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…
We Need an Economy that Doesn’t Kill Us
Kicking off New York Climate Week, RAN and Parliamentarians for a Fossil Free Future organized Financing the Future: Aligning Finance with the Promise of the Paris Agreement, a forum focused…
Chubb Drops Rio Grande LNG Insurance
Banks, and now insurers, drop project plagued with risk from community, cultural and climate issues. RIO GRANDE, TX, August 6, 2024 — An insurance certificate obtained through a public information…
Customary Communities Fight Palm Oil Producers for Land Rights in Sumatra
Communities in Aceh use the High Carbon Stock Approach to map and assess their lands This is the story of the struggles and demands of the Jambo Reuhat community, one…
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…
Bank of America Faces Mounting Pressure Over Lack of Transparency on Continuing Support for Fossil Fuels: Calls for Accountability Grow from Bank’s Investors and from Frontline Communities
Protesters gather outside Bank of America Headquarters while climate resolutions seeking more disclosure on BOA lobbying and rates of fossil to clean financing receive strong shareholder support. April 24, 2024…
Profiles in Community Action: RAN’s Community Action Grants Program in 2023
As the real-world impacts of hurricanes, wildfires, droughts and sea level rise continue to accelerate, it is more clear than ever that the people who did the least to contribute…
Achieving Sustainable Livelihoods in Leuser Ecosystem
Global brands need to invest more in community livelihood projects that reduce emissions and help build resilient societies Scientists predict that on our current trajectory of habitat loss and global…
Insurance Certificate Obtained by FOIA Challenges Companies’ Climate Commitments
Chubb, Liberty Mutual, Sompo revealed as insurers on Rio Grande Valley Methane Projects (Brownsville, Texas) A recent Freedom of Information Act request revealed that Chubb, Liberty Mutual, and Sompo are…