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Greenpeace calls on world leaders to stop rainforest destruction 0
Posted 1 week ago Last week, Greenpeace activists blocked rainforest destruction in Indonesia's Kampar Peninsula by chaining themselves to excavators. Activists then draped a bright red "Obama You Can Stop This" banner over the destruction and called on the world's leaders to stop deforestation at next month's climate talks in Copenhagen.
Video shilled the climate-change day

Get psyched for the Day of Climate Action—with videos! 1
Posted 1 month ago This Saturday, Oct. 24, is the International Day of Climate Action. You're all geared up to join an event in your hometown or 'hood, right? Here are a few videos to get you even more pumped up.
Hey, Look, a Forest!

Report: Forest conservation can be as reliable as other ways of reducing pollution 2
Posted 1 month ago Experts increasingly agree that pollution reductions from forest conservation are as easy or easier to track than those from other sources, such as energy.
all together now

Calling all radicals: Unite for Kerry-Boxer 32
Posted 1 month ago As an activist who has been arrested for civil disobedience, organized national climate mobilizations, protested outside of coal plants, and worked for Greenpeace, I am calling on my friends and colleagues to fight for the Kerry-Boxer "Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act" and a strong global treaty in Copenhagen.
Where will you be on October 24th? 0
Posted 1 month ago
Greenpeacers stage climate protest on roof of British parliament 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago Dozens of climate change protesters scaled the roof of the British parliament and unfurled a banner saying "Change the politics, save the climate." They want urgent action before the U.N.'s crunch Copenhagen summit in December.
Tree Spiker, From Earth First to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action

Roselle’s Rollicking Tale & Moral of the Story 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Not your daddy’s offsets 6
Posted 2 months ago
A new report, "Forging the Climate Consensus: Domestic and International Offsets" makes clear exactly how important a role high-quality offsets play in maintaining the integrity of climate legislation -- and how they could allow an international climate agreement to achieve far stronger emissions reductions targets than would otherwise be possible.
Bygones

Kimberly-Clark, Greenpeace hug it out 8
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
After five years of hectoring by Greenpeace and consumers, tissue-products giant Kimberly-Clark has announced a strong new sustainability policy. Let the lovefest commence.
Dispatch from the Major Economies Forum

What will the U.S. and other major economies commit to? 0
Posted 5 months ago
I am outside of Mexico City with delegates from the world's 17 biggest economies who are meeting this week ahead of the next G8 meeting to further negotiate international climate agreements. Issues on the table include funding for forest protection, mid-term and long-term emission reduction targets, and financing for adaption and mitigation. The outcomes from these talks remain in doubt and other questions fester, like to what will the U.S. commit to?
Perpetuating myths about the European carbon trading system

Greenpeace’s indefensible attack on the House clean energy bill 0
Posted 6 months ago
If Waxman-Markey fails to get out of committee or fails to make it through both houses of Congress over the next 12 months or so, don’t expect any US climate action for a long time — the political mavens will not take failure as a sign to pursue a stronger bill. And failure would mean the international negotiation process would be dead. Equally important, why would China agree to a target if we don’t?
Not-so-green light

Some enviro groups not happy with Waxman-Markey bill 11
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago
Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.) released the much-anticipated full text (PDF) of their climate legislation on Friday, prompting several big-name green groups to take sides on whether or not the House Democrats' bill is strong enough.
'Too Big to Fail'

First day on the job! 3
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Phil Radford spent his first day on the job as Greenpeace USA's new executive director getting himself arrested by staging a bit of climate activism in the nation's capital.
Greenwash cycle

Earth Day gets no respect 5
Posted 7 months ago
Grist hates Earth Day because it thinks every day should be Earth Day. I’ve got a different grievance, however. There’s no @#$&ing enforcement with Earth Day. Anyone can claim anything on Earth Day.
Endanger? I barely know her

EPA’s climate finding ticks off industry, energizes enviros and congressional leaders 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Business groups, environmental orgs, and politicians weigh in on EPA's determination that greenhouse gases endanger humans.
Tufts University talk on state of climate

We’re F*cked 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Roe is Me!

The Fishery That’s Too Big to Fail 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Kicking grass, taking names

Greenpeace’s new leader talks up need for a green grassroots 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
Greenpeace USA's announcement on Tuesday that the group is elevating its grassroots director to serve as the next executive director sends a clear signal that the 38-year-old environmental organization is focused on growing its membership and playing a lead role in rallying public support for big changes in U.S. energy and climate policies.
New Greenpeace report details path to clean energy 0
Posted 8 months, 1 week ago
What Happens in Vegas...

Greenpeace grades gadgets unveiled at CES 1
Posted 10 months, 2 weeks ago