Chevron “freaking out” about RAN runners at Houston marathon
The Rainforest Action Network team that is running for human rights in Ecuador at this Sunday’s Chevron Houston Marathon was just kicked out of the marathon’s Expo by Chevron Marathon…
Protest Update from NYC Carbon Trading Summit
The latest from yesterday’s protests at the Carbon Trading Summit in New York City: 1/13/2009 – New York, NY – In the wake of a controversial outcome at the Copenhagen…
I’m running for Emergildo
Who knew that leg stretching and laps could challenge the CEO of one of the world’s largest and most powerful corporations? I arrived in Houston, TX yesterday (yeehaw!) to run…
RAN Ghana at National Climate Change Forum
In the lead-up to Copenhagen, RAN Ghana participated in a forum to discuss their country’s negotiating position for the international climate talks and what their government can do about climate…
Why the U.S. is Strong on REDD but Weak on Climate
Here in Copenhagen (Day 5, 5:00 PM), delegates from all over the world are not surprised that the U.S. is playing a disappointing role in the climate negotiations, after all…
REDD Forest Agreement Still Missing Basic Elements for Sustainability
As negotiations wrapped up in Barcelona at the UN Climate Talks, the opportunity for a robust agreement to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation in developing countries (REDD) is dangling…
Earth to Chamber of Commerce Members: Change or Leave
The controversy surrounding the US Chamber of Commerce continues. The labor coalition Change to Win recently issued a report on how the Chamber has been hijacked by right wing ideologues,…
Agrofuels Are Not Low Carbon
Evidence is mounting about the social and environmental consequences of industrialized biofuels, aka agrofuels. A new paper from RAN concludes that we cannot grow our way out of our oil…
Big day for climate, Big new bill, and Big giveaways to coal, oil and loggers
With climate talks underway in Bangkok, Indigenous activists reviewing the text and engaged in the talks calling for no market-based REDD deal, Greenpeace activists blockading the tar sands in Alberta,…
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally…. A week in the Twin Cities with Matilda Pilacapio
It isn’t every day that you get go on speaking tour in Minneapolis/St. Paul with a delegate from Papua New Guinea. Or to meet activists and students in a city…