Current Actions

• Tell Bank of America: Stop funding dirty coal.

  On May 9, Bank of America will be holding its annual shareholder meeting in Charlotte, NC. RAN will be mobilizing thousands of people to make our demands heard both inside and outside the meeting that BoA must stop funding dirty coal and fueling climate change.
  
  We need Bank of America to know that for every one of us protesting BoA at its annual shareholder meeting, there are a dozen more people across the country standing up with us — sign and share this petition today.

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• Corporations need to pay their fair share

  Are corporations paying their fair share when it comes to taxes?
  
  Two weeks ago, it was announced that the U.S. corporate tax rate is the highest in the world, inciting massive critique and concern for corporate well-being. Except for one thing, none of these billion dollar behemoths pay anything close to the corporate tax rate.
  
  RAN looked at what the top ten banks, coal and oil companies paid in taxes in 2011, how much they profited, how much they received in tax credits, and what they would have paid if they complied with the 35% statutory tax rate. It probably won’t surprise you that all of them are gaming the system. Banks, oil and coal companies are making billions in profits annually and, thanks to bailouts, tax breaks, offshore havens, and lots of loopholes, paying much less than their fair share in taxes.
  
  Tell President Obama to close corporate tax loopholes and make sure the top corporations are paying their fair share...just like the rest of us.

  
• Take Action: Sumatran Orangutans Devastated by Fires

  This spring, 92 fires started by profit-hungry palm oil companies tore through the critical Tripa peat forest of Sumatra, threatening the survival of one of the densest populations of wild Sumatran orangutans in the world.
  
  Cargill cannot ensure that it is not trading palm oil from Tripa or companies profiting from the destruction of Tripa because it has no safeguards in place to prevent it. It is past time for Cargill to adopt key environmental, social and transparent safeguards on the palm oil it trades to guarantee that it is not profiting from situations like Tripa across Indonesia and Malaysia.

  
• Tell Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty: Respect Native Land Rights Now!

  Without consent or consultation, God's Lake Resources Inc. trespassed on Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) lands in northern Ontario and is threatening to drill on a sacred KI burial ground. The KI community is saying NO to God's Lake Resources, just as the community opposed mining exploration by Platinex in 2008 and De Beers in 2010.
  
  It’s important that we stand with the KI. Not only has the Canadian government repeatedly chosen to ignore Indigenous communities' right to free, prior, and informed consent when it comes to industrial and extractive industries operating on their lands, but it has actually sought to press criminal charges against Indigenous leaders who stood up for their communities’ rights. Find more info and view a video message from KI Chief Danny Morris.
  
  Tell Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his Minister of of Northern Development and Mines, Rick Bartolucci, to respect the KI community’s rights and stop God’s Lake Resources from mining the KI’s land.

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• Call Arch Coal today to save Blair Mountain

  Mountaintop removal coal mining is destroying the mountains and threatening the health and lives of communities across Appalachia. But people in Appalachia are standing up and today they need your support.
  
  Residents of Blair, West Virginia have noticed increased activity from mining company Arch Coal around Blair Mountain -- site of the largest labor uprising in American history. Residents are becoming increasingly concerned about Arch’s activities and fear they will move forward with plans to mine the historic location.
  
  Call Arch CEO, Steven Leer, today and tell him that Appalachian communities should not fall victim to pad his profit margin.
  
  Call Arch’s St. Louis headquarters: (314) 994-2700
  Call Arch’s Charleston, WV headquarters: (304) 760-2400
  
  Script to use when Calling Arch Coal
  
  1. "Hello, my name is ____ and I am calling to ask you to abandon your plans to mine the historic Blair Mountain. The whole world is watching, and I am calling on your corporation to do the right thing and stop the destruction of Blair Mountain, along with all other mountains and communities in Appalachia. Mountaintop removal mining is wrong and harmful to the people and communities below it. Please cease and desist from your Blair Mountain plans."
  
  2. Thank whomever is listening to you and hang up.
  
  3. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done!

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• Thank President Obama For Rejecting Keystone XL

  President Obama has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline!
  
  This massive 1700-mile pipeline would have allowed some of the world's dirtiest oil to travel from Canada’s tar sands through America's heartland, jeopardizing our water, our air and our climate.
  
  Against threats from Big Oil, President Obama has stepped up to represent us and our future. Please take the time today to thank him for rejecting the disastrous Keystone XL pipeline.

• Don’t let Chevron get away with environmental crimes in Brazil

  "We're going to show this gang that they can't come here and create whatever environmental mess they want."
  
  Those were the words of Carlos Minc, Rio de Janeiro state's environment secretary, in response to Chevron’s oil spill off the Atlantic coast of Brazil.
  
  Anyone familiar with the ongoing battle to bring Chevron to justice in Ecuador knows that the company will do everything it can to protect its profits even at the expense of the planet and human health. Write to Brazilian officials now and urge them to hold Chevron accountable for every lost drop of oil it spilled into the Atlantic Ocean in its reckless pursuit of profits.
  
  Send your message to Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Environment; Curt Trennepohl, president of Ibama (the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment’s enforcement agency); and Carlos Minc below.

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  Post your message to the 1%ers below, and it will get posted on the OccupytheBoardRoom.org website. We'll take all those messages and deliver them directly to more than 100 of the CEOS and board members at the top financial institutions in the world — the very same people who wrecked our economy and our environment, then gave themselves fat bonuses. They REALLY need to hear from you right now.

• Cargill: Stop Importing Social Conflict and Rainforest Destruction

  The expansion of palm oil plantations into rainforests and customary Indigenous lands throughout SE Asia is causing widespread social conflict and deforestation – and Cargill has no way to ensure consumers that the palm oil it purchases and distributes is not feeding this urgent crisis.
  
