{"id":75858,"date":"2025-09-29T17:39:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/?page_id=75858"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:39:47","slug":"bill-walsh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/bill-walsh\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Walsh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Bill Walsh directed national campaign campaigns with Greenpeace USA from 1989-1999 addressing energy, forest, nuclear and toxics issues. Since then, his work has focused on innovative nonprofit initiatives to reduce the impact of toxic chemicals on human health and the environment and accelerate the adoption of safer chemistry. 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