How to Shop Smart, Save Forests and Send a Message

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:13:10 GMT

Toilet paper aisle. Image credit:Flickr, Noricum You know that feeling when you walk into the paper product aisle at the market and you're overwhelmed with choice? Being a green consumer, you naturally want to make a green choice, but how? And, maybe more importantly, why? Need help? Well, viola! Greenpeace has released its Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide, a credit card-sized shopping guide to help consumers find the greenest household paper products.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Dr. James Hansen Calls On Americans To Join Him At The Largest Protest On Global Warming In U.S. History

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:18:39 GMT

A Call to Action on Global Warming from Dr. James Hansen from Greenpeace USA on Vimeo. Dr. James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, is calling on Americans to join him on March 2nd at the Capitol Power Plant in the largest display of civil disobedience in U.S. history to demand national action on global warming.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Susan Sarandon Video Supports Capitol Climate Action in Washington, DC.

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:33:26 GMT

In a new video, Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon evokes the sacrifices of Ghandi and Martin Luther King in calling on Americans to join the Capitol Climate Action, the country's largest show of civil disobedience about global warming in history, at the Capitol Power Plant on March 2nd 2009. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Biggest Ever US Civil Disobedience on Climate at Congressional Power Plant

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:00:06 GMT

As Congress continues to sputter on solutions for the climate crisis, a national coalition of more than 40 environmental, public health, labor, social justice, faith-based and other advocacy groups have announced plans to engage in civil disobedience at the Capitol Power Plant in Washington D.C. on the afternoon of March 2, 2009. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Are Green Gadgets Really Greener This Year At CES?

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:22:27 GMT

When you're buying a new electronics products there's lots to consider. A few years ago there was practically zero information if you wanted to make an environmentally sounder choice. The huge problems caused by the dumping of old electronics in places like Ghana was only just starting to be recognized. Fast forward to 2009 and there's a plethora of competing claims made by companies and much more awareness that simply dumping your old gear is a bad idea.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Greenpeace Says Some Food Retailers Are Acting "Fishy"

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:56:33 GMT

In the second edition of Greenpeace's seafood sustainability scorecard released today, the supermarket chains Whole Foods, Ahold USA, Target and Harris Teeter received "passing" scores indicating a small, but significant shift in purchasing practices and policies. Other retailers don't fair as well. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Global Day of Climate Action 2008

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:22:37 GMT

Having spent two days atop the 400-foot chimney stack of the Patnow power plant to highlight the catastrophic impact that coal-fired power stations are having on the climate, the 11 Greenpeace climbers have come down and are heading for the UN climate talks in Posnan to continue their campaign to save the climate.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Greenpeace's "Forests for Climate" Tour reaches Indonesia

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:26:24 GMT

The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, arrived in Jakarta on Halloween calling for urgent action to protect forests in order to save the global climate and bearing new evidence of the mounting threat to Papua's forests. Greenpeace is calling on the central government to provide legal support to the Riau governors in declaring a moratorium on forest conversion.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Greenpeace says "Break The Oil Addiction"

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:12:43 GMT

Let's face it, our country is addicted to oil. Even George W. Bush, a former oil peddler, has admitted this addiction. And like any sickness, our addiction to oil has serious consequences: higher temperatures, melting glaciers, more violent storms and $4 a gallon gasoline to name just a few. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Name the New Greenpeace Balloon!

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:43:24 GMT

Greenpeace has ships, helicopters, a solar-paneled vehicle, and now? Our very own balloon. That's right, a giant hot-air balloon shaped like the Earth. There's only one problem. Our hot-air balloon doesn't have a name yet. And just like any other Greenpeace vessel, our balloon needs a good name. That's where YOU come in. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Greenpeace Launches New Earth Balloon

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:23:34 GMT

In typical Greenpeace fashion, we crashed this past weekend's Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta with our new Earth-shaped hot air balloon. Greenpeace used the balloon all weekend to deliver a strong message on global warming to participants in New Mexico's most recognized event, the Balloon Fiesta. Our message, which was reinforced by activists on the ground, is that people across the country are aware of how serious global warming is and are taking action to combat it while our leaders have been woefully slow to act. It's high time that Congress did their part by passing science-based legislation to tackle the enormity of the global climate crisis we are facing.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Greenpeace and Ben & Jerry's Make Climate-Friendly Ice Cream Cooler

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:25:05 GMT

Photo credit: Ben & Jerry's It is now possible to reduce your carbon footprint (but not your actual footprint) by choosing ice cream from a climate-friendly cooler thanks to new "Greenfreeze" technology created by Greenpeace, Ben & Jerry's, and Unilever.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Hurricane Ike, Missing Drill Rig, And Oil Spills: It's The System That Leaks

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:27:06 GMT

Oil Slick After Hurricane Ike, High Island, Texas, Smiley N. Pool / The Houston Chronicle, Excerpt Some politicians consistently say that offshore oil drilling is safe and that drill rigs have withstood Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Ike without any significant damage or oil spills. The facts, as they often do, tell a very different story. On September 16, the oil drilling company Rowan announced one of its drill rig was missing, and that it had likely capsized and sunk due to Hurricane Ike. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Exposed: Photos Show Kimberly-Clark Gets Trees From Ancient Forests

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:40:22 GMT

New photos released today reveal a massive stockpile of old-growth logs from the Boreal forest destined to be made into Kleenex and toilet paper for tissue giant Kimberly-Clark. As recently as August 30th, Kimberly-Clark has claimed that "much of [the] fiber from the Canadian Boreal forest comes to K-C in the form of wood pulp produced from sawdust and chips - or leftovers - of the lumber production process." ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

Is Quitting Coal Harder Than Quitting Cigarettes?

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:20:23 GMT

When President Bush said that we're addicted to oil should he have included coal as a vice on par with the "black gold?" Yep. After all, we do get roughly half our electricity from coal. But does the coal industry have their own Joe Camel to help us get even more hooked? Not yet, but they do have the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), an organization as good at spin as Philip Morris--and as well-financed. Last week, Greenpeace launched the "Quit Coal, Save the Climate" campaign to draw attention to the dangers of burning coal and to the PR machine trying to keep us from stopping our dependence on it.... Read the full story on TreeHugger

TreeHugger Welcomes Daniel Kessler!

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:31:00 GMT

Daniel Kessler is a Senior Press Officer for Greenpeace, the leading independent campaigning organization that uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future. Daniel blogs at www.greenpeace.org and lives and works in the Bay Area. ... Read the full story on TreeHugger

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