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The People Vs. Shell: Why I Took to the Water to Stop Arctic Drilling
June 11, 2015 It’s a beautiful, clear June day near my childhood home in Graham, Washington, and I am looking out across a grassy horse pasture towards the majestic Mt.…
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What It’s Like to Be a Kayaktivist in the Way of Shell’s Giant Rig
I was nervous getting into the water, knowing that I was literally confronting one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world, Royal Dutch Shell, by paddling my small…
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“Clean Coal” Pumps up “Green Oil”
Greenpeace USA just released “Carbon Capture Scam (CCS): How a False Climate Solution Bolsters Big Oil,” a report explaining why support for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) must stop. Cynics…
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After Decades of Death and Destruction, Shell Pays Just $83 Million for Recent Oil Spills
New settlement for oil spills in 2008 and 2009 reaches $83 million, while contamination from hundreds of past spills continues to pollute water sources and land in the Niger Delta…
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Guide to eco-friendly sex
**The following content contains mature material.** Like all of our other choices in consumerist society, the love that we make the sorts of physical expressions that we share with people…
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6 Reasons Stopping Deforestation (Still) Matters
Over the past few years, we’ve gained significant ground in getting major companies to move toward forest-friendly business models. You might think that means deforestation is beginning to be a…
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If You Eat Tuna, You Should Know These Five Fish
Tuna are wild animals, but many people simply understand them as food. Using the shorthand ‘tuna’ can bit confusing, as it tends to cover a whole family of species, from…
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7 steps companies must take to stop deforestation
What makes a company forest friendly? Since Greenpeace developed a set of criteria last year and stepped up its campaigning, there has been a huge transformation in the palm oil…
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Lessons from Exxon Valdez, 25 years later
Monday is the 25-year anniversary of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Now seems a good time to reflect on lessons learned, and lessons lost. 1. Oil spill…
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Indonesia’s incredible wildlife
Happy World Wildlife Day! If you havent already noticed, we here at Greenpeace are focusing our attention on the critical challenges faced by the forests of Indonesia. Those forests host…