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Global warming is the most urgent issue of our time. Fossil fuel burning, industrial agriculture and forest destruction cause the climate to change by releasing billions of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Scientists predict that unless humans significantly reduce carbon emissions, sea levels will rise, and weather patterns will shift violently. Human-caused pollution has left our planet on the verge of a tipping point at which ecosystems will die and release massive amounts of CO2. If that happens, the changes to the climate could be irreversible, countless species will go extinct, and our economic and cultural way of life will be forever altered.

RAN is working to curb the global warming crisis. By taking action now, we can reduce emissions by more than 85 percent by mid-century and prevent this climate catastrophe before it’s too late.

RAN's Work on Global Warming

    What are the Tar Sands? Tar sands oil is the worst type of oil for the climate, producing three times the greenhouse gas emissions of conventionally produced oil because of the energy required to extract and process tar sands oil.
    Indonesia, Climate Change and Rainforests Forests and the climate are inextricably linked. Indonesia is ground zero for forest and climate destruction.
    Wall Street Backs Away From Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Two years ago no bank had a policy on coal mining, and Wall Street was providing finance and credit indiscriminately to the most destructive form of mining in the country. Bank of America, Citi, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, JPMorgan Chase, and Wells Fargo have successively passed public policies limiting their financial relationships with coal operators that practice mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining.
    EPA Appoves New MTR Permit: Demand Mountaintop Removal Mining Be Abolished Lisa Jackson’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as given the Army Corps of Engineers a green light for the Pine Creek mine permit, a mountaintop removal (MTR) mining site in Logan County, W.Va.
    Goodbye Pine Creek The EPA's "new approach" to mountaintop removal means more mountains and streams destroyed for cheap coal
    Activists Sit Down so EPA Will Stand up to King Coal Blasting John Denver’s ‘Take me Home, Country Roads’ in the EPA HQ, activists said: “We’re sitting down so the EPA will stand up for Appalachia’s drinking water.” Appalachia residents and environmentalists disappointed at EPA’s decision to approve large coal permit under new mountaintop mining guidelines
    Time to Make Mountaintop Removal History Already, over 500 historic mountains have disappeared, 2,000 miles of Appalachian rivers and drinking water have been poisoned and the health of countless families have been sacrificed.
    Banks Ranked and Spanked on the Tar Sands Which banks are the biggest funders of destructive tar sands extraction? Find out who's the worst.
    Banking on Dirty Energy We're challenging the banking sector to stop financing mountaintop removal mining.
    Grading the Banks: Mountaintop Removal Report Card RAN has issued a report card on banks' mountaintop removal policies.
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