by Patrick McCully, Climate and Energy Program Dirctor for Rainforest Action Network “It is certainly encouraging to see the incoming administration begin to clean up Trump’s climate mess by immediately…
January 20, 2021
January 20, 2021
RAN Responds to President Biden’s Cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Today is a victory of people power over the fossil fuel industry. Cancelling Keystone XL pipeline is a first step. We need to stop the equally destructive Line 3 tar sands pipeline, as well as the DAPL pipeline and other oil and gas export projects.
January 7, 2021
Remove Donald Trump from Office Immediately
We are calling for the extraordinary yet completely justified immediate removal of Donald Trump from the office of the presidency via impeachment and the invocation of the 25th Amendment. Due to his proven inability to discharge the duties of his office, the threat he poses to our fundamental rights, and the very real and fatal harm he continues to inflict upon this country and planet, it is critically important that Trump not only be held accountable for his actions but also that he be legally prevented from ever holding office again.
December 18, 2020
RAN Applauds Unilever’s New Wide-Sweeping Commodity Policy
Today, Unilever –– the largest producer of soap in the world and owner of over 400 brands including Dove, Lipton Tea, and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream –– released a…
December 18, 2020
RAN Responds to Lee Raymond’s Departure from Board of JPMC
In response to Lee Raymond’s announcement that he is leaving JPMorgan Chase’s board, Paddy McCully, director of the Climate and Energy Program at Rainforest Action Network, said: “RAN welcomes the…
December 10, 2020
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Liberty Mutual Signing onto the Principles for Responsible Investment
San Francisco, CA –– Today, Liberty Mutual, one of the world’s largest fossil fuel insurers, announced that it has signed onto the Principles for Responsible Investment, an international network of institutional…
December 9, 2020
Ten Major Indonesian Agribusiness Corporations Failing On Indigenous Rights
New report evaluates ten of the largest Indonesian corporate groups in the forest-risk sector and finds them all failing to ensure free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) San Francisco, CA…
December 8, 2020
Big Banks Face Stark Climate Choices as Tar Sands Pipelines Rammed Through Amidst Escalating Pandemic
Contentious Keystone XL and Line 3 pipelines present major test of banks’ commitments on Indigenous rights and the climate As the U.S. enters its the deadliest phase yet of the…
December 7, 2020
Rainforest Action Network Applauds Nestlé for Forest Footprint Announcement
San Francisco, CA – Today, Nestlé –– the world’s largest food and beverage company –– publicly disclosed the “forest footprint” of its palm oil supply chain in the Indonesian province…
December 2, 2020
U.S. Insurers Fail on Climate Action
Global insurers make coal increasingly “uninsurable”; whole industry fails to act on oil & gas LONDON (December 2, 2020)—U.S. insurance companies lag behind their global peers and play a key…