After a year of intensive work, the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Convergence Working Group announced in Bangkok today that they have reached agreement on a single, coherent set of rules for implementation of companies’…
November 9, 2016
November 9, 2016
Jakarta Globe: Leuser Still Exploited by Palm Oil Companies Despite Moratorium: NGO
The Rainforest Action Network, a California-based environmental group, has released a report showing that palm oil companies operating in the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh are still clearing forests despite a national…
November 8, 2016
Politico Morning Energy: America Votes Today
Green group demands Citibank stop funding project: The Rainforest Action Network asked Citibank on Monday to stop loan disbursements for Dakota Access and to ensure an immediate halt to construction on…
November 8, 2016
Democracy Now: Norwegian Bank DNB Considering Cutting Funding of Dakota Access Pipeline
Citigroup is playing a major role as both a financer of the project and the loan agent. Lindsey Allen of the Rainforest Action Network said, “Citibank’s leading role in financing…
November 1, 2016
Associated Press: Oil and Gas Protestors Lose Ground to Online Auctions
The auction adjourned more than three hours early but not before police escorted out eight protesters who were chanting and carrying signs. Such scenes have become routine at BLM auctions…
October 31, 2016
Triple Pundit: RAN: Texas Rio Grande Valley Under Threat from Natural Gas
But according to the environmental NGO Rainforest Action Network, liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals proposed in cities such as Brownsville are a long-term threat to both the local economy and…
October 27, 2016
Politico Morning Energy: Presidential race looms large over U.N. climate talks
LNG EXPORTS FACILITIES A MESS FOR TEXAS: REPORT: The Rainforest Action Network released a report today claiming three proposed liquefied natural gas export terminals in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley would devastate the fishing…
October 14, 2016
Mongabay: More than 20 labor law violations by Indofood alleged in Indonesia
Emma Lierley, forests communications manager at RAN, said the NGOs hoped Indofood’s suspension from the RSPO, the world’s largest association for ethical production of palm oil, would “force the company…
September 27, 2016
Truth Out: As Nations Embrace Paris Agreement, World’s Existing Fossil Fuels Set to Exceed Its Goals
“The evidence is clear: to avoid catastrophic climate change, we need our political and financial leaders to stop any further fossil fuel development and start scaling back,” said Amanda Starbuck…
September 27, 2016
Triple Pundit: Climate Week NYC Sponsored by Banks Financing Fossil Fuel Projects
But Rainforest Action Network (RAN) insists the large multinational banks that sponsored Climate Week are not exactly putting their money where their mouthes are. Instead, RAN claims these banks are…