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JPMorgan Gets an “F” on Mining

In late March, I wrote about how Wall Street powerhouse JPMorgan Chase continues to fund coal companies that engage in mountaintop removal mining (MTR), a dangerous, environmentally devastating type of strip mining in which the peaks of mountains are literally blown off, exposing the seams of coal that run underneath.

Mother Jones
Mother Jones
Thursday, May 13, 2010

JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America Called Out for Financing Mountaintop Removal

Mountaintop removal is one of those instinctively gut-wrenching things--it's never pretty to see natural habitats blown open to make room for coal mining. And yet, many of the biggest banks in the U.S. continue to fund the practice, according to a report from the Rainforest Action Network.

Fast Company
Fast Company
Friday, May 14, 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

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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

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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

Activists Occupy Cargill HQ

Release Date: 
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Wayzata, Minn. – Six activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) have taken over the executive offices of the nation’s largest private agribusiness company. 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,” the activists have locked themselves to the staircase of the Lake Office, blocking the entrance to the company’s executive offices.
 

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