Field Report: Engineers Without Borders Team Inspects ClearWater Systems In Ecuador, Day 4
This is part four of a series. Read part one here, part two here, and part three here. San Pablo San Pablo, about 2 hours upriver by canoe from Cofan…
Field Report: Engineers Without Borders Team Inspects ClearWater Systems In Ecuador, Day 3
This is part three of a series. Read part one here and part two here. Cofan Dureno day 2 After breakfast (white rice and yucca—again!) the women of the community…
Field Report: Engineers Without Borders Team Inspects ClearWater Systems In Ecuador, Day 2
This is part two of a series. Read part one here. Cofan Dureno Before heading to the Cofan community of Dureno, Donald Moncayo took us to Auguarico 4. This was…
Field Report: Engineers Without Borders Team Inspects ClearWater Systems In Ecuador, Day 1
Coca and Rumipamba – July 30 We spent one night in Coca, at the Hotel Auca, before embarking out into the Indigenous villages of Cofan Dureno and San Pablo in…
Charlotte Rolls Against Coal!
Last weekend, over a thousand Charlotte citizens turned out for a cancer fundraiser styled as a 24 Hour bike ride. Participants were encouraged to ride with a team, and many…
Congress: Protect the Forests and Wildlife of the World From Illegal Logging
Did you know that almost half of all rainforest destruction is done illegally? Government corruption, lax laws and poor enforcement result in widespread illegal deforestation across the globe. This unofficial…
Cargill Admits Buying Palm Oil from Illegally Cleared Orangutan Habitat
Last week, Cargill admitted to doing business with a very dodgy plantation company in Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) that has illegally cleared thousands of hectares of orangutan habitat — and…
Taking a Cue From RAN? Democrats Give Bank of America Stadium Another Rename
Seems like no one is happy with the name of Charlotte, NC’s Bank of America Stadium these days. Just two months after we renamed it “Bank of Coal” Stadium to…
Tripa: Social Media Week of Action
RAN’s work around the fires in Tripa has come to a fever pitch this week! For months, we have been highlighting how corporate giants such as Cargill have been abusing…
Patriot Coal: Another One Bites the Dust
Big news this week in the coal industry: Patriot Coal, the third-largest Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining company, is filing for bankruptcy. Bank of America is among the banks providing…