RAN called out with 5 others for NOT taking a stand on climate change – when that stand was inadequate.
Integrity is everything when you’ve got limited resources and are committed to saving the world’s last remaining old growth forests, defending Indigenous rights, and stopping climate change. While we applaud…
A good week fighting tar sands expansion
It was a good week in the fight against tar sands. Last week, RBC CEO Gord Nixon went on record saying that he would “consider” an invitation from Lionel Lepine…
Persistent Polar Bears Picket Prentice
Canadian Environment Minister Jim Prentice wrapped up his visit with US Cabinet and Congressional Leaders yesterday, but not without interruption. RAN received the following dispatch from Paul R. Bear from…
Powershift vs. Tar Sands
I joined about 30 powershifters to brave the snow and wind early this morning to send a message to Congressional leaders ahead of Canadian Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice….
RBC – Get out of the Tar Sands!!! Pt. 2
Update – just in from Mark in Toronto (with pictures): We had a great protest this morning in Toronto at the Royal Bank headquarters. Fifteen activists greeted RBC employees on…
RBC – Get out of the Tar Sands!!!
RBC is Canada’s largest bank and a premier sponsor of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. They’re also Canada’s largest financier of the Alberta Tar Sands – one of the most environmentally…
Hansen Puts the Tar Sands and Obama’s Trip to Canada into Climate Perspective
Dr. Hansen continues to sound the alarm. Pass it on. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/400431_hansen18.html President’s trip to Canada defines critical carbon moment Last updated February 17, 2009 4:01 p.m. PT By JAMES E….
Oil spill near Chicago
from The Associated Press Crews clean 65,000-gallon oil spill near Chicago 4 hours ago ROCKDALE, Ill. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency says a spill of 65,000 gallons of waste…
The Spectre of Nationalization
It wasn’t that long ago (I think we can count it in months actually) that the terms ‘nationalize’ and ‘banks’ just wouldn’t ever have been found in the same sentence….
First Nations Petition Obama on Native Rights vs. Dirty Energy
How will an Obama Administration handle Native Rights issues in the face of fossil fuel expansion? That’s the question raised in a good article from by Joe Friesen in the…