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…
Mongabay: A major concern: plantation-driven deforestation ramps up in Borneo
Borneo, home to animals like orangutans, rhinos, elephants, and proboscis monkeys is also host to some of the fastest plantation expansion in the world. (read more)
Audubon Magazine: As Global Palm Oil Use Surges, Indonesia’s Rainforests Are Being Destroyed
With the commodity in high demand, tracts of land are being cleared to make way for palm plantations, releasing vast quantities of CO2 and giving poachers easy access to endangered…
‘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…
PepsiCo Issues Progress Report, Confirms Ties To Conflict Palm Oil
PepsiCo’s palm oil problems far from addressed, says Rainforest Action Network (RAN) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, +1.425.281.1989, Emma@ran.org San Francisco, CA – Today, snack food giant PepsiCo…
New Report Finds Global Food Giants PepsiCo, Indofood Linked to Poverty Wages, Worker Exploitation and Discrimination
The second field investigation in a year documents systemic labor violations on Indofood-owned palm oil plantations in Indonesia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Emma Rae Lierley, +1.425.281.1989, Emma@ran.org San Francisco, CA…
Bloomberg: Banks Blanketed in Haze They Helped Finance
That’s the message behind a new tool tracing more than $50 billion in financial flows to palm oil, pulp and paper and other products linked to tropical deforestation in the region. “It’s…
Jakarta Globe: Banks Pump Billions Into Deforestation-Linked Firms in Southeast Asia: Study
Southeast Asia is home to some of the world’s most diverse rainforests, but they have come under threat in recent years due to large-scale expansion in industries such as palm…
First of its Kind Online Platform Reveals the Banks and Investors Financing Companies Linked to Tropical Forest Loss in Southeast Asia
Financial sector under the spotlight in new international push to protect forests and forest communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Blair Fitzgibbon, blair@soundspeedmedia.com Singapore ––Today, Rainforest Action Network (RAN), TuK INDONESIA…
EcoWatch: Orphaned Orangutan Gets Second Chance After His Home Was Destroyed by Palm Oil
As Conflict Palm Oil companies move into priceless rainforests like Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, they are leaving a trail of destruction behind. Chocolate the orangutan is one of the few lucky survivors of…
