Public Lands, Private Profits
America’s publicly owned lands and offshore waters are being sold at bargain prices for private fossil fuel extraction — making the world’s wealthiest companies even richer while driving the…
New Report Exposes the Top Energy Companies Involved in the Federal Public Lands Giveaway
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: Monday 9/28/15 at 10 AM EST Contact:Blair FitzGibbon, (202) 503-6141Ruth Breech, Rainforest Action Network, 415-238-1766 (cell), 415-659-0538 (desk) New Report Exposes the Top Energy Companies Involved in the Federal…
Response to Hillary Clinton’s announced opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline Project
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 22, 2015 CONTACT: Laurel Sutherlin, laurel@ran.org, 415-246-0161 Response by Lindsey Allen, Rainforest Action Network executive director to Hillary Clinton’s announced opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline Project …
Tell Morgan Stanley: Stop Cashing in on Coal
We’re three months away from the crucial Paris climate conference, and some major U.S. banks have been taking the lead and committing to get out of coal.1 Here at Rainforest Action…
Five Reasons Why Morgan Stanley is RAN’s Next Target Bank on Coal Finance
Today, RAN announced our next bank target on coal financing: Morgan Stanley. With Bank of America and Credit Agricole already taking major steps away from financing coal and the Paris…
Morgan Stanley Pressured to Drop Coal Financing
Embargoed for: September 22, 2015Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141 Morgan Stanley Pressured to Drop Coal Financing Rainforest Action Network Announces Campaign as Next Major Bank Targeted Since Bank of America Coal…
Taking Back Our Power
Electric utilities aren’t moving as fast as we need them to in phasing out fossil fuel use. Even when almost nine out of ten Americans say that renewable energy is…
Who Needs to “Fear the Walking Dead” When California Has Its Own Climate Apocalypse?
“The world runs on fossil fuel. I mean, how stupid is that?” — Dr. Edwin Jenner, The Walking Dead (Season 1, Episode 6) Apocalypse (a·poc·a·lypse) (/əˈpäkəˌlips/), noun. “An event involving destruction or…
Tell President Obama: No More Coal, Oil and Gas Leases on Public Lands
President Obama wants to establish a serious climate legacy, and he’s taken some important steps. But at the same time, the president is facilitating an ongoing climate disaster: selling off…
Climate Coalition Calls on President Obama to Halt Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands, Oceans
For Immediate Release, September 14, 2015, 9 a.m. EST Contact: Ruth Breech, Rainforest Action Network, (415) 238-1766, ruth@ran.org Climate Coalition Calls on President Obama to Halt Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands,…