Among other business at Weyerhaeuser's shareholder meeting on thursday, Chuck Williamson of Unocal was nominated to the company's Board of Directors. CEO Rogel says that his post "will be important as Weyerhaeuser develops a larger global footprint."

JPMorgan Chase announced its new "sustainability commitment" today after months of intense campaigning by RAN members, activists, and allies around the country. Want to know what they agreed to do? Take a look at the policy and see for yourself (its a PDF folks). Some highlights

If you haven’t been following this amazing story coming out of British Columbia, you might want to tune in now. Local residents of the Queen Charlotte Islands off the coast of British Columbia are in the midst of a stunning stand against logging giant Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest logging companies grossing over [...]

So what does the average RAN supporter look like?

If any of you haven’t seen yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article on the vulnerability of big banks to scandals (JP Morgan and Citigroup), give it a read (you’ll need a subscription to get access) . They claim that the “politicization of bank lending hurts not only the banks, but also the future of the [...]

Hundreds of activists converged on JP Morgan branch offices nationwide today and we've got pics!

The Global Finance team is putting together one of the largest actions for this Tuesday, April 12th. This national day of action will involve hundreds of people around the country with specific flagship actions in New York City and Chicago. Targeting JP Morgan Chase and their famed Investments of Mass Destruction the goal [...]

The good news is that through Google's mapping software anyone can actually view satellite images of their neighborhood. The bad news is that after checking out parts of British Columbia and Vancouver, Dave Shea of Mezzoblue found that the clearcutting is more egregious than we initially thought.

Well, I will say this Fossil Fools Day turned out perfect. Our coalition of over 15 different organizations put on over 306 actions in North America alone, 155 of which were at Ford dealerships!