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First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

The Chicago 22 Arrested for Telling Obama: Stop Keystone XL

In the early hours of the morning today, in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline, 22 activists were arrested when they staged a sit-in at the State Department in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago. The activists arrested today included former Obama ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, Keystone XL Pipeline, Arrests, Chicago, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Training for the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Throughout the summer, Rainforest Action Network, CREDO, and the Other 98% will be leading nationwide trainings in dignified, nonviolent civil disobedience. These trainings will support ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Keystone XL Pipeline, Civil Disobedience, Rainforest Action Network, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

World Wide Fund For Nature

Asia Pulp and Paper Caught Clearing Rainforest: Credibility of APP Deforestation Moratorium in Doubt

Indonesian paper giant APP says it wants to change , but, given its track record, the company must prove itself before it can be trusted as a supplier of pulp and paper products. Unfortunately, APP’s four-month-old commitment to stop destroying Indonesia’s ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Deforestation, Indonesia, World Wide Fund For Nature, misleading

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

Two Big Announcemements on the KXL Pledge of Resistance

Over the last two months, Rainforest Action Network has been working with CREDO and The Other 98% to lay the groundwork to prepare for the Pledge of Resistance . The Pledge is a commitment made by more than 60,000 people to engage in civil disobedience ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 29 2013]

Entities: Civil Disobedience, Keystone XL Pipeline, Chicago, Barack Obama

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Brian Moynihan

Reportback: Divestmentment Students Pay Brian Moynihan a Visit

This is a guest blog by students Camila Bustos (Brown University) and Alli Welton (Harvard University). Earlier this month, we traveled from our universities in New England down to Charlotte, NC to attend Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 29 2013]

Entities: Brian Moynihan, Bank of America Corp, Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Your Supermarket is Selling Rainforest Destruction! Get the Facts On Palm Oil and the US Snack Food Industry.

<a href="http://ran.org/sites/default/files/palmoilgraphicsnackspecific50.pdf" target="_blank" rel="attachment wp-att-21409"><img class=" wp-image-21409" title="What's Your Connection to Rainforest Destruction?" alt="Palm Oil Infographic for blog" src="http://understory.ran.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Palm-Oil-Infographic-for-blog.jpg" ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 16 2013]

Entities: Palm oil, Indonesia, Destruction, Peatlands

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

The IRS Scandal: Shaking Constitutional Freedoms

At first glance, it may seem like another annoying addition to the scandal du jour list: yesterday, Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged that the Justice Department and FBI began a criminal investigation on whether the Internal Revenue Service ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 16 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Subpoena, Bush Administration

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Eye to Eye with Brian Moynihan

VIDEO: To watch more of what happened yesterday at the Bank of America shareholder meeting in Charlotte, watch the clip at the bottom of this blog post. As I stood eye-to-eye with Bank of America (BofA) CEO, Brian Moynihan, a large stop-watch projected ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 10 2013]

Entities: Bank of America Corp, Brian Moynihan, Climate, Coal

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

It’s Bank of America’s Annual Shareholder Meeting: Time to Voice Discontent

I know you care—in the past couple months, you’ve already taken multiple online actions to urge Bank of America to stop funding the coal industry. And as you are reading this, I am outside the Bank of America shareholder meeting in Charlotte, North ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 08 2013]

Entities: Bank of America Corp, Coal, Brian Moynihan

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Charlotte Teach-In: “We can no longer afford to stand still like we’re not a part of this planet.”

Last night, Saint Matthew’s Catholic Church in Charlotte graciously hosted a panel discussion on “Communities and Coal.” We were lucky to hear from panelists from communities impacted by coal in Appalachia and the Pacific Northwest, as well as from experts ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 08 2013]

Entities: Coal, Teach-In, Global Warming/Climate Change, India

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Gearing Up for Bank of America’s Shareholder Meeting

I’m in Charlotte this week to talk to Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting. For the past two years, RAN has been calling on the bank to get serious about addressing climate change.This is a bank that declares a “commitment to positive environmental ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 07 2013]

Entities: Bank of America Corp, Global Warming/Climate Change, Climate

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

The “Revolt of the Golden Toads” Bay Area Tour!

