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For our 25th anniversary, RAN put together a quick video of our greatest hits, greatest moments and greatest victories. We showed it at REVEL, but in case you missed it, here it is for your viewing pleasure.
Continue reading...By Margaret, October 18 2010
REVEL, RAN’s 25th birthday party was a smashing success on Thursday night, as almost 500 people came together to celebrate a quarter century of activism and victories challenging the power of corporations over our democracy and our environment. California jam band the Mother Hips got people on the floor dancing and Grateful Dead alum and [...]
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Beside all the talk of oil spills, forests have been back in the news this week. From books to REDD to palm oil, here’s a news round up of the latest happenings. Starting off the week, on Monday RAN released a report linking kids books to the destruction of rainforests. You can read more about [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, February 17 2010
The following is a tribute to Chris Coppola. Donations to Rainforest Action Network in Chris’ memory have to-date exceeded $5,000. The Coppola family plans to continue to actively support the mission of RAN in helping to keep Chris’ spirit alive. The Board of Directors and the staff of RAN is honored that the Coppola family [...]
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One of our favorite rainforest blogs, Mongabay, is up for a Climate Change Communicator of the Year in a contest sponsored by George Mason University. If he wins, it will be a great way to highlight the connection between forests and climate change (as we know, around 15% of greenhouse gas emissions come from deforestation, [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, December 17 2009
This is a repost from Grist… COPENHAGEN—Many of us who are here reading the text drafts, talking to ministers and following the negotiations were a bit surprised to read in the New York Times yesterday that we’re about to close a deal on REDD. It’s true, negotiations have progressed, and balanced-but-far-from-completely-resolved text moved early this [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, December 9 2009
And really, why should you? Forests are an integral part of the climate change fight. The destruction of forests around the world accounts for 20 percent of global greenhouse gases. Saving the rainforest requires the same system changes that stopping fossil fuels does – a new greener world based on sustainability, not consumption. We do [...]
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This blog was posted first on Grist. In the midst of decreasing expectations over a global climate deal, saving forests has been held out as the one thing that might be achieved over the next two weeks in Copenhagen. Says Newsweek: “One of the few tangible achievements expected from the climate talks in Copenhagen this [...]
Continue reading...By Margaret, November 24 2009
The world’s forests are a critical piece of the climate change puzzle. Covering over 30 percent of the Earth’s land surface, forests play a huge role in regulating weather patterns and absorbing the carbon that we release into the atmosphere. Not to mention, global deforestation is a huge contributor to climate change – emitting more [...]
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San Francisco’s preeminent green blogger (and RAN alum) Cameron Scott is running a cool contest over at the Thin Green Line to find the most outrageous greenwash, citing a bad palm oil ad that we blogged about a while ago. Winners will be featured in his blog…. Check it out here….
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By Margaret, October 19 2010
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