Update: better quality video of the event is here. Update: pictures from the event are here. This morning, RAN activists gave Weyerhaeuser shareholders an idea of what the company is really about (not the greenwashing lies it posts on its website). About 20 of us descended on the company’s annual shareholder meeting with a 20-foot [...]
Continue reading...By Cameron, March 7 2008
Well, it’s that time of year…time to select your Fossil Fool of the Year!! Voting is just underway here, and we’ve got a vested interest in the outcome, so, please, go vote, and pass the link on to everyone you can. This year, we’ve pulled out all the stops. We’ve created five categories to cover [...]
Continue reading...It’s a busy week for us here at RAN. We’re still recovering from our awesome fete in New York this weekend, hosted by Chris Noth. At the same time, we’re prepping for a Triple Crown of campaign activity. Our fearless Freedom From Oil campaign will be hitting the Los Angeles Auto Show to ask the [...]
Continue reading...We at RAN were disappointed, to say the least, when we learned that the Bush administration was planning to loosen the already lax regulations covering mountaintop removal mining. With the ominous threat of climate change hanging over us, making it easier to flatten mountains, pollute streams, and pump climate-changing coal pollution into the atmosphere seemed [...]
Continue reading...By Cameron, August 16 2007
It was 107 in Memphis yesterday—an all-time high. The heat that has gripped most of the South for the past week and a half has killed at least 37 people. Riffing the massive earthquake yesterday in Peru (which left almost 450 people dead), Memphis’ mayor said, “This is pretty akin to a seismic event in [...]
Continue reading...By Cameron, August 10 2007
After news yesterday that rescuers were close to reaching the six miners trapped, and possibly dead, in a Utah mine, reports reveal today that the effort to drill an air hole may have missed the miners altogether. The six have been trapped since Monday, with no indication that they survived the mine collapse. What’s more, [...]
Continue reading...By Cameron, August 9 2007
It can seem overwhelming to think about giving up our dependence on fossil fuels because it would mean changing habits we’ve come to take for granted. Like getting our groceries 6 miles from where we live, or visiting people in other parts of the country every couple of months. But then, sometimes it hits me. [...]
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By Cameron, April 17 2008
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