Extreme Investments: 2013 Coal Finance Report Card

Posted April 29, 2013 in The Understory

Today, RAN, Sierra Club, and BankTrack launched our 2013 Coal Finance Report Card. This year’s report, entitled “Extreme Investments: U.S. Banks and the Coal Industry” evaluates the largest U.S. banks…

“It’s Easier to Mine Coal Without People Around.”

Posted March 4, 2013 in The Understory

RAN’s latest Coal Risk Update highlights the potential human rights impacts of a planned mountaintop removal mine in Blair, West Virginia. Blair Mountain is a national treasure: The mountain is…

Patriot Coal to End Mountaintop Removal Mining

Posted November 27, 2012 in The Understory

Good news for Appalachia: Patriot Coal recently announced its decision to end mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. Rainforest Action Network has been talking for many years about why this egregious…

“Stop Financing Nightmares and Begin Financing Dreams”

Posted October 31, 2012 in The Understory

I’d like to introduce my friend, Paul Corbit Brown. Paul is an exceptional individual, a human rights photographer who has spent his lifetime traveling the world documenting injustice. Paul is…

“I Ain’t Collateral Damage. I Am Somebody”

Posted October 25, 2012 in The Understory

This past weekend I went to West Virginia to say goodbye to my friend Larry Gibson. He passed away on September 9th on his home on Kayford Mountain, West Virginia….

The Clean Water Act Turns 40 This Week

Posted October 18, 2012 in The Understory

Happy Birthday to the Clean Water Act! Forty years ago this week a ground-breaking environmental protection was passed into federal law, enshrining a human right to clean water. Many of…

Patriot Coal: Another One Bites the Dust

Posted July 11, 2012 in The Understory

Big news this week in the coal industry: Patriot Coal, the third-largest Mountaintop Removal (MTR) coal mining company, is filing for bankruptcy. Bank of America is among the banks providing…