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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

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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ACES Is Not a Victory for the Environmental Movement

Josh Nelson | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Political News, Breakthrough Institute, Politics, President Obama, Clean Energy, Greenpeace, Campaign for America's Future, Global Warming, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Green News

The bill doesn't go far enough to spark the transition to a clean energy economy we need to avert catastrophic climate change. It does not meet the science. It does not meet Obama's promises.

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How You Earn Your Living Can Become The Way You Give Back

Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living

New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.

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Latest Sell-Out: Dems Moving to Gut Chemical Security Bill, Risking Millions of Lives

Art Levine | Posted 09.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Chemical Security, Labor, Greenpeace, Chemical Industry, Unions, Chemical Plants, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Bill Maher, Green News

Democrats have apparently been cowed by intensive industry lobbying and Republican legislators' talking-points at recent hearings denouncing the new bill as a jobs-killer.

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Babu's Story: A Child Worker In The Shipyards Of Bangladesh

Sandy Tolan | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Vienam, Dumping, India, International Labour Organization, Turkey, Bangladeshis, International Federation for Human Rights, Hong Kong, Pre-Cleaning, Greenpeace, Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Marketplace, Chittagong, Enforcement, Blowtorch, Rizwana Hasan, Worker, Tolan, Ship Breakers, Toxic, Sandy Tolan, Child Labor, Pakistan, Ship Breaking, Safety, Imo, Accidents, Ki-Min Sung, Mainul Islam Khan, Bangladesh Shipbreakers Association, Bela, Pulitzer, Rizwana, Ilo, Shipbreaking, Bangladesh, Health, Shipbreakers, Blow Torch, Babu, World News

For many of the children here, the idea that they shouldn't work is an entirely foreign concept. Despite laws in Bangladesh restricting child labor, the reality is starkly different.

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Greenpeace Spoofs International Herald Tribune

AP | JESSICA LETCHFORD | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Greenpeace, Iht, International Herald Tribune, Greenpeace IHT, Media News

BRUSSELS — Greenpeace published a spoof edition of the International Herald Tribune on Thursday to highlight environmental issues and draw atten...

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Save the Bluefin Tuna

Daniel Kessler | Posted 07.10.2009 | New York

Read More: De Niro, Oceans, Greenpeace, Nobu, Bluefin Tuna, New York, Nobu Bluefin Tuna, Food, New York News

Nobu has done absolutely nothing to protect that very fish which has so heavily contributed to the jingling pockets of the restaurant's owners. Our oceans cannot endure this situation any longer.

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The Whole World in His Hands

Philip Radford | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Phil Radford, Green Energy, Greenpeace, Global Warming, President Obama, Obama Transition, Green News

But President Obama can single-handedly avert that fate with a little political hardball. He has the authority to unilaterally limit climate pollution through the Clean Air Act.

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Here There Be Pirates and Illegal Fishing

Daniel Kessler | Posted 05.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Oceans, Seafood, Somali Pirates, Chilean Sea Bass, Illegal-Fishing, Greenpeace, Overfishing, Green News

As Somali pirates have captured the world's attention over the past week, I've been up to my neck in pirates of a different sort.

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Remembering the Three Mile Island Meltdown

Daniel Kessler | Posted 04.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Greenpeace, Three Mile Island, Nuclear Power, Three MIle Island Anniversary, Green News

Now that memories of the meltdown have faded, the nuclear industry and those in their employ are claiming that that Three Mile Island was really a success story and that the radiation was contained.

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Palm Oil Protesters Beaten In Indonesia, Greenpeace Says (SLIDESHOW)

AFP | Posted 04.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Indonesia, Activism, Protests, Slideshow, Protesters Beaten, Palm Oil, Greenpeace, Green News

According to AFP, Greenpeace is claiming that some of its activists in Indonesia were beaten as police broke up a protest this week: Greenpeace act...

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Feds Ignore Jet Crashes at Operating Reactors

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Green Power, Terrorism, 9/11, Renewable Energy, Nuke Shutdowns, Greenpeace, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons, Politics News

As you read this, jets hitting any of the nuclear reactors operating in the U.S. right now could kill untold thousands of us and render entire regions of our nation permanently uninhabitable.

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Greenpeace Blocks Main EU Building In Protest

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Activism, Economy, Climate Change, Protests, Greenpeace, Eu, Green News

Wearing yellow and blue ponchos and bearing banners saying "Save the climate" and "Bail out the planet," 340 activists from 20 countries participated ...

