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What Biden’s LNG Pause Does and Doesn’t Do
Today the Biden-Harris Administration announced a “pause” on new export approvals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, while the Department of Energy (DOE) reviews its LNG export policy. This is…
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Greenpeace USA Supports Congressional Call to Action to Stop Overfishing and Protect Workers
Representative Jared Huffman, along with 21 congressional colleagues, publicly called on President Biden to take decisive action against illegal fishing and human rights abuses in the expansive seafood supply chain.…
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New Bitcoin ETFs Will Make it Easier to Invest in Climate Destruction
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approves Bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) despite widespread concerns about Bitcoins pollution. Washington, DC (January 10, 2024) – In response to the U.S.…
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Greenpeace USA Urges Biden to Act as Study Reveals Alarming Human Impact on Oceans
This study makes it crystal clear just how extensive humans’ impact on the ocean has become. Healthy ocean ecosystems help regulate the climate, protect us from storms, and provide food…
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Native Hawaiian Environmental Activists and Greenpeace USA Protest for Ban on Deep Sea Mining
Today, Kānaka ’Ōiwi (Native Hawaiians) and Greenpeace USA peacefully protested Hidden Gem, a massive deep-sea mining vessel entering Hawaiian waters. The ocean-protectors “strongly oppose #DeepSeaMining and call to recognize the…
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“A Bridge to Nowhere, A Bridge to More Suffering”: Greenpeace USA Illuminates National Mall to Demand President Biden Stop massive Methane Gas Project
The science is clear that any fossil fuel expansion is incompatible with preventing the worst impacts of climate catastrophe. Methane gas is not a bridge to clean energy Washington, DC…
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Unveiling Bitcoin’s Water Consumption with Alex de Vries
Alex de Vries, the researcher behind a groundbreaking report that exposes Bitcoin’s water consumption, spoke with Greenpeace USA to discuss the findings of this hidden ecological cost of Bitcoin mining.…
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Impacted Communities and Enviro Advocates React to New Report Showing Cryptomining’s Massive Water Consumption
US Bitcoin mining consumes as much water as 300,000 households or Washington, D.C. An aerial view of the Bitdeer Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas. Bitcoin mining operations in Rockdale,…
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ChatCO2 – Safeguards Needed For AI’s Climate Risks
Tech companies are racing to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that could radically change how we work and communicate. The release of powerful generative AI products like Open AI’s ChatGPT…
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The Hollywood Sign ‘burns up’ as leaders begin United Nations climate negotiations
The projection, which occurred Tuesday evening, makes Greenpeace USA the first activist organization to transform the Hollywood Sign. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA (November 30, 2023) – This morning, as United Nations…
