Groups to Bank of America: Don’t Finance Great Barrier Reef Destruction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2014 contact: Claire Sandberg, Rainforest Action Network, claire@ran.org, 646-641-6431 Joe Smyth, Greenpeace, 831-566-5647, joe.smyth@greenpeace.org Groups to Bank of America: Don’t Bankroll Reef Destruction Australian…
RAN to Bank of America: Don’t Bankroll Reef Destruction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 28, 2014 contact: Claire Sandberg, claire@ran.org, 646-641-6431 RAN to Bank of America: Don’t Bankroll Reef Destruction Australian coal port threatens global climate, Great Barrier…
RAN Applauds Move by U.S. Banks to Reject Australian Coal Port
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 27, 2014 contact: Claire Sandberg, claire@ran.org, 646-641-6431 Abbot Point coal export project presents dire threat to climate and to the Great Barrier Reef San Francisco—Rainforest Action Network commended the move…
Challenging Corporate Power at the Biggest Climate March in History
This post is by the RAN staff who were in New York as part of the People’s Climate March: Lindsey Allen, Ginger Cassady, Susana Cervantes, Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, Chelsea Matthews, Scott Parkin, Claire…
Searching For a Decolonized Mind
In late June, a team of RAN staff travelled to Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada to participate in the Tar Sands Healing Walk, which is organized and hosted by members of…
Vermont Stands Up Against Keystone XL
This blog post is by Geoff Gardner of West Fairlee, Vermont. Geoff is a member of a No KXL activist group in the state’s Upper Valley. This is a story…
Industry’s Dreams, Indigenous Nightmares: A Visit to the Alberta Tar Sands
In late June, a team of RAN staff travelled to Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada to participate in the Tar Sands Healing Walk, which is organized and hosted by members…
Communities Speak Out Against Coal Plants
This morning, the EPA announced limits on carbon pollution from power plants. That’s a welcome step in fighting climate change—and it wouldn’t have happened without communities speaking out against coal plants….
RAN Responds to Proposed Federal Carbon Pollution Standards
On Monday, June 2, the Environmental Protection Agency announced new carbon pollution standards for power plants, the centerpiece of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. Rainforest Action Network’s Climate Program Director,…
The True Cost of Coal
This week a double tragedy has struck the coal mining industry. On Monday night in West Virginia, a coal outburst at a Patriot-operated mine killed two miners. And on Tuesday…