The Carbon Logic Problem Statement | Grist
All too often those debating the solutions and proposed actions to tackle global warming fail to challenge the assumptions. While it’s important to deal with emissions it can be argued…
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…
How much old growth forest remains in the US?
Good question! USGS reports that “Before European settlement, forests covered nearly one billion acres of what is now the United States.” Data tables from the UN Forest Resource Asessment 2005…
RAN Writes to the FSC
Coming up in November, RAN staff will be attending the FSC General Assembly meeting as one of 350 members of the environmental chamber. The FSC is the only forest certification…
Tom Stephens: Amnesiac or Poor Brand Manager?
Forest News Watch posted an interesting interview with Boise Cascade CEO Tom Stephens Friday. When asked what effect “the agreement reached with Rainforest Action Network” had on day-to-day operations of…
Canada Looking for Terrorists in Grassy Narrows
The National Post just reported that Canada’s top Federal spooks were keeping *really* close tabs on last year’s National Day of Action for Native Rights–apparently including protests planned in support…
Grassy Victory Articles
Check out these lengthy news pieces on Grassy Narrows’ victory in kicking the clear-cut logging corporations off their territory – an area three times the size of Yosemite National Park….
Message from JB Fobister in Grassy Narrows
JB Fobister is a Grassy Narrows member who has been a key part of the community’s work towards self-determination. He sends this message: Six years ago when we blocked the…
Weyerhaeuser Gives RAN a Webcam!
Weyerhaeuser, by way of its iLevel brand, has been broadcasting the construction of a new house in Reedley, CA live over the Web. Quick background: In northwestern Ontario’s stretch of…
RAN Exposes Weyerhaeuser to Shareholders
Update: better quality video of the event is here. Update: pictures from the event are here. This morning, RAN activists gave Weyerhaeuser shareholders an idea of what the company is…