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...
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...
posted by Japhet in RAN General on November 28th, 2005
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.
posted by Japhet in Global Finance on November 22nd, 2005
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?
posted by Japhet in Old Growth on November 20th, 2005
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....
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 [...]
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.
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.