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BlackRock’s Bitcoin Bets Are Bad For The Planet
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, is placing a big bet on Bitcoin that could drive up the digital asset’s price and its climate-damaging pollution. Despite pledges to reduce carbon…
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Barbie vs Oppenheimer: two diametrically opposed universes that remind us of two existential threats
“Barbenheimer” is probably the film event of the year. The simultaneous premieres of two Hollywood blockbusters by two cult directors: Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, a pink fantasy comedy and Christopher Nolan’s…
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Embedding Justice: Our Commitment to Racial Justice and Equity
Welcome to the second annual Embedding Justice report by Greenpeace USA. This report serves as a significant milestone for our organization, enabling us to realign our diversity objectives and celebrate…
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Building the Big Oil Resistance, One Stop at a Time
For far too long, oil and gas companies have held California – and many other states across the nation – hostage, funneling millions of dollars towards blocking climate progress, all…
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Sharing in Climate Chaos: Asset Managers and Banks’ Investment Prop up Climate-Polluting Bitcoin Mining Companies
Financial institutions and the fossil fuel industry endanger our ability to limit global warming to 1.5°C. The role of big banks and asset managers in driving the climate crisis is…
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3 Years after George Floyd, Racism is Still the Biggest Threat
I often reflect on the past few years and the profound impact they had on me, my community, and our movement. The year 2020 was a disorienting and terrifying time…
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Open Letter to the Biden Administration on a Global Plastics Treaty
Dear President Biden, We appreciate your leadership in securing a Global Oceans Treaty that creates a path to protecting 30% of our oceans by 2030. Winning the treaty was truly…
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3 Reasons to Rethink Tuna
Tuna sandwiches, tuna tartare, tuna poke, tuna salad—the ways to enjoy this fish seem endless. Within the last decade, more people have been consuming this versatile, nutritious, and “affordable” fish.…
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Greenpeace v SLAPPs
For seven years, Greenpeace USA has been fighting back against two baseless lawsuits aimed at silencing the organization from speaking out about threats to the environment that endanger our health…
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Meet Ebony Twilley Martin, Greenpeace’s New Executive Director
My journey into the climate movement, and into Greenpeace, began as a mother. About fourteen years ago, my then 3-year-old son was diagnosed with asthma. As many people in my…