A guest blog post by Reverend Billy , leader of the Church of Stop Shopping, an activist performance group based in New York City The Church of Stop Shopping returns to New York now, after a week in the Bay Area. A highlight: we launched the “Extinction ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Direct action, Golden Toad, Steve Rhodes, Activism, Celebrity

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The Chicago 22 Arrested for Telling Obama: Stop... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 17 2013]
Training for the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 12 2013]
Asia Pulp and Paper Caught Clearing Rainforest:... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 10 2013]
Two Big Announcemements on the KXL Pledge of Re... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 29 2013]
Reportback: Divestmentment Students Pay Brian M... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 29 2013]
Your Supermarket is Selling Rainforest Destruct... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 16 2013]
The IRS Scandal: Shaking Constitutional Freedoms [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 16 2013]
Eye to Eye with Brian Moynihan [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 10 2013]
Charlotte Teach-In: “We can no longer afford to... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 08 2013]
It’s Bank of America’s Annual Shareholder Meeti... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 08 2013]
Gearing Up for Bank of America’s Shareholder Me... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 07 2013]
The “Revolt of the Golden Toads” Bay Area Tour! [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 30 2013]
Extreme Investments: 2013 Coal Finance Report Card [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 29 2013]
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Open Letter to the RAN Community from Reverend ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 25 2013]
Why ‘RSPO Sustainable Palm Oil’ is not responsible [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 25 2013]
Phil Lesh to play benefit for RAN April 30, 2013! [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 24 2013]
Culture Beyond Oil: Artists Bring BP Trial to L... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 24 2013]
Indonesian Forest Protections Under Attack [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 23 2013]
Cargill Dead Set On Plantation Expansion; Orpha... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 23 2013]
The Last Stand of the Sumatran Orangutan [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 18 2013]
Seven of Bloomberg’s Top Ten “Greenest Banks” A... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 11 2013]
Dear Exxon, We’re Sick of Your Spin Machine. Wi... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Apr 05 2013]
Need Not Twist Boston Arms to Pressure Bank of ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Mar 29 2013]
Pledging to Resist the Keystone XL Madness [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Mar 18 2013]
Divestistas: From Opposition to Resistance [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Mar 07 2013]
“It’s Easier to Mine Coal Without People Around.” [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Mar 04 2013]
Texas Oil Spill Hits Home for Tar Sands Activists [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Feb 27 2013]
Is Palm Oil Healthy? [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Feb 20 2013]
From the Local to the Global: Why we Must Stop ... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Feb 17 2013]

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The Chicago 22 Arrested for Telling Obama: Stop... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 17 2013] In the early hours of the morning today, in protest of the Keystone XL pipeline, 22 activists were arrested when they staged a sit-in at the State Department in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago. The activists arrested today included former Obama ...
Training for the Keystone XL Pledge of Resistance [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 12 2013] When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Throughout the summer, Rainforest Action Network, CREDO, and the Other 98% will be leading nationwide trainings in dignified, nonviolent civil disobedience. These trainings will support ...
Asia Pulp and Paper Caught Clearing Rainforest:... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - Jun 10 2013] Indonesian paper giant APP says it wants to change , but, given its track record, the company must prove itself before it can be trusted as a supplier of pulp and paper products. Unfortunately, APP’s four-month-old commitment to stop destroying Indonesia’s ...
Two Big Announcemements on the KXL Pledge of Re... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 29 2013] Over the last two months, Rainforest Action Network has been working with CREDO and The Other 98% to lay the groundwork to prepare for the Pledge of Resistance . The Pledge is a commitment made by more than 60,000 people to engage in civil disobedience ...
Reportback: Divestmentment Students Pay Brian M... [Published The Understory : Understory.RAN.org - May 29 2013] This is a guest blog by students Camila Bustos (Brown University) and Alli Welton (Harvard University). Earlier this month, we traveled from our universities in New England down to Charlotte, NC to attend Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting ...