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Build Back Fossil Free: Biden’s Decision To Cancel Lease Sales in Alaska and Gulf of Mexico Must Be “Just the Beginning”
The coalition of over 1,200 groups will continue to resist onshore drilling and push for the upcoming 5-year plan to stop all offshore leasing These now-canceled lease sales would have…
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Greenpeace USA Activists Who Protested Houston’s Fossil Fuel Industry Will Be Cleared Of All Criminal Charges
This was a peaceful action. The most dangerous thing about that shipping channel wasn’t the activists — it was and continues to be fossil fuel executives’ reckless plans to push…
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Tanker crosses Greenpeace-supported USW Local 5 Picket Line
Chevron announced this morning that its profits quadrupled in the first quarter of 2022, to $6.3 billion, but it’s far from using those profits to pay its workers a fair…
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Greenpeace USA joins USW Local 5, expanding its picket to water to demand a fair contract from Chevron
“Fossil fuel executives and their lobbyists have maintained their dominance by pretending to have the best interest of workers and communities at heart.” Richmond, California – This morning, activists with Greenpeace…
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Greenpeace welcomes California AG Subpoena of ExxonMobil to stop plastic pollution disinformation, urges governments to do more to stop fossil fuel industry
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced today the subpoena of ExxonMobil Executives as part of its investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their role in causing and…
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In the Dark: How Social Media Companies’ Climate Disinformation Problem is Hidden from the Public
For decades, the fossil fuel industry has poured millions of dollars into spreading climate disinformation[1] online and offline to drive public polarization and stall action on the climate crisis. That’s why the latest UN Climate Reports say climate disinformation is a threat to climate action.
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Amidst High Gasoline Prices Climate and Justice Groups Call for Members of Congress to Support Families Not Oil and Gas Companies
It’s time for politicians to stop being influenced by Big Oil’s money and reject any future campaign contributions. They can also provide real assistance to those who are suffering the…
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We commend President Biden’s use of the Defense Production Act, but he must go further
In response to the Biden Administration announcement to use the Defense Production Act, Ashley Thomson, Greenpeace USA Senior Campaigner, said: © Marc Nozell / Creative Commons “We commend President Biden’s…
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Change The Code: Not The Climate – Greenpeace USA, EWG, Others Launch Campaign to Push Bitcoin to Reduce Climate Pollution
Bitcoin is already using as much power as Sweden. Other crypto-currencies use 99% less electricity A campaign to push Bitcoin to change its software code to use far less energy…