operating outside of guidelines aimed at promoting sustainable development, and possibly breaking Indonesian laws protecting rain forests.

Star Tribune
Star Tribune
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
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