Weathering the Storm: Freeport’s Fight To Save Our Home
Looking through the blown-out windows of my living room, I see my neighbor’s eight-person tent. Their house is gone, and this is how we’re living in Freeport, Texas after Hurricane…
RAN Supports BIPOC Activists At Climate Week Through Community Action Grants And Gets Ready for COP16
Activists from around the globe took to the streets of New York City the week of September 22nd in protests and events commemorating Climate Week 2024.
Arrests Made at Protest – Gulf Coast Residents Denounce Insurance Giant Chubb’s Underwriting of Methane/LNG
Over 200 residents traveled to decry the insurance industry’s profit off of the destruction of their communities ***Photos and video of the action can be found here*** June 26, 2024…
The Insurers Secretly Backing the Methane Gas Boom in the US Gulf South
Insurance companies are supposed to protect us from catastrophic risks. Yet when it comes to climate change, insurers perpetuate climate chaos and dependence on fossil fuels by insuring new coal,…
Breaking the Fracking Cycle: From Texas LNG to Europe
I joined a delegation of women who are on the frontlines of fighting fracking and liquefied methane gas (LNG) in Texas, where we toured European countries with ties to this…
Big Wins for Forest and Communities
The most effective and efficient way to protect forest ecosystems is to protect the land rights of the Indigenous and frontline communities who depend on them. Science and history have…
From Freeport to Manhattan: Frontline Leaders Take Their Methane Warning to Chubb Insurance
Chubb Insurance might not be a household name, but it should be, because its impact on climate disasters like heat waves, floods, and wildfires is inescapable. A small handful of…
South Texas Communities and International Allies Condemn Rio Grande LNG’s Contract With French Petrochemical Giant
Texas and France – The French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies announced today that they have secured a contract detailing their investments in Rio Grande LNG, a methane export terminal…
Bridge to the Ancestors: Indigenous Youth-led Run/Walk Raises Awareness on Extractive Industries Impact Across Texas
This is an opinion piece by RAN Energy Finance Campaigner, Mary Lovell. Last month, I had the honor and privilege of joining 25 grassroots organizers for the 600-mile Carrizo Comecrudo…
