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Siding with frontline and Indigenous communities to protect our climate and keep forests standing. We challenge corporate power.
@ran.orgThe Supreme Court is hearing "Suncor Energy v. Boulder County," which will determine whether communities can hold oil & gas companies financially responsible in state court for fueling climate change.
We're on Boulder's side with this one: polluters must pay!
https://bit.ly/3Vr7Fgm
@ran.orgIn first half of this year alone, ~1.5 million acres of forest burned in #Indonesia. And with Super El Niño strengthening, the worst may be yet to come. Meanwhile, Indonesians risk their lives to fight fires and protect their homes and livelihoods. 💚
https://bit.ly/4zjtZad
@ran.orgWow. They said the quiet part out loud. Banks are focused on one thing only: profit. Even as they dump billions into fossil fuels, they’ve “accepted” we won't limit warming and will pivot to profiting off of future necessities, like air conditioning.
https://bit.ly/4hIwziP
@ran.orgScientists have found that forests might not actually take centuries to recover from deforestation, but rather mere decades.
But the regrowth of forests depends on biodiversity. Studies show animals return to the forest before trees do and they help the habitat recover 💚
https://nyti.ms/4cRuyOZ
@ran.orgBurns, dehydration, smoke inhalation – the fires in #Indonesia severely affect orangutans.
Mama Abu and her eight-month-old baby were saved last month from a palm oil concession. These concessions worsen fires, as the dried peatland underneath becomes highly flammable.
https://bit.ly/4z96IYz
@ran.orgConsumer goods giant, Procter & Gamble, just announced its approach to protecting Human Rights Defenders. While the disclosure itself is somewhat limited, the process P&G engaged in – consulting with frontline Defenders and civil society orgs – sets an industry precedent.
https://bit.ly/4jyWfRt
@ran.orgCoal? Still??
New data shows that UK banks provided $8.3 billion (£6.2 billion) in coal financing since 2021. German banks providing nearly $5 billion and French banks providing $3.4 billion in the same period.
@ran.orgAround 9,000 Indigenous activists & allies rallied in Toronto last week to demand justice for the Grassy Narrows First Nation community, who have experienced mercury poisoning since the 1960s. Today, wastewater from the Dryden Paper Mill is still impacting them. #FreeGrassy
https://bit.ly/4ztd6Kv
@ran.orgNEW REPORT: TotalEnergies is Europe’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) importer. But
71% of TotalEnergies' recent LNG into Europe came from the United States and Russia – while Putin and Trump attack and threaten Europe.
Learn more from our partners @oilchange.org: https://bit.ly/3TwZaiX
@ran.orgNew report exposes the true cost of gas expansion across the Asia-Pacific ⚠️ It spotlights 5 community leaders along the gas supply chain, from points of extraction in Australia & Papua New Guinea to the industrial complexes in Thailand & South Korea 🌏
🔗 More here: https://tr.ee/U7qQDEhNz4
@ran.orgWe’re excited to partner with Mill Valley Film Festival! THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH is a visually stunning and emotionally gripping documentary about the fight to save Indonesia’s #LeuserEcosystem, one of the world’s last great rainforests, from the palm oil boom.
OCT 1-11
Get tickets: www.mvff.com/
@ran.orgIn 2025, just 12 banks provided almost 40% of ALL fossil fuel funding from banks worldwide. That’s right, a dozen dirty banks are responsible for well over a third of the $906 billion poured into fossil fuels last year.
See where your bank falls on the list: bankingonclimatechaos.org
@ran.orgThe food industry is dominated by just a handful of companies. The bigger these giants get, the more they are able to evade accountability, and destroy our planet NOT to feed society, but to fatten their own wallets.
Learn more in @foeus.bsky.social's latest project: foodlandmoney.org
@ran.orgThank you @climatetown.bsky.social for covering such an important topic! The global demand for #PalmOil is driving deforestation in rainforests around the world. And in turn, forest destruction is contributing to the climate crisis.
Learn more: youtu.be/roIOgtrjFGU
@ran.orgJoin us at a #NYClimateWeek screening of our new documentary, The Last Place on Earth, a gripping story of the #LeuserEcosystem – a 6.4 million acre forest where tigers, elephants, rhinos & orangutans still roam free.
When: Fri, Sept 25, 6pm
Where: The People's Forum NYC
RSVP: ran.org/LastPlaceNYC
@ran.orgThe fires in Indonesia aren't an accident. They're a result of the slash-and-burn technique used to clear land for industrial palm oil plantations.
Since January, more than 895,657 hectares have been burned across Indonesia, according to data from Nusantara Atlas.
https://bit.ly/3TjyphR
@ran.orgExxonMobil: Hey, society is wayyy past being able to lower carbon emissions enough to meet our goals for 2050.
Also ExxonMobil: More oil, anyone?
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@ran.orgFires in West Kalimantan are threatening orangutan habitat. One 657-hectare forest is home to 60 Bornean orangutans. It's unclear how many are left.
These fires are driven partially by industrial expansion for palm oil & timber, with companies using fire to clear lands.
https://bit.ly/3TNtdmJ
@ran.orgIndonesian women are at the frontlines of fires in Kalimantan 🔥 💪 The Power of Mama is the first female firefighting team.
The group is made up of 146 women from 10 different villages in West Kalimantan, Borneo. Their goal is to protect the forest & fight the patriarchy 💚
https://bit.ly/4xrOGzl
@ran.orgEach year @globalwitness.org dives into the data of how many land and environmental defenders are killed or disappeared each year – and the numbers are always harrowing.
Last year alone, 124 land defenders were killed 💔
https://bit.ly/474cdM0
