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Pledging to Resist the Keystone XL Madness
Rainforest Action Network: In the smart new F/X drama “The Americans” about Elizabeth and Phillip, a pair of lovable Soviet sleeper agents living in the DC suburbs during the Reagan-era 1980s, a top Soviet spy tells Elizabeth “the American people have elected a madman as their president. He makes no secret of his desire to destroy us.” The Reagan years represented a dangerous time in global history. Along with the nuclear arms race that eventually bankrupted the already faltering Soviet Union and took the world to the edge… Continue reading
Rainforest Defender Rebecca Tarbotton Leaves Inspiring Legacy
EcoWatch: Last year ended on a sad note, with the accidental drowning death of Rebecca Tarbotton in Mexico, at 39 years of age. Becky was the inspirational executive director of San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network, but her roots were in British Columbia. In an October speech, she eloquently recalled her early days in the environmental movement, including an internship at the David Suzuki Foundation, and explained how a few people with purpose, committed to a goal, can accomplish a lot. Continue reading
Patriot Coal to End Mountaintop Removal Mining
Rainforest Action Network: Good news for Appalachia: Patriot Coal recently announced its decision to end mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining. Rainforest Action Network has been talking for many years about why this egregious form of mining needs to be ended immediately Continue reading
RELEASE: Today as Rainforest Action Network and Awardee Naomi Klein REVEL, Primary Rainforests Continue to Be Destroyed in Their Names
By Earth’s Newsdesk , a project of Ecological Internet http://www.ecoearth.info/newsdesk/ CONTACT: Dr. Continue reading
ACTION ALERT! FSC Rainforest Logging is Disaster Capitalism: Tell RAN and Naomi Klein, No Such Thing as "Ethical Primary Forest Timbers"
By Ecological Internet’s Rainforest Portal TAKE ACTION HERE NOW! SHAME! Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is one of the primary obstacles to protecting ancient rainforests [ search ] as they promote their first time industrial logging. Continue reading
Canada: Fake Twitter accounts used to promote tar sands pipeline
Mother Jones: Someone in the oil industry appears to be resorting to astroturfing to bolster support for the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Alberta down to Texas if approved by the Obama administration. The Rainforest Action Network thinks the American Petroleum Institute and its oil lobby allies are behind a slew of fake Twitter accounts designed to prop up public opinion about the pipeline. The final decision on the project lies with the State Department… Continue reading
Ecological Internet Strong, Bold & Almost To Goal
Keep grassroots global biocentric portals and advocacy for global ecological sustainability. 10 DAYS TO GIFT EI’S EARTH ADVOCACY! Dear fellow Earth lovers, Together we are the largest, most effective biocentric campaign for global ecological sustainability. Continue reading
