Tar Sands, Enbridge and Indigenous Resistance
In mid-July I attended the 1st Annual ‘Unist’ot’en Environmental Action Camp in Unist’ot’en territory in Northern BC as a facilitator and participant. Members of the Wetsuweten nation, joined by First…
RAN and Cargill: Turning Point for Indonesia’s Rainforests?
Since the release of our report on Cargill’s problems with palm oil in Borneo, Cargill has been scrambling to clean up their palm oil supply chain. Cargill has been engaging…
Army Corps Issues Permit to Blow Up Pine Creek
News just in from the EPA: Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) issued a final Clean Water Act (CWA) permit to Coal-Mac Inc. for the Pine Creek Surface…
PNC and UBS: Financing the Destruction of America’s Mountains
Over the past couple of years, several of the biggest banks in the world have released policies and statements regarding investments in the mountaintop removal coal mining industry. According to…
RAN Activists Send Message to Massey CEO Don Blankenship
RAN activists just disrupted Massey CEO Don Blankenship’s talk at the National Press Club sending him a strong message:“Your coal is not Clean, Safe or Forever.” They were eventually escorted…
A letter to Lisa Jackson from West Virginia
Yesterday we learned the news that the EPA has, yet again, flip-flopped on mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining and given the go-ahead to new mining at Pine Creek in Logan…
BP still finds time to party
Here’s an update from our friends at Platform in London, England. Platform is shining a spotlight on BP’s corporate sponsorship of the Arts. For the past 20 years, Tate Britain…
One Kid’s Book Takes on the Climate Challenge
These days climate change is definitely a buzz phrase that you can hear all types of people talking about around town. But between phrases like fossil fuels and renewable energy…
New EPA Coal Standard Saves Lives
The EPA just announced a new standard for sulfur dioxide emissions from coal fired power plants. According to the EPA in an article in the New York Times, this new…
Sumatran Tiger Unexpected Visitor at BookExpo America
Last week, RAN’s Rainforest Free Paper team attended BookExpo America, the biggest publishing event in the U.S. An unusual part of the team really stood out from the 20,000+ crowd…a…