Coal and Climate on the Table for BofA in 2013
Bank of America announced plans to host its Annual shareholder’s meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 8 amid strong[…]
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New Report Shows Banking Sector as Major Source of Climate Disruption
A number of major banks, including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase, invest in the acceleration of climate change each[…]
Read moreRainforest Action Network Statement on Bank of America’s New Emissions Commitment
In late May, Bank of America announced a new greenhouse gas emissions reduction commitment covering its ‘operational’ emissions coming from[…]
Read moreRainforest Action Network Finds Disney Tied to Forest Destruction and Endangered Tiger Loss
On May 18th, activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN), costumed as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, blocked the entrance to the[…]
Read moreReport Finds Chevron Downplaying Shareholder Risk and Liability from $18 Billion Ecuador Judgment
An Analysis of the Financial and Operational Risks to Chevron Corporation from Aguinda v. ChevronTexaco, finds that Chevron’s multi-billion liability[…]
Read moreStatement in Solidarity with Long Teran Kenan Community in Indonesia
Responding to a land dispute grievance filed by the Indigenous community of Long Teran Kenan and allies including Rainforest Action[…]
Read moreNew Report Card Exposes Largest Financers of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
A new report card issued by Rainforest Action Network and the Sierra Club ranks ten of the world’s largest banks[…]
Read moreRainforest Action Network Demands Top Financiers Move Away from Coal
The nation’s top six financiers of the coal industry received letters from Rainforest Action Network (RAN) urging that they transition[…]
Read moreGirl Scouts: Cookies Cut Down Rainforests
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has announced a new partnership with two 15 year-old Girl Scout activists who are petitioning Girl[…]
Read moreRainforest Action Network Calls on Lead Palm Oil, Pulp and Paper Consumers to Support Indonesian Moratorium on Forest Destruction
Days before the President of Indonesia is expected to sign a moratorium on the expansion of logging on new pulp,[…]
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