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Greenpeace Report: Oil and Water: ETP & Sunoco’s History of Pipeline Spills
Energy Transfer Partners and its complex network of subsidiaries and joint ventures owns one of the nation’s largest networks of natural gas, crude oil and petroleum products pipelines.
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Meet a Volunteer: Mateo Raises Awareness for the Arctic
Meet Mateo, a Greenpeace volunteer from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He’s joining the fight to save the Arctic by screening documentaries and raising awareness in his community. Mateo and people like…
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The View From the Bridge
Four lanes of traffic—honks, waves, fingers in the shape of a ‘v’ for peace or victory. Cars stop for a moment as hands reach out with bags of fruit and…
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Putting It All on the Line to Say #ShellNo
It was the morning of July 30, and we had been on rope for about 30 hours. The Fennica had just retreated in shame after confronting climbers, kayakers, and onshore…
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Unlikely Heroes: The Grandparents Standing Up to Save the Last Dugongs
Henoko Bay in Okinawa Japan is a marvel. It is home to 262 endangered species including blue corals, sea turtles and the very rare Japanese dugong. But the Japanese government…
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Twelve Nobel Prize Winners, a Beatle, and the Pope Can’t All Be Wrong
The following was excerpted with permission from chapter 19 of “Greenpeace Captain: My Adventures in Protecting the Future of Our Planet,” by Peter Willcox with Ronald Weiss. Available from Thomas Dunne…
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The Sound of Democracy Awakening
As I watched the action unfold during the climax of Democracy Awakening last Monday — when hundreds of activists risked arrest sitting in at the steps of the Capitol building…
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Mountain West Rising: Two Days of Protest in Colorado Show the Courage of a Growing Movement
Last week, I was part of something incredible. Twice, I stood with hundreds of fellow Coloradans to demand our lawmakers stop giving away our communities and public lands to the…
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Postcards From Climate Change: Born on the Island
Hurricane Ike was one of the largest and most costly hurricanes in U.S. history. Ike claimed 195 lives across Haiti, Cuba, and the United States, and the property damages are…
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‘Captain Hook’ Versus the Destroyer
“Rule number one when jumping in front of a speeding destroyer: keep all of your body parts on one side of the bow.” Peter Willcox writing with Ronald Weiss in…