Editing Rainforest Action Network (section)

==Controversies==
In 2003, the RAN organization was subpoenaed by the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means|U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means]] to hand over every document and piece of footage relating to all protests the organization participated in since 1993, in order to investigate whether they should be entitled to the tax-exempt status.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Doyle|first=Jim|date=2004-12-17|title=Eco-warriors / Co-founder of Rainforest Action Network and activist spouse take fight for environment one step at a time|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Eco-warriors-Co-founder-of-Rainforest-Action-2663168.php|access-date=2020-11-13|website=SFGATE|language=en-US|archive-date=2020-11-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117144553/https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Eco-warriors-Co-founder-of-Rainforest-Action-2663168.php|url-status=live}}</ref> The organization’s then-Executive Director [[Michael Brune]] labeled this investigation "the latest attempt to intimidate RAN's supporters, and a part of a larger and more disturbing effort by corporate interests to stifle dissent and control free speech."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ran.org/node/2654 |title=Action Alert |publisher=Rainforest Action Network |date=Winter 2004 |access-date=2012-12-30 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The organization has come under fire from environmentalists opposed to the [[Forest Stewardship Council|Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)]] for its membership in that group,<ref>{{cite web
  | last = Barry
  | first = Glen
  | title = Old-Growth Carbon Findings Cause Forest Protection Schism
  | url = http://forests.org/blog/2008/09/feature-old-growth-carbon-find.asp
  | access-date = 2008-09-13
  | archive-date = 2008-09-14
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080914114326/http://forests.org/blog/2008/09/feature-old-growth-carbon-find.asp
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> though RAN maintains that their engagement is necessary to push for stronger protection of forests and the rights of forest communities by the FSC.<ref>{{cite web
  | last = Rainforest Action Network
  | title = Rainforest Action Network Statement on the FSC
  | url = http://ran.org/rainforest-action-network-statement-fsc
  | access-date = 2012-04-05
  | archive-date = 2013-04-01
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130401142443/http://ran.org/rainforest-action-network-statement-fsc
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>