  Please take action today to demand that Cargill adopt basic social and environmental safeguards that ensure transparency and accountability in its supply chains.

• Rupert Murdoch and Rainforests

  Rupert Murdoch can’t seem to escape scandal these days. His company HarperCollins is caught in the middle of a controversy surrounding the rapid deforestation of Indonesian rainforests. HarperCollins is refusing to cut its ties to infamous rainforest destroyers APP and APRIL and remove rainforest destriuction from its children’s books.
  
  Demand Rupert Murdoch’s publishing company HarperCollins make its kid's books rainforest-safe.

• Cut Off Coal’s Cashflow

  The biggest financier of coal in the United States is Bank of America. BofA provided over $3.9 billion in financing to the coal industry in 2010 despite the fact that coal is responsible for polluting our air, damaging our climate, and seriously threatening our health.
  
  Tell Bank of America's CEO Brian Moynihan that BofA should lead the banking industry in phasing out all support for coal, and phasing in America’s clean energy economy.

  

• Stop Coal's Train of Destruction

  

  Bank of America is the biggest bank in the United States and the biggest underwriter of the coal industry—bankrolling coal mining, infrastructure investments and coal plants around the country. While Bank of America claims to support environmental responsibility, they continue to lead investments in coal, one of the biggest threats to public health and climate stability.  Bank of America is ready, willing and able to finance dirty coal ports on the West Coast of the U.S.
  
  A successfully completed "coal export terminal" means 10 open-top trains a day will spread toxic coal dust in communities living along the rail line, beautiful Pacific Northwest ecosystems will be threatened, and vulnerable communities in Asia—as well as the global climate—will be heavily impacted by the emissions of America's dirtiest fossil fuel.
  
  Demand that Bank of America stop perpetuating 19th-century technologies and fund clean, renewable energy technologies instead.

  

• President Obama: ban new oil pipelines!

  We don't need new oil pipelines when the ones we already have are a risk to communities and the climate.
  
  Please take action today to tell President Obama to ban new oil pipelines.

• APP and APRIL: Stop Destroying Indonesia's Rainforests

  Join us to demand that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) and APRIL, Indonesia's biggest pulp and paper companies, stop destroying Indonesia's precious rainforests, abusing forest peoples' rights and fueling climate change.
  

  
• Cargill: Keep Slave Labor Out of America’s Food Supply

  Cargill purchases palm oil that is likely to come from plantations using slave or child labor in places such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Cargill controls roughly 25% of the global palm oil supply which they then distribute to companies that use it as an addititive in hundreds of popular American brands.

  
  Please take action today. Demand that Cargill adopt safeguards to prevent these terrible human rights violations from entering our food.

• Stand with Indigenous Peoples in Borneo Reclaiming their Stolen Lands

  

  

  Please stand in solidarity with the Indigenous community of Long Teran Kanan, who peacefully reclaimed a portion of their ancestral lands from palm oil giant IOI Group last March.
  
  A Malaysian court ruled in March 2010 that the community members of Long Teran Kanan were the rightful native customary landholders for the plots in question. IOI refused to recognize the court decision and continued to harvest palm oil from the land. The people of Long Teran Kanan then established a peaceful blockade, reoccupying the land for more than a week.
  
  Please join us in calling on IOI Group to respect the native customary rights of the Long Teran Kanan community.

• Cargill: Don’t Push Orangutans to Extinction

  

  

  Rainforests that are home to endangered orangutans are being cut down to plant palm oil. Roughly half of packaged foods sold in the grocery store now contain palm oil.
  
  Cargill—the largest importer of palm oil into the United States—does not have standards that prevent controversial palm oil from being used in the products you and I buy every time we visit the supermarket.
  
  Please join us in telling Cargill CEO Gregory Page that you don’t want rainforest destruction in your shopping cart. Without our help orangutans are at serious risk of going extinct.

• Tell Chevron CEO: Clean up Ecuador now

  After an 18-year struggle, the Indigenous and rural Ecuadoreans suing Chevron to force the company to clean up its oil contamination in the Amazon have prevailed. In a historic ruling, the court in Lago Agrio, Ecuador found Chevron guilty and ordered the company to pay $8 billion to clean up its oily mess. Chevron of course immediately fired off a statement claiming that the judgment was fraudulent and the company would appeal the decision. Enough is enough. Some 30,000 Ecuadoreans remain at risk while Chevron tries every legal maneuver and dirty trick it can find.
  
  Write to CEO John Watson and tell him it's time for Chevron to take responsibility for its oil pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon.

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• Stop the Heavy Haul!

  Last month, Idaho regulators cleared the way for an unprecedented corporate takeover of the Nation's scenic roadways.
  
  Exxon and other corporations are planning a permanent route for hauling massive oil refinery components manufactured in Korea from Northern Idaho to the Alberta tar sands.
  
  Approving these plans will deepen America's addiction to dirty oil and spoil one of America's "last best places."
  
  Tell Idaho regulators not to hand over our roadways to Exxon and other big oil companies.

• Protect Utah’s Canyonlands from Tar Sands

  The Alberta tar sands are wreaking havoc on Canada's environment and the global climate. Now Utah's Division of Oil, Gas & Mining has approved the first ever tar sands mine in the United States directly adjacent to Canyonlands National Park.
  
  Don’t let the tar sands become America’s problem, too. Write Jim Baza

  Video from our friends at Western Resource Advocates.

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  Send an email to Director of Utah's Division of Oil Gas and Mining John Baza to demand protection of our National Parks from greedy oil companies.

• I Love Books and Rainforests

  Help us tell America's publishing industry that books must not contribute to rainforest destruction. Sign our petition today.