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Should $50 Billion Fund War or Climate Impacts?

Alexia Parks | Posted 12.11.2009 | Green


Alexia Parks

The $50 billion annual investment in Afghanistan ignores a better investment: funding those most affected by the changing climate created by human impacts.

Greenpeace On Obama's Nobel Prize: "You Won It. Now Earn It."

Posted 12.09.2009 | Green


In light of the President's trip to the climate conference in Copenhagen, and on the eve of the Nobel presentation ceremony in Oslo, Greenpeace releas...

News Flash From Bjorn Lomborg and the WSJ: We Should Help Poor People

Andrew Winston | Posted 12.08.2009 | Green


Andrew Winston

Who said that tackling climate change is separate from helping the poorest among us? The issues are all integrally related and the poorest are being hit hardest by climate changes already.

Greenpeace Ad Depicts Old President Obama: I'm Sorry For Not Stopping Climate Change

Posted 12.08.2009 | Green


A new Greenpeace/tcktcktck.org ad depicts President Obama in 2020 as an old man with white hair apologizing for failing to stop global warming. The ad...

Greenpeace Members Breach Security At Canadian Parliament To Protest Climate Inaction (VIDEO)

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 12.07.2009 | Green


By Rob Gillies (AP): TORONTO -- Members of Greenpeace easily breached security and scaled two Parliament buildings in Ottawa to stage a protest on t...

Should Mexico Welcome the Invasion of 'Frankencorn?'

Elyssa Pachico | Posted 12.03.2009 | Green


Elyssa Pachico

Mexico's decision to start growing genetically modified (GM) corn is sowing nothing but trouble.

Kumi Naidoo, New Greenpeace President, "Disappointed" In Obama

BBC | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green


The new head of Greenpeace, South African Kumi Naidoo, has told the BBC he will make human life more of a priority for the environmental group. Mr Na...

Show us your climate leader

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home


The clock is ticking on climate change. In one month, 192 countries will meet at the international climate summit in Copenhagen to negotiate a new glo...

Show me your climate leader

Avaaz.org | Avaaz.org | Posted 11.06.2009 | Home


The clock is ticking on climate change. In one month, 192 countries will meet at the international climate summit in Copenhagen to negotiate a new glo...

Acronym Hell and the Path to a Global Climate Deal

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

We only need to look at how fast world leaders acted during the global economic crisis to see how quickly they can get things done when they have the political will.

Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Greenwashes Nuclear Power

Daniel Kessler | Posted 11.30.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

The bill's nuclear section reads like it was lifted off the Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) website, despite its lack of veracity. Nuclear power is unsafe, uneconomical & unnecessary.

Greenpeace Takes G-20 Action In Pittsburgh (VIDEO)

Posted 11.24.2009 | Green


As G20 world leaders arrive in Pittsburgh, Greenpeace took action Wednesday. The environmental activists daringly hung a sign reading, "Danger, Climat...

The Age of Stupid Is the Future of Film

Jon Reiss | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment


Jon Reiss

The hardworking folks at The Age of Stupid have done with limited means what corporations spend millions of dollars trying to do: create a world wide cinematic event.

New Evidence Links Oil Company To Toxic Waste Dumping In The Ivory Coast?

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green


AMSTERDAM — Greenpeace said Thursday it has uncovered new evidence linking a major oil trading company to toxic waste that killed 15 people in I...

Carbon Offsets Are A CROC

Daniel Kessler | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

Carbon offsets often do not deliver promised results. The use of these sorts of offsets would not only give big polluters a giant loophole, it could actually increase global warming pollution.

There Will Be Bells -- the Global Climate Wake-Up Call

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

To say that the Copenhagen Summit is a key moment in our history would be the understatement of the century. Will we continue to allow the unabated burning of dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil?

Chicago-Area Chemical Plant Endangers 1.5 Million People: Greenpeace Claim

Chi-Town Daily News | Adeshina O. Emmanuel Jr. | Posted 09.21.2009 | Chicago


A local chemical plant could endanger more than 1.5 million people, says an environmental advocacy group pressing federal lawmakers to support legisla...

President Obama's Grandmother Powers Home With Solar Energy

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green


On Thursday, Greenpeace volunteers installed solar panels atop of the roof of President Obama's Step-Grandmother, Mama Sarah's home and on the roof of...

Astroturfing Oil Company Picnics - All the Intel You Need

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

Members of the Texas Public Citizen group attended the rally against the Waxman-Markey clean energy bill, and as they rightly report these were more of a company picnic than a spontaneous uprising of citizens.

Gingrich vs. Greenpeace... with Bats

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green


Kevin Grandia

There was a glimmer of hope that the planet may still be saved in a no-holds-barred softball match on the lawns of the Monument

Climate Disobedience: Is a New "Seattle" in the Making?

Mark Engler | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green


Mark Engler

In 2007, a group of Greenpeace activists in Britain sent tremors through an emerging global movement determined to use direct action to combat the depredations of climate change.

Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green


Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

Now available on Apple iTunes! Subscribe for FREE here!... IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: 'Cash for Clunkers' -- now with more cash!; 'Astroturfing' -- no...

A Great Day for Forests and the Climate

Daniel Kessler | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

North American forests have had a good day today. Kimberly-Clark announced stronger fiber sourcing standards, and a San Francisco court reinstated the Roadless Area Conservation Rule.

Greenpeace Victory: Tissues Will No Longer Be Manufactured From Virgin Forests (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green


On Wednesday morning, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation, maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle tissues, announced that it will adjust its production sta...

Chemical Insecurity

Philip Radford | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green


Philip Radford

Simple, inexpensive, and common sense changes, like substituting or reducing the amount of lethal gases stored on-site, would protect millions of people from harm.