“Since late August, vast swaths of forests and peatlands across the archipelago of Indonesia have been engulfed in flames. Hundreds of thousands of people have been submerged in a haze…
November 7, 2015
November 7, 2015
Time: Environmental Activists Prepare for Next Fight After Keystone Victory
“President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline marks the end of seven years of activism by environmentalists across the country. But, between celebrations on Friday, activists painted the decision…
November 6, 2015
Environmental Activists Prepare for Next Fight After Keystone Victory
KXL & KING “It’s good, and at the same time it cannot be the extent of Obama’s work on climate,” said Lindsey Allen, Rainforest Action Network executive director, of Obama’s…
November 4, 2015
EcoWatch: TransCanada Asks State Department to ‘Pause’ Review on Keystone XL Pipeline
“The Keystone XL pipeline has been defeated by the movement with an assist from the markets,” said Stephen Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International. Lindsey Allen, executive director of Rainforest Action Network…
November 4, 2015
Bloomberg: Goldman Criticized for `Half-Measures’ on Cutting Coal Support
“The pledge fell short of commitments this year from companies including Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp., according to the Rainforest Action Network, an advocacy group that’s pushed banks…
November 1, 2015
Seattle Times: Amazon reviews hijacked by causes, conspiracies, rage
“A year ago, PepsiCo launched a new mid-calorie soda called Pepsi True exclusively on Amazon. That caught the attention of activists at the Rainforest Action Network and SumOfUs, who have…
November 1, 2015
CNN: Environmental damage from haze in Indonesia
“Laurel Sutherlin, spokesman of the Rainforest Action Network, discusses the environmental damage of the Indonesia fire and haze crisis.” Watch The Full Video Here
October 24, 2015
The Guardian: Is Indonesia’s fire crisis connected to the palm oil in our snack food?
“Many of these fires are a direct result of the industrial manipulation of the landscape for plantation development. Palm oil giants are accused of displacing local communities from their land…
October 23, 2015
Is Indonesia’s fire crisis connected to the palm oil in our snack food?
OpEd on Indo fires and Snack Food 20 “If you have not flown over the region recently, it is truly difficult to grasp the immense scale and extreme implications of…
October 17, 2015
Reuters: Green worries keep foreign banks away from $3.3 billion Coal India sale
“The pressure in a country where economic growth frequently trumps environmental concerns comes at a convenient time for banks. Many operating in India are under pressure to be more selective…