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Midterm Elections Are Critical to Both Democracy and Climate: A Tale of Two Congressional Races
Big Oil executives and the politicians under their influence are lining up to detonate the next big climate bomb, which is locked beneath the surface of West Texas and Southeast…
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From Climate Denial to Democracy Denial: Big Oil Money is Polluting Politics and the Planet
With more than 70% of Americans concerned about the climate crisis, Big Oil CEOs stand to gain the most from drowning out our voices. That explains why the industry isn’t…
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Greenpeacers Helped Stop the Dirty Deal — Thank You!
We just had a major victory in our fight to stop Senator Joe Manchin’s dirty deal to gut environmental protections like the Clean Water Act. The removal of Manchin’s #DirtyDeal…
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This Must be the End of Manchin’s Dirty Deal
This must signal an end to backroom deals that sacrifice the health and safety of our communities at the altar of Big Oil profits. Washington DC (Sept. 27, 2022)–In response…
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Environmental Leaders Sitting In on Capitol Hill to Protest Schumer/Manchin Permit Deal
Civil disobedience by directors of national and community environmental groups comes the day after the text of Manchin’s bill is released A group of 13 environmental and community leaders are…
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Greenpeace USA Supports Calls From Members Of Congress To Stop Dirty Permitting Deal
Let’s be perfectly clear, Manchin and Schumer’s Dirty Deal would allow the oil and gas industry which is responsible for over 1 in 5 premature deaths to fast track projects…
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Manchin’s #DirtyDeal and the 8 Democrats Who Could Stop It
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-Coal WV) is maneuvering to get Congress to pass a permitting “reform” bill that could weaken our environmental laws and facilitate the build out of yet more…
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Democracy and Climate: The Clock is Ticking
There are two existential threats facing the country: the attack on democracy and catastrophic climate change. WASHINGTON, DC (September 1, 2022)–In response to President Joe Biden’s primetime address to the…
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The Voting Rights Act and Me: An Immigrant’s Love for American Democracy
Dr. Folabi Olagbaju, Democracy Campaign Director, Greenpeace USA On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, a moment that goes down in American history as finally…
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Activists Deliver 16-foot “Earth” into Biden’s Hands as Nearly Half A Million Demand He Declare Climate Emergency
Calls for President Biden to follow through on his climate promise continue to grow as the death tolls and long-term impacts from heatwaves, drought, floods, and other climate disasters rise. …