Benefit Corporations Show California What Good Business Looks Like
RAN applauds those businesses that have formalized their commitment to social and environmental sustainability by becoming California’s first benefit corporations. With the enactment of California Assembly Bill AB 361 on…
Top Five Ways to Change the World in 2012
2011 saw more people power than I could have dared to hope. Last New Year’s Eve, who could have predicted that the protests in Tunisia, just then making the news,…
Santa Delivers Coal to CEO at Bank of America Headquarters
On Monday, Bank of America CEO Bryan Moynihan and Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers were both delivered much-deserved lumps of coal by North Carolina activists with Rainforest Action Network and…
Dismantling Corporate Power: A Call to Action on the Anniversary of Citizens United
The anniversary of the Citizens United ruling this January 21 promises to be monumental. For all of us working day and night on behalf of people and the environment, January…
From The Field: Borneo’s Tanjung Puting National Park And The High Stakes Of The Palm Oil Crisis
Since joining RAN’s forest program over two years ago, I have read and written about the many dire consequences of industrial scale palm oil plantations in Indonesia: one of the…
Massey’s Parent Company Accepts Financial Responsibility For Upper Big Branch Disaster
No amount of money will bring back the 29 men who died because of Massey Energy’s gross disregard for safety, but hopefully this will help their families start to feel…
Occupy Movement Starts Showing Up on Bank of America Doorsteps
As the authorities attempt to evict Occupy protestors from public spaces, they are showing up at Bank of America doorsteps across the country. Yesterday, in Charlotte, environmental activists showed up…
ADM vs. Responsible Palm Oil & Human Rights
Unlike 2008’s showdown, nobody from RAN attended this year’s Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) shareholder meeting to hold CEO Patricia Woertz’ ass to the fire. Nonetheless, ADM did not get away…
Why Rainforest Action Network Stands With The Occupy Movement
“We all know, or at least sense, that the world is upside down: we act as if there is no end to what is actually finite — fossil fuels and…
Remember, Remember The 5th Of November
Remember, remember the 5th of November — because this Saturday is “Bank Transfer Day.” BTD is a highly popular Facebook event (over 70,000 are attending) initiated by Kristen Christian, a…