Understory: the Official Blog of RAN

Archive for November, 2005

An Open Letter to Bill Ford Jr.

Laurie David, the extraordinary Hollywood activist and organizer working to stop global warming, confronted Bill Ford Jr. this week on her Huffington Post blog. Laurie is joining...

New York Steps Up

When California decided to set its own air quality standards back in 1970 it had no idea what impact that action would take years down the line. Now, states like Vermont and New York are jumping aboard the clean air bandwagon...

Ewww…Watering Down GW Demands

Is the European Union worried about asking too much of developing countries when it comes to Kyto Protocol commitments? Whether they are or not, significant questions surround the upcoming climate negotiations in Montreal this week.

Interglacial BBQ

With the release of a new study, we now know for a fact that CO2 levels are higher today than at any time in the last eight ice ages. Yipes!

Goldman a Landmark Statement?

It's not everyday that a grassroots market force able to bring multi-billion dollar financial firms to the table to talk about their environmental investment practices. So is this latest Goldman Sachs policy a landmark one? Is it the best of the policies reached even compared to Citigroup, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase?

Down n’ Dirty in Arkansas

Doing a little research of my own tonight has yielded a rather fruitful harvest. Basically, I found out some more interesting history on our friends over at Weyerhaeuser. Apparently, back in 1995 they were involved in a shady (thats putting it nicely) land trade deal in Arkansas with the Forest Service....

Driving Delusions

RAN activists around the country took part in a day of action at Ford dealerships on Saturday. One of the key locations was in Detroit where we put up some rather artistic (I think so anyway) “high-tech slideshows” using the sides of buildings as our screens. Rather ingenious really. Leaves no trace and [...]

A Murder Mystery

EV Confidential, the documentary by Chris Paine about the promise and untimely demise of electric cars, has been picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. Watch the trailer here. It may give you sniffles.

We Thought the White House Had Leaks

Confidential documents obtained ealrier today by RAN show how the Forest Products Association of Canada will respond to "International Day of Action to Save the Boreal" events planned throughout Canada and the US on Nov. 3.

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