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Hurricane Harvey Air Pollution: Interactive Database
Click for full-page Hurricane Harvey Air Pollution Database. Scroll down for Methodology & References. Total Air Pollution Reported: 5,700,328 lbs Total of Most Hazardous Chemicals: 1,529,483 lbs 12 Companies Responsible for 90% Percent…
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After Hurricane Irma, I Know Exactly Who to Blame
I live in Gainesville, Florida and as the route of the hurricane moved west and the eye came for us, we again found ourselves dealing with the “unprecedented.” As the…
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A Letter From Florida to the Nation: Climate Denial Is Killing Us
I’m safe now. I had to evacuate from my home in St. Petersburg to Orlando to avoid the worst of the dangerous wind, rain, and storm surges brought on by…
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4 Proposed Tar Sands Oil Pipelines Pose a Threat to Water Resources
Download the full analysis. Summary Findings: Oil spills anywhere pose serious risks to human health and the environment, and oil spilled into bodies of water is difficult to fully clean…
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Resist Trump, Defend Planet Earth: A Message From Chicago to the White House
It’s a sunny day in my hometown of Chicago and Greenpeace activists have just sent Trump and his team a message they can’t ignore: we will band together to resist…
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Tar Sands Pipelines Are Heavily Financed by 26 Key Banks
Twenty-six key banks are lending money to the companies building the following tar sands pipelines: TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline Enbridge’s proposed replacement and expansion of the existing Line 3…
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Donald Trump Can’t Hide From the Resistance
The USS Intrepid is huge. It’s a 27,000-ton, 820-foot, 2,600-person-capacity giant of an aircraft carrier permanently anchored in the Hudson River. But even the Intrepid couldn’t shield Donald Trump from…
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Hungary, Democracy, and the Freedom I Stand For
In the winter of 2017, I received a call from a colleague about a small community in the Hungarian countryside, far from the busy streets of Budapest, that needed help.…
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Policy Brief: Rex Tillerson Must Recuse Himself from the Keystone XL Decision
Download the Policy Brief. ExxonMobil stands to benefit from the U.S. State Department’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, and consequently Secretary of State Rex Tillerson should recuse himself from…
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Love In the Time of Climate Change
A version of this post was originally published by Greenpeace Philippines. A lot has been said about Filipinos’ resiliency, friendliness, and ability to laugh and make jokes in the face…