Update: Banks Fail Climate & Indigenous Rights Tests by Supporting TransCanada
Read part 1 of this 2-part blog here. JPMorgan Chase has had quite the last few weeks. Over 3,000 RAN members and allies called the company to tell them…
TransCanada, Big Banks and the KXL Pipeline: A Risky Business Trifecta
Read part 2 of this 2-part blog here. Credit Facilities Up for Renewal The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline: It’s an environmental disaster, it’s a human rights disaster, and it’s…
Keystone XL pipeline fight shows power of US climate movement
OpEd on KXL “After a seven year fight, President Obama finally rejected the northern leg of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. But it is important to remember how recently the…
When We Fight, We F*** Shit Up: Keystone XL and Delegitimizing Fossil Fuels
cross-posted from Counterpunch “At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the…
BREAKING: Keystone XL is history
Today, you made history. After a seven-year fight, President Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline once and for all.1 It’s you—and the rest of the movement — that we have to…
Environmental Activists Prepare for Next Fight After Keystone Victory
KXL & KING “It’s good, and at the same time it cannot be the extent of Obama’s work on climate,” said Lindsey Allen, Rainforest Action Network executive director, of Obama’s…
RAN Statement on Rejection of Keystone XL Pipeline
Rainforest Action Network Executive Director Lindsey Allen issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline: “The president’s decision today is the result of…
RAN Statement on Obama Administration Denial of Keystone XL Permit Application Suspension Request
RAN Executive Director Lindsey Allen said: “It is a hopeful sign that Obama has rejected TransCanada’s desperate request to buy more time, but after seven years of drama, enough is…
This Is Getting Ridiculous. Obama, Stop The Delay and Reject KXL Now!
This is getting ridiculous. The ongoing saga of Keystone took another twist yesterday as Canadian oil giant TransCanada attempted to weasel their way out of an outright rejection of the…
Keystone XL: RAN Responds to Latest Move by TransCanada Corp.
San Francisco, CA – TransCanada Corp., the company behind the controversial cross-border Keystone XL pipeline, has asked the Obama Administration to indefinitely suspend its application for the project and pause its…