Reuters: Green groups flag threat to Indonesia forests recovered from palm planters
“Gemma Tillack, forest policy director at U.S.-based environmental group Rainforest Action Network, said the move was “a welcome signal at a time when forest fires are destroying rainforests the world…
AXIS CAPITAL BECOMES FIRST U.S. INSURER TO RESTRICT INSURANCE FOR BOTH COAL AND TAR SANDS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AXIS CAPITAL BECOMES FIRST U.S. INSURER TO RESTRICT INSURANCE FOR BOTH COAL AND TAR SANDS New policy increases pressure on Liberty Mutual and AIG to follow suit…
Global Brands Caught Sourcing Illegal Palm Oil From Within Protected Wildlife Reserve
Undercover field investigations in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem implicate big name brands in destruction of carbon-rich peatlands in violation of their own deforestation policies…
Minneapolis Climate Activists and Students Stage Die-In at New JPMorgan Chase Branch, Demanding World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change Stop Giving Money to Oil and Gas
For immediate release: Sept 25, 2019, 1:00pm CDT CONTACT: Blair Fitzgibbon, (202)503-6161, Blair@SoundspeedPR.com Minneapolis Climate Activists and Students Stage Die-In at New JPMorgan Chase Branch, Demanding World’s Worst Banker of…
Climate Activists Stage Theatrical Disruption at JPMorgan Chase Headquarters During Global Climate Week of Action
For immediate release: Sept 23, 2019, 12:30pm EST Climate Activists Stage Theatrical Disruption at JPMorgan Chase Headquarters, Demanding World’s Worst Banker of Climate Change Stop Giving Money to Oil and…
Hundreds of Companies Set to Miss 2020 Deadline to End Deforestation in Supply Chains
A Coalition of NGOs calls for companies to act with greater urgency amid the climate crisis New York, NY – Today, an international coalition of dozens of NGOs and labor…
Statement by Rainforest Action Network on the Devastating Climate Impacts of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
On September 18, Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers will converge at the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to attend a meeting with the UNFCCC and other signatories of the…
Global NGOs: Dirty Dozen Companies Driving Deforestation Must Act Now to Stop the Burning of the World’s Forests
Groups call for the immediate suspension of all business and financing with traders active in the Brazilian Amazon; “The Amazon is on fire. Corporations share the blame. They need to…
CNN: Opinion: We are facing a global emergency in the Amazon. Here’s what we can do
“The Amazon is burning, the Arctic is burning, and the list of scorched lands seems to continuously grow: Alaska, Greenland, Siberia, across Europe, and again in Indonesia. We must take action,…
Rainforest Action Network statement on Amazon Rainforest Wildfires
Ginger Cassady, Forest Program Director at Rainforest Action Network (RAN), said: “We know that protecting tropical rainforests and upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples are some of the most important…