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Show us your climate leader

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

Read More: 350, Avaaz, Avaaz Action Factory, Climate, Climate Crisis, cop15, Copenhagen, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Home News

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...

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Show me your climate leader

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

Read More: 350, Avaaz, Avaaz Action Factory, Climate, Climate Crisis, cop15, Copenhagen, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Home News

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...

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Acronym Hell and the Path to a Global Climate Deal

Kevin Grandia | Posted 10.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Cop-15, Avaaz, Unfccc, Greenpeace, Global Warming, Climate Change Copenhagen, Tcktcktck, Green News
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.

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Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Greenwashes Nuclear Power

Daniel Kessler | Posted 10.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenpeace, Global Warming, Nuclear Power, Boxer-Kerry, Inside DC, Green News
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.

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Greenpeace Takes G-20 Action In Pittsburgh (VIDEO)

Posted 09.24.2009 | Green

Read More: g20 Pittsburgh, Taking Action, G20 Summit, Greenpeace, Climate Change, Environmental Activism, Video, Green News

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

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The Age of Stupid Is the Future of Film

Jon Reiss | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Digital Film Distribution, Marketing, Climate Change, Independent Film Distribution, The Age of Stupid, Greenpeace, Entertainment News
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.

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

AP | TOBY STERLING | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Toxic Waste, Greenpeace, Toxic Dumping, Africa, Green News

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

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Carbon Offsets Are A CROC

Daniel Kessler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Offsets, Greenpeace, Aces, Croc, Cap and Trade, Global Warming, Funny Videos, Green News
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.

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

Kevin Grandia | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Avaaz, Sustainability, Oxfam, 350.Org, Greenpeace, Global Warming, Copenhagen 2009 Climate Meeting, Climate Change, Green News
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?

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

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

Read More: Chicago Chemical Plant, Safe Chemicals Legislation, Greenpeace, Chemical Plant, Pelron Lyons, Pelron, Chicago News

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

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President Obama's Grandmother Powers Home With Solar Energy

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Kenya, Obama Grandmother, President Barack Obama, Solar Panels, Green, Mama Sarah, Environment, Greenpeace Solar Generation, Green Living, Green Energy, Greenpeace, Obama Kenya, Barack Obama, Solar Power, Green News

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...

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Astroturfing Oil Company Picnics - All the Intel You Need

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Citizens Rallies, American Petroleum Institute, Api, Energy Bill, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Greenpeace, Waxman-Markey, Green News
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.

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Gingrich vs. Greenpeace... with Bats

Kevin Grandia | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Newt Gingrich, Greenpeace, Green News
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

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

Mark Engler | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Kingsnorth-Sabotage, Climate Change, Kingsnorth 6, Environmentalism, James Hansen, Direct Action Environmentalism, Direct Action, Greenpeace, Green News
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.

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Today's Green News Report

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Lithium-Ion Battery, Accce, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Roadless Rule, Kimberly-Clark, President Obama, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Shipping, Bush Administration, Hybrid Cars, Water, Cash for Clunkers, Green News, Algae, Forests, Astroturf, Solar Power, Green News
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...

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A Great Day for Forests and the Climate

Daniel Kessler | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Kleenex, Forests, Greenpeace, Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace Kimberly-Clark, Forest Degradation, Roadless Areas in National Forests, Rainforests, Deforestation, Roadless Areas, Green News
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.

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

Huffington Post | Barbara Fenig | Posted 09.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable-Forestry, Sustainable Tissue, Tissue, Green, Green News, Green Living, Green Politics, Kleenex, Greenpeace, Green News

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

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Chemical Insecurity

Philip Radford | Posted 09.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Joe Biden Vp, Corporate Greed, Chemicals, National Security, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Chemical-Plants, Chemical-Products, Greenpeace, Dupont, Green News
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.

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Standing His Ground at Mount Rushmore

Tim Giago | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Greenpeace, Gerard Baker Greenpeace, Gerard Baker, Greenpeace-Mount-Rushmore, Mount Rushmore, Politics News
Tim Giago

When Greenpeace invaded Mount Rushmore, many of the locals started looking for a scapegoat. They found an Indian who, according to their theorizing, was ready made.

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I Fought the Law and the Law Won

Jeffrey B. Swartz | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Timberland, Amazon Rainforest, Greenpeace Brazil, Timberland Greenpeace, Greenpeace, Deforestation, Brazil, Green News
Jeffrey B. Swartz

Deforestation in the Amazon is not okay. But -- how is it our problem? We're a U.S.-based bootmaking business -- sympathetic to the cause, but certainly not responsible for it. Right?

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Nike Fights Deforestation, Won't Use Leather From Amazon-Bred Cattle

AP | STAN LEHMAN | Posted 08.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Amazon Deforestation, Amazon Leather, Nike, Brazil, Environment, Nike Leather, Amazon Rainforest, Greenpeace, Amazon, Green News

SAO PAULO (AP) - Sportswear giant Nike Inc. announced Wednesday that it will stop using leather from cattle raised in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, sayi...

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What To Do With the Enablers?

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Cia, Diane Feinstein, Usa Patriot Act, George W. Bush, Enabler, CIA Torture, Waterboarding, Bernard Madoff, Greenpeace, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

We must also work to ensure that the name on the door to the Oval Office isn't the only thing that has changed, and that Mr. Cheney's enablers have, once and for all, left town.

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Green News Report - July 9, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, T. Boone Pickens, G8 Summit, President Obama, Mt. Rushmore, Arizona, Fda, Green News Report, Greenpeace, Monsanto, Arctic, Bald Eagles, Creationism, Indoor Air Quality, Green News, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Obama on Mt. Rushmore; Monsanto lobbyist moves to FDA; Bald eagles move to D.C....

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Greenpeace to Add Obama to Mount Rushmore?

John Passacantando | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

Read More: President Obama, Mount Rushmore, Greenpeace, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
John Passacantando

This is Greenpeace's message to President Obama today: he needs to take the lead on addressing global warming.

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President Obama -- America Honors Leaders Not Politicians: Stop Global Warming

Daniel Kessler | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama, Greenpeace, Global Warming, South Dakota, G8, Italy, Greenpeace Mount Rushmore, Green News
Daniel Kessler

This morning, three Greenpeace climbers hung a banner on Mt. Rushmore challenging President Obama to show real leadership on global warming.

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