Understory: the Official Blog of RAN

Archive for December, 2005

Weyerhaeuser to Workers-”Bah Humbug!”

Leave it to the grinches over at Weyerhaeuser to pink slip workers just before the holidays. Within the last several months, the company announced a string of mill closures stretching from Oregon to Ontario.

Ford Admits that it Emits

This week Ford became the first automaker to assess and report its climate change impacts. Since Ford has the worst per-vehicle greenhouse gas emissions...

Votin’ in DC

Thats right folks...the ANWR debate is up again, this time in the Senate. Its been tagged...

Gettin’ on the Bus

Remember racing out of school to a line of big yellow buses waiting patiently to wisk us all home? Part of my memory of elementary school revolves around this moment of everyday that...

When a Tree Falls…

It's Tuesday afternoon in downtown San Francisco. Office denizens scurry about the financial district foraging for food.

WSJ Roundtable Revisited

I must say I've learned a ton about how some of RAN's naysayers justify their stances. Global Finance Director Ilyse Hogue, Competitive Enterprise Institute founder Fred Smith and GE Senior VP for law and public affairs Benjamin Heinemann participated...

Corporate Roles in Our Society

How do we keep corporations in balance with the ecological and social world? The recent corporate scandals have left many Americans with a bad taste in their mouth and a strong lack of confidence in corporate structures.

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.

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