RAN’s Position On Hydrofracking

We have grown increasingly concerned about the prevalence of hydraulic fracturing, or ‘fracking,’ a technique used to mine natural gas. We’ve watched movies like Split Estate and Gasland, which explain the serious health risks associated with fracking, and we’ve been hearing and reading about thousands of people across the US who are turning out to [...]

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Challenging Green Corporate Power

Last week, the San Francisco Chronicle posted an article about California becoming “the center of renewable power development in the United States” as utility companies work toward the state-mandated 20% by 2010 renewable energy standard. Now that one of the primary goals of California’s landmark climate bill is on track, legislators are setting their sights [...]

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Grassroots Organizing Cools the Planet; A Letter from the Grassroots to 1 Sky

[A Letter from the Grassroots; written by grassroots organizations across the United States (including Grassroots Global Justice, Movement Generation, Indigenous Environmental Network, etc - full list at the end. The letter is a response to 1 Sky's public statement this August.] Sign the Petition To the Board and Staff of 1 Sky, We are grassroots [...]

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Solar Good, Chevron’s Business Bad

A hand covered in crude contaminates from an open toxic pool in the the Ecuadorean Amazon rainforest near Lago Agrio. It was abandoned by Texaco (now Chevron) after oil drilling operations ended in 1990 and was never remediated. View more pics of Chevron’s toxic legacy in the Ecuadorean Amazon. A few weeks ago, the British [...]

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Decoding RBS Greenwash

As 500 climate activists set up camp at RBS Global Headquarters in Edinburgh last week, the bank tried and failed to play the victim.  Despite the bank’s assertions to the press, we showed that the bank is not a top funder of renewable energy (according to Bloomberg), and never offered to meet with protest leaders [...]

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Royal BS

Hundreds of climate activists set up camp this morning next to the headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Edinburgh. Since an October 2008 bailout, taxpayers have owned more than 80% of the bank. But Downing Street won’t enforce basic environmental standards at RBS so Climate Camp is taking direct action. The camp [...]

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Top 3 Ways to Rid U.S. Need for Mountaintop Removal Coal

Those of us who are working to stop mountaintop removal coal mining are often asked how the United States would meet its energy needs without coal from Appalachia. There are a few answers to that question… 1 Be Energy Efficient One answer is that opportunities for energy efficiency in the US are huge. Individual and [...]

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SF:Quit Fooling With Fossil Fuels

Rising Tide Bay Area did a banner drop early this morning above the This morning at rush-hour, Rising Tide Bay Area dropped a 300 square foot banner on Treasure Island, overlooking the Bay Bridge. This is the one of the busiest rush-hour commutes in the country, with an estimated 75,000+ commuters during the morning rush [...]

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People are using less power, energy exec’s say

You need to see this – electricity use is DOWN all over the country….and energy executives don’t think it’s because of the economic downturn, but rather because of a ‘fundamental shift’. Key quote: ” Michael Morris, the chief executive of AEP, one of the country’s largest utilities, says he thinks the industry should to be [...]

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Obama F***ing Changed His Lightbulbs

I just saw this on Huffington post and I had to share. Newsweek got a great quote from Barack Obama on what goes through his head when he gets stupid questions about global warming during presidential debates: I often find myself trapped by the questions and thinking to myself, ‘You know, this is a stupid [...]

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