There is a growing consensus that the highly touted “fuel of the future” may not be the panacea that we once that it was. Agrofuels, made from large-scale industrial crops, like palm oil, soy, sugarcane and canola, have far more social and environmental problems than benefits. But, let’s get clear on something. Agrofuels are very [...]

Its the day after RAN’s OfficeMax and Grand & Toy day of action, yesterday OfficeMax and Grand & Toy locations across the United States and Canada heard hundreds of activists demand that the stores publicly support a moratorium in Grassy Narrows. Here are a few of the latest updates: In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 25 [...]

Reports from activists about their OfficeMax and Grand & Toy protests today are trickling in. It was a frigid and blustery day for a day of action, but people came out in force to demand that OfficeMax and Grand & Toy publicly support a moratorium in Grassy Narrows. In Milwaukee, activists braved -3 [...]

I’m in Honolulu this week, joining local organizers and activists outside the Major Economies Meeting (MEM) at the East-West Center on UH-Manoa’s campus. The 16 biggest carbon-emitting nations are here at President Bush’s request to discuss “Energy Security and Climate Change,” but the meetings are closed to the public, and hopes are not high [...]

Reports and pictures are just starting to roll in from the dozens of actions at OfficeMax and Grand & Toy locations throughout the US and Canada. Early this morning, Activists in Toronto locked themselves to the Headquarters of Grand & Toy for the better part of an hour somehow negotiating their way out with no [...]

This morning, three RAN NYC activists snuck into Citi’s Financial Investor’s Conference in New York City’s Waldorf Astoria. Despite the Waldorf’s reputation for screening party crashers, one environmentally-minded conference goer managed to get in to Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis’s presentation. The room was standing room only (I guess investors want to [...]

Tonight at the Women’s Building, RAN, along with co-sponsors Grassroots International, Food First, California Food and Justice Coalition, Amazon Watch, Friends of the MST, and Global Exchange are hosting Rafael Alegria, former executive secretary of Via Campesina. Via Campesina is an international network that represents over 100 million small producers around the world, and is one [...]

A major scandal is unfolding in Japan’s paper industry, centered around Japan’s two largest paper companies and two largest buyers of wood fiber from Tasmania, where old growth forests are being destroyed for the international trade in wood pulp. In a striking corporate deception first uncovered in holiday greeting cards sold by Japan Post, it [...]

The fifth anniversary of the war is fast approaching. That’s five years of senseless violence, torture, death and destruction initiated by our government. Trillions of dollars have been wasted, over 600,000 Iraqis killed and almost 4,000 American service people killed in a war based on the Bush administration’s lies. When the war drums began [...]

For all the people who live in cities where no action is planned, and who still want to get involved - we’ve got a great alternative to planning an action! If you want to make sure that your voice is heard, and that your local OfficeMax or Grand & Toy store manager hears [...]