In these days where much attention is focused on oil (oil wars, auto emissions, oil addiction, etc etc) one of the potential problems that could arise is a new dependency on coal and coal-fired power plants. When burned, coal is the dirtiest fossil fuel. It releases toxic mercury, acid-rain producing sulfur dioxide, and [...]

Chevy and the show “The Apprentice” have banded together in a contest allowing users on the web to create their very own Chevy Tahoe commerical. The winner is aired on national TV. Its a great idea, really, to get people interested in the product. But, I guess they forgot that not everyone is in favor [...]

The latest issue of Time magazine should be a wakeup call for leaders in this country. It’s a special report on global warming with a headline, “Be Worried. Be Very Worried.” The cover story by Jeffrey Kluger describes how there is no doubt among scientists and independent policymakers that climate change is real, “..in the [...]

Last Tuesday, JSF activists and the Raging Grannies hooked up for an action down in Palo Alto, CA. Here is a direct account by one our very own supporters who was locked down. On Tuesday, March 21, I blockaded the entrance to a Ford dealership in Palo Alto, California, chained to four other activists from the [...]

Check out this report on a surprise awards ceremony at the Sustainability Challenge Conference earlier this month from Jess and friends in Toronto: After fighting traffic for over an hour, Lila, Meagan, Shannon and I pulled into the circular driveway of the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel, a four-diamond hotel located next to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport. Inside, [...]

Here’s a very interesting first person account of the indigenous uprising happening in Ecuador from a close friend of RAN, Kevin Koenig of Amazon Watch: The country is about to burst at the seams. There have been provincial strikes and road blocks since i got here. Although they subsided over the weekend, [...]

RAN has joined the effort down in Tasmania (that little island off the south-eastern coast of Australia) against logging company Gunns Ltd. Lots of amazing activists down under who are coming out of every nook and cranny to protest the company’s horrible forestry practices. We launched TreesNotGunns.org as a way to get folks tied into [...]

RAN’s webmaster and myself just returned from South By SouthWest down in Austin, TX. The conference-festival has long been a staple in the independent movies and music commmunity and draws thousands to the heart of progressive Texas in a two week explosion of art, community, live music, performance and now geeks. The interactive portion of SXSW [...]

Good news from the Wal-Mart world: it appears they’re more serious about adopting substantial corporate ethics strategies than previously thought. Wal-Mart has issued a new job posting for a corporate executive business ethics point person to work for the world’s largest retailer and who… …will oversee a team of about ten staffers inside Wal-Mart’s Global Ethics [...]

Last weekend, Jumpstart Ford Organizers, Nile Malloy and Mike Hudema facilitated two non-violent direct action (NVDA) and corporate campaign strategy trainings at The Midwest Student Clean Energy Conference. The conference was sponsored by Energy Action, Global Exchange, Student PIRGS, Sierra Student Coalition and the Apollo Alliance, and brought together over 300 students from across the [...]