NO to Dams in Brazilian Amazon: Report from “Encontro Xingu”
***NOTE: This is essentially a report on the historic gathering, from my perspective. I meant to post daily blogs, but internet access in Altamira was non-existent in the hotel I…
Let Me Introduce You to Bunge
You’re not alone. Bunge has a rather low profile, and up until now they’ve delighted in that. But, RAN is doing everything to change this. And, tomorrow in New York…
“The oil guys bring bottled water when they come here”
Update: Pictures from the trip are here. I’m in a pool hall in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, about 1,800 miles north of my home in San Francisco. The only road that…
Public Interest Groups Oppose Carbon Capture Scam
In conjunction with the international release of a report by Greenpeace today – that identifies the ridiculous risk, uncertainty and cost associated with industry-driven plans for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS),…
Supermarket Sleuths: Are they hiding rainforest destruction in our supermarkets?
It is not every day that we here at RAN get to announce the launch of a major new strategy… but today is one of those exciting days! The Rainforest…
“Multi-Stakeholder” Process Misses the Mark (Police and barricades installed to prevent access)
I don’t necessarily expect to be welcomed into a closed, board-room meeting. Or, the secret negotiations of nation-states as they deliberate economic agreements, or arms deals. But, when a process…
200 Indigenous Leaders Demand Their Rights in Malaysia
Yesterday, in Kuching, our fact finding team meet with 200 leaders from Indigenous communities around the state of Sarawak. Some had traveled by boat to attend, some had traveled 8…
Hey Citi, Coal is Over! Start Funding Wind and Solar!
Today is Citi’s annual shareholders’ meeting. It’s the day where the company executives give a report on the state of the company (which is pretty bad for Citi right now,…
Malaysia: State Agency Could Use PR Training
This morning, our international fact finding team in Malaysia was scheduled to meet with officials from the Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra), the state agency that officially works…
Oil Palm Devastating Indigenous Communities
I just returned to Kuching after visiting with seven Indigenous communities in northern Sarawak (in Malaysian Borneo). What we saw was a tragic and infuriating picture of collusion between the…