Tell President Obama: No More Coal, Oil and Gas Leases on Public Lands
President Obama wants to establish a serious climate legacy, and he’s taken some important steps. But at the same time, the president is facilitating an ongoing climate disaster: selling off…
Climate Coalition Calls on President Obama to Halt Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands, Oceans
For Immediate Release, September 14, 2015, 9 a.m. EST Contact: Ruth Breech, Rainforest Action Network, (415) 238-1766, ruth@ran.org Climate Coalition Calls on President Obama to Halt Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands,…
Tell big banks: Don’t cash in on Coal India
In the next week, Coal India, the world’s biggest coal company, is trying to cash in with a big share offering — despite a long record of appalling human rights…
5 Times Labor and the Environmental Movement Fought Together
When the health of our environment is compromised, the health of people is too. Often times the same bad actors that exploit our environment also refuse to give workers safe…
Teamsters & Turtles: An On-Again, Off-Again Relationship
“You cannot seriously address the destruction of wilderness without addressing the society that is destroying it.” — Judi Bari, Earth First!er, Wobbly, organizer and agitator “Hungry and Out of Work? Eat…
Katrina Plus Ten: Climate Justice in Action
How time flies. It is hard to believe it has already been ten years since Hurricane Katrina made devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast. When Katrina hit and devastated the…
Sara Lee and the Problem with Palm Oil
When I’m explaining the problems with palm oil to folks who are new to the issue, I often say that I am almost impressed at how many things this industry…
What Climate Justice Means to Me
“With the support of good people and the resilience of brave people, it seems like anything can be accomplished. Sustain the Nine.” — the late Pamela Dashiell, climate justice leader based…
Shutting down a coal mine on the road through Paris
By Morten Thaysen. Cross-posted from the Global Justice Now blog. Pictures by 350.org. The view is breath-taking and strangely beautiful as we reach the edge of the giant open cast…
Chicago Activists call on Hillshire Brands to Cut Conflict Palm Oil.
For over 2 years, RAN has exposed Hillshire Brands, and 19 other snack food giants, as companies at risk of using Conflict Palm Oil in their products. Hillshire Brands is…
