What a week RAN had in Seattle! The week of March 11th through the 15th was packed full of educational events, actions, meetings, and so much more. It’s took me a few days to get back into the swing of things here at the RAN office in San Francisco, and even more time to reflect [...]

Former Senator John Edwards just announced his policy on coal-fired power plants. He wants to ban the construction of coal-fired plants at least until carbon sequestration technology can be developed. He’s also proposing a cap-and-trade system of carbon credits. You can see him talk about it in this video; it’s about three minutes in. The [...]

Earlier this month El Grande, Australia’s biggest tree and the world’s largest flowering plant, collapsed after a controlled burn a few years ago prescribed by Forestry Tasmania (the government’s forest management department) got out of control and burnt El Grande causing it to collapse earlier this week. They even admit it. So why not overhaul [...]

Brazilian federal officials shut down one of Cargill’s deep river grain ports along the Amazon River this past Saturday. Due to their failure to submit a credible Environmental Impact Statement to the government, the agribusiness giant based out of Minnetonka, MI, will be forced to close down its “soy port” while it appeals the [...]

An entirely new species of cat has been discovered on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Scientists just recently confirmed that the clouded leopard is not the same species as its close relative on the mainland of Southeast Asia. The good news here is that, yes, in fact we have another species of big cat [...]

Well, not really. But I found this fantastic old trailer for the 1989 thriller “INDIO” about a ex-Marine half-native who comes back to the Amazonian rainforest to save it from development by a corporation headed up by an ex-Army Colonel. Yes, the plot is that thick. Some of us here in the office wished we [...]

Just when you thought you were taking a stand for the health of our planet by recycling all your recyclable materials, composting all your compost-ables, and buying only organic foods at your local Whole Foods, you find out about Colin Beaven and Michelle Conlin. Living in a bourgeois 5th avenue apartment is a far [...]

Al Gore is taking his fight to the U.S. Congress. He’s testifying before two committees that he once served on, the House Science and Energy Committees. Here’s part of his opening speech. Thanks to Nancy Pelosi’s office for posting (I think…who really knows). What’s your favorite quote?

As most people who follow this blog know, there’s been tremendous momentum in the past few months challenging the US Coal Rush. From stopping power plant construction in Texas and North Carolina to leading scientists and politicians calling for a moratorium on coal – NOW is the time to hold firm on our demands. No [...]

Yesterday on the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war, 4 autonomous affinity groups, dozens of supporters and the Bush Administration met at the front entrance of Chevron’s world headquarters to protest Chevron profiting off of oil that fuels wars in the Middle East, catastrophic climate chaos and hazardous conditions in communities around the world. The action [...]