Posts By Nell Greenberg

Nell - who has written 36 posts on Rainforest Action Network Blog.

Nell can be found on Twitter: @nellgreenberg

President Obama: Veto The “Anti-Free Speech” Bill

By Nell, March 7 2012

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President Obama: Veto The “Anti-Free Speech” Bill

Update: Obama signed H.R. 347 into law last week. Our right to assemble and speak freely in protest of the government is under serious threat this week. Last Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly unanimously (388-3) in favor of H.R. 347, the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011, which could [...]

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The 99% Spring

By Nell, February 15 2012

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The 99% Spring

This spring, RAN has joined an amazingly ambitious effort to train 100,000 Americans in non-violent direct action and start a movement to take our country back. Please read the call to action below from more than 40 economic and environmental advocacy groups. And then join us in springing into action. DATE: February 15, 2012 TO: [...]

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Texan Takes Fight Against Tar Sands Pipeline to Citigroup

By Nell, April 21 2011

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Texan Takes Fight Against Tar Sands Pipeline to Citigroup

David Daniel is traveling 1,500 miles from the Piney Woods of East Texas to midtown Manhattan this week with a message for Citigroup, the nation’s third-largest bank: Don’t help a Canadian oil pipeline company endanger my community. At today’s Citigroup annual shareholder meeting, CEO Vikram Pandit was taken to task by David Daniel along with [...]

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VIDEO: Mountaintop Removal is an American Tragedy

By Nell, April 5 2011

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VIDEO: Mountaintop Removal is an American Tragedy

Mountaintop removal is an American tragedy. Plain and simple. The practice destroys hundreds of Appalachian mountains, contaminates drinking water and sacrifices America’s communities for small seams of coal. That’s exactly what actress and RAN ally Susan Sarandon has to say in our new video on mountaintop removal coal mining: This week, hundreds have convened in [...]

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Score: Three to Zip in Bad Day for Dirty Energy

By Nell, March 16 2011

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Score: Three to Zip in Bad Day for Dirty Energy

Amidst a horrific week of news about Japan, there was some truly good news yesterday in the fight to keep dirty coal and oil out of our air, water and atmosphere. Ambre Energy was foiled in its effort to open a coal export terminal on the coast of the Pacific Northwest; TransCanada was delayed in [...]

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RAN, 350, Greenpeace: Now Is the Time for Nonviolent Action

By Nell, March 7 2011

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RAN, 350, Greenpeace: Now Is the Time for Nonviolent Action

Last Thursday, a federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah convicted activist Tim DeChristopher of two felony counts for disrupting the auction of more than 100,000 acres of federal land that was being sold off by the Bush Administration for oil and gas drilling in 2008. Tim’s act of civil disobedience has been widely heralded [...]

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RAN Protests Coal Export Kingpin Ambre Energy

By Nell, February 23 2011

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RAN Protests Coal Export Kingpin Ambre Energy

Today in Salt Lake City, RAN has joined with climate activists, air quality advocates and local labor organizations to tell coal giant Ambre Energy that the coal rush is over. Coal kingpin Ambre Energy is making a major push to build America’s first West Coast coal port in the Pacific Northwest. That’s right: Ambre has [...]

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Rainforest Action Network Victories: Top Ten of 2010

By Nell, December 21 2010

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Rainforest Action Network Victories: Top Ten of 2010

Making change in the world is hard work — some times decades-long hard work. But with the right combination of strategies, experience, tenacity, and allies, it is possible to achieve victories that have a lasting impact. This year, Rainforest Action Network took on corporate titans and secured real wins for the world’s forests, the climate, [...]

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Activists Sit Down so EPA Will Stand up to King Coal

By Nell, July 8 2010

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Activists Sit Down so EPA Will Stand up to King Coal

Right now activists with the Rainforest Action Network have staged a super creative and gutsy sit-in at the EPA headquarters to demand stronger protection for Appalachia’s drinking water and an end to the devastating practice of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining once and for all. With the nation’s eyes on the BP disaster, the EPA, [...]

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JPMorgan’s First Public Statement on MTR

By Nell, May 17 2010

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JPMorgan’s First Public Statement on MTR

Just in time for JPMorgan’s annual shareholder meeting the lead U.S. financier of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining released its first public statement on MTR financing.

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