Wyoming Tells BLM to “Keep it in the Ground” at Oil and Gas Auction
Wyoming Tells BLM to “Keep it in the Ground” at Oil and Gas Land Auction This past Tuesday, RAN staff and our allies on the ground went to one of…
SoCal Tells Obama to “Keep It in the Ground!”
We know that in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change we have to make immediate changes. One of the biggest changes we can make is ending extraction…
Keep it in the Ground Leaders Risk Arrest to Demand President Obama Halt New Fossil Fuel Leases on Public Lands
For Immediate Release, September 15, 2016 Contact: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141, blair@soundspeedmedia.com BREAKING: Over 40 Frontline, Indigenous, and Climate Leaders Occupy the Department of the Interior to Demand President Obama End Fossil Fuel Lease…
‘Keep it in the Ground’ Movement Delivers One Million Signatures to the White House
For Immediate Release, September 15, 2016 Contacts: Blair FitzGibbon, 202-503-6141, blair@soundspeedmedia.com Virali Modi-Parekh, Rainforest Action Network, 510-747-8476, virali@ran.org ‘Keep it in the Ground’ Coalition Delivers One Million Signatures to White House; Movement Calls…
Keep It In the Ground: One Year of Climate Actions and Commitment.
On September 15, 2015, Indigenous and frontline leaders were joined by national environmentalists in Washington, D.C. to deliver a letter from more than 400 organizations and leaders demanding that President…
Banker Blindness to Fossil Fuel Risk
Guest Blog by Tom Sanzillo, IEEFA’s director of finance. Institutions That Fail to Heed Market Warnings Are Likely to End Up With Far Worse Than Bad Grades From the Rainforest Action Network…
Biggest Little Climate Rally in the World!
A grassroots rebellion against oil, gas and coal extraction on public lands is spreading across the U.S. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) continues to auction off our public lands,…
Rainforest Action Network response to Announcement on Coal Moratorium
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Virali Modi-Parekh, virali@ran.org, 510-747-8476 Rainforest Action Network Response to Announcement on Coal Moratorium: President Obama announced a moratorium on new coal leases on public lands today and to…
150 Organizations Urge President Obama to Pledge Greater Climate Action in Paris
December 1, 2015 Contacts: Kassie Siegel, Center for Biological Diversity, (in Paris), (951) 961-7972, ksiegel@biologicaldiversity.orgPatrick Sullivan (in U.S.), Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 517-9364, psullivan@biologicaldiversity.orgBrandon Wu, ActionAid, (202)…
Keystone XL belongs in a museum
Three weeks ago, the climate movement forced the rejection of Keystone XL, with President Obama turning down the pipeline after seven years of activist pressure.1 The very idea of the project…