Nissan Initiates Second Wave of Electric Cars in U.S.
Nissan recently announced plans to produce electric vehicles for the U.S. market by 2010. This upstages announcements from both GM and Toyota, which have also announced plans for plug-in production….
The Scale of Greenwashing
I think the first time I ever heard the word ‘greenwashing’ was in the late ’80s or maybe early ’90s after I saw a flier from McDonald’s about how they…
Caution! Caution! OXY’s Toxic!
Hello from Los Angeles! I’ve been in LA for the past few days supporting Amazon Watch, a great long-time organizational ally of RAN, as they demand that Occidental Petroleum clean…
Caution! Caution! OXY’s Toxic!
Hello from Los Angeles! I’ve been in LA for the past few days supporting Amazon Watch, a great long-time organizational ally of RAN, as they demand that Occidental Petroleum clean…
Caution! Caution! OXY’s Toxic!
Hello from Los Angeles! I’ve been in LA for the past few days supporting Amazon Watch, a great long-time organizational ally of RAN, as they demand that Occidental Petroleum clean…
Zero Emissions Vehicles Terminated
Yesterday in a bold move backwards, California’s Air Resource Board (CARB) voted to kill the electric car. Again. Bowing to automaker pressure. Again. Ignoring the concerns of California’s citizens. Again….
Chevron’s Richmond Refinery: Shut Down By People Power!
Yesterday, on March 15th, 2008, nearly 1,000 people gathered in Richmond, California – as part of a series of non-violent direct actions leading up to the 5th anniversary of the…
ClimateGroundZero.org – Citizens Direct Action Camp June 1st – 6th
“We All Live at Climate Ground Zero” It is time for American citizens to take leadership & direct action and make our politicians accountable to us. To this end we…
RAN Grassroots Confronts “new push for authenticity by companies”
As promised, General Motors hosted a live webchat to address “corporate greenwashing” for RAN supporters yesterday. The Detroit News covered the event, featuring GM executive Brent Dewar “answering” questions from…
The Mainstream Media Spreads the Word about Palm Oil
It has been an amazing few weeks for media about palm oil. Three articles, from the Sacramento Bee, the NYTimes, and CNN.com highlighted the problems with the expansion of palm…