“The marchers hope to spoil a Bureau of Ocean Energy Management offshore lease sale happening there.The action by several Gulf groups was organized by Rainforest Action Network, and supported by 350.org,…
Gulf Coast Residents Crash Oil Lease Auction, Chanting ‘Shut It Down’
“There’s no great win for ‘keeping it in the ground’ without the Gulf of Mexico,” [RAN’s Virali] Modi-Parekh said. When it comes to that environmental campaign — the push to…
Obama Administration’s Plan To Expand Oil And Gas Drilling In Gulf of Mexico Draws Protests In New Orleans
“New Orleans is ground zero for climate change impacts and the fossil fuel industry,” said Virali Modi-Parekh, climate and energy communications manager at the Rainforest Action Network, one of the…
Winning Gulf lease sale bids total $156 million, 4th lowest since 1983
“Hundreds of people have entered the auction,” Laurel Sutherlin, a strategist with Rainforest Action Network, said in a phone interview from inside the Superdome.” – Fuel Fix Read the full…
As Coal’s Future Grows Murkier, Banks Pull Financing
With much of the world committed to stabilizing the climate, we need the banks to follow quickly with measures to end coal financing altogether,” said Ben Collins, a senior campaigner…
Peabody Energy, World’s Top Coal Miner, Expected to File for Bankruptcy as Stock Price Tanks
“It is critical that a bankruptcy process for Peabody entails a just transition for workers and the environment, not organized looting by creditors and executives,” said Amanda Starbuck, program director…
The Hill: We need more from Obama to fight climate change
“The president recently made a bold move to halt new coal leases on public lands, but the clock is ticking down faster — both on Obama’s presidency and on our…
Food Navigator: Sustainable palm-oil body slammed over slave labour auditing
“A coalition of international labour rights and environmental groups has questioned whether audits carried out by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) were robust enough to root out members…
Alternet: Corruption, Human Rights Violations and Unchecked Pollution
“On the opening day of the Paris climate talks, global consumer goods brands Unilever and Marks & Spencer have announced plans to join a major public-private partnership, launched and supported…
NYTimes: Delegates at Climate Talks Focus on Saving the World’s Forests
“Activists for the Rainforest Action Network, for instance, used genetic testing in 2011 to assert that Disney, the world’s largest publisher of children’s books, was receiving paper made from improperly…