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Jet Crashes into Nuke Reactors to be Addressed Tomorrow but not Today

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Atomic Energy, 9/11 Attacks, Greenpeace, Green Energy, Terrorism, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Planes, Nuclear Weapons, NRC Jet Crash, NRC Plane Crash, Nuclear Power Airplaines, U.S. Nuclear Power, Nrc, Politics News

As you read this, jets hitting the nuclear reactors licensed to operate right now could kill untold thousands of us and render entire regions of our nation permanently uninhabitable.

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The DC Shuffle; Saving the World From Death By Coal

Jerry Cope | Posted 04.05.2009 | Green

Read More: 350.Org, Terry Tempest Williams, Big Coal, Gustav Speth, Kathy Mattea, Greenpeace, Coal, Daryl-Hannah, Rainforest Action Network, Wendall Berry, James Hansen, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Coal Mining, Global Warming, Vandava Shiva, Robert Kennedy, cop15, Green News

March 2nd was historic -- a shining example of what citizens in a democracy can achieve when united in a common cause: eliminating coal-fired power plants in the US.

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Dirty Coal Has Left the Building: Live Blog from DC

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Policy, Green News, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Steven Chu, President Obama, Ran, Capitol Climate Action, Mountaintop Removal, Clean Energy, Greenpeace, Cancer, Green Energy, Coal, Green News

Author Bill McKibben held down the corner of the park with plenty of media cameras. He declared simply: "Coal is killing the planet. Green energy is going to drive us out of this recession."

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Greenpeace Urges Clinton To Focus On Developing Nations' Climates

AFP | Thu Feb 19, 10:56 Am ET | Posted 03.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Indonesia, Environment, Hillary Clinton, Greenpeace, Pollution, Green Politics, Green News

Around a dozen members of activist group Greenpeace rallied outside the presidential palace during a meeting between Clinton and President Susilo Bamb...

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Well, Black Is Always in Style

Marc Gunther | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Capital Climate Action, Rainforest Action Network, Al Gore, Greenpace, Wendell Berry, Bill Mckibben, Energy, Greenpeace, Coal, Green Activism, Tikkun, Sds, Climate Change, Environment, Green Demonstration, Global Exchange, The Rainforest Action Network, Green Policy, Green News

But I was amused to stumble upon a different question that's sparking debate among the young people planning to attend the action: What should one wear to a protest against coal?

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The "Tokyo Two" Go To Trial Over Anti-Whaling Activism

Los Angeles Times | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Tokyo Two, Greenpeace, Whaling, Activism, Japan, Green News

The LA Times reports that the international battle over whaling has moved from places we're used to it -- that is, at sea, in the Antarctic, with pira...

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$50 Billion Debate vs. Pro-Nuker Patrick Moore on Democracy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewables, Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Power, Nuclear Power, Alternative Energy, President Obama, Clean and Safe Energy Coalitiion, Anti-Nuclear Power, Harvey Wasserman, Greenpeace, Patrick Moore, Green News

A coalition of environmental groups are calling on senators to remove a controversial provision from the stimulus plan that could lead to the construction of a new nuclear power plants.

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Study Shows Stimulus Will Fight Global Warming

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 03.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Mass Transit, Energy Efficiency, Recovery, Nuclear Energy, Congress Abstinence, Green Jobs, Climate Change, Economy, Jobs, Clean Energy, Greenpeace, Stimulus, ICF International, Global Warming, Stimulus Package, Green News

According to NRDC, floods, droughts, sea level rise, and other global warming impacts will create a $271 billion drag on the U.S. economy by 2025 alone.

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Biggest Ever Civil Disobedience on Climate at Congressional Power Plant

Daniel Kessler | Posted 03.06.2009 | Green

Read More: James Hansen, Greenpeace, Capitol Power Plant, Global Warming, Activism, Big Coal, Political Activism, Environment, Washington DC, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Coal, Social Activism, Eco-Friendly, Earth, Protesting, Green News

Of all the fossil fuels, coal is the single biggest contributor to global warming; Burning it cuts short at least 24,000 lives in the U.S. annually.

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Bad Apples

Stefan Deeran | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Apple has released a statement opposing a proposal that would require the disclosure of their sustainability strategy, arguing there is enough environmental information on the company's website.

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Greenpeace, Emma Thompson, Others, Buy Land To Foil London Airport Plans

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 02.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Uk, London, London Airport Expansion, Alistair McGowan, Emma Thompson, Activism, Environment, Greenpeace, London Airport Plans, Pollution, Zac Goldsmith, Green News

LONDON — An environmental coalition led by Greenpeace has thrown a monkey wrench into expansion plans for London's chronically congested Heathro...

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Are green gadgets really greener this year at CES?

Daniel Kessler | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Green Living, Toxics, Greenpeace, Green Technology, Greenpeace Electronics Scorecard, Green News

When you're buying new electronics products there's lots to consider. A few years ago there was practically zero information if you wanted to make an ...

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