Lexington Protest Shames PNC’s Mountaintop Removal Financing
Concerned citizens rallied in downtown Lexington today to express their anger at PNC Bank for financing mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. PNC is now the biggest US financier of MTR….
Sumatran Tiger Unexpected Visitor at BookExpo America
Last week, RAN’s Rainforest Free Paper team attended BookExpo America, the biggest publishing event in the U.S. An unusual part of the team really stood out from the 20,000+ crowd…a…
Chevron’s New Low: 20 Global Community Leaders Rejected, 5 Arrested at AGM
The Chevron Corporation and it’s CEO John Watson hit a new low in disrespecting human rights and showing it’s true colors to how they regard the communities they pollute and…
West Virginia Court Violates 8th Amendment Rights
The injustice coming out of Appalachia these days is deafening. And disturbing. In fact, it’s bat shit crazy. On May 17, two Climate Ground Zero activists, EmmaKate Martin, 18, and…
“Why We Did It” Interview with the Team from the Valmount Coal Plant Action
Here’s a great little interview with the team that occupied coal plant property at Boulder’s Valmount Plant. Why we did it: The Valmont Coal Plant Protest. ~ Tom Weis, Erik…
Big Oil Profits, We Pay
Today, BP, and their contractors, Transocean and Halliburton, are testifying before Congress to determine who is at fault for the nearly 4 million gallons of oil wreaking havoc on the…
The Coal Train Report
Over in Western Europe, when the British Government closed down the coal mining industry in the mid-1980s, there was strong resistance from workers and communities. A quarter-century later, public opinion…
Challenging Chase on Coal in San Jose
Here’s a report-back from a Chase branch protest in San Jose last week: At 3:00 PM eight of us headed to the branch office at 55 West Santa Clara Street,…
Fossil Fools Day Packs Some Punches!
Spoofs, hoaxes, Insurgent clown armies, impersonations, media hijacking, theatrics, and even Bigfoot formed just part of the arsenal that climate activists used in calling out the worst climate criminals commenced…
Spoof Newspaper Targeting NW Natural Gas Distributed in Portland for Fossil Fool’s Day
Late last night volunteers with Portland Rising Tide blasted the city with over 3,500 fake newspaper covers wrapping the Willamette Week. With content including an interview with Bigfoot about pipeline…
