monthly newsletter, June 2010
Enough is Enough: No new drilling. Period.A federal judge in Louisiana — who, according to the most recent financial disclosure forms available, owned stock in several oil companies as recently as 2008 — stood with the oil industry this week and lifted the Obama Administration’s 6-month moratorium on new deepwater exploration and existing deepwater drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Despite the fact that as much as 60,000 barrels of oil continue to pour into the Gulf every day, the judge called the moratorium “arbitrary and capricious.”
The oil industry’s gross negligence led to the current disaster — and many more like it in the past. It could not be clearer that we need to transition off of dirty fossil fuels once and for all. The Obama Administration has promised to refine and reinstate the moratorium, which they definitely should do. But what we really need is Congressional action.
The time has come to stand up together against the inordinate influence of Big Oil and tell our elected representatives that the oil industry and other dirty fossil fuels industries cannot be allowed to hijack our energy policy any longer. Take action now to tell Congress: No new drilling. Period.
Energy [R]evolution now!The best way to stop oil spills from happening is pretty simple, actually: Leave it in the ground where it belongs.
If you think that's not possible, or that it would mean shivering in the dark, or that millions of people would have to go without energy and jobs, you'd probably be forgiven for thinking that. That's the line that Big Oil and King Coal have been feeding us. But it's wrong on all counts.
We teamed up with more than 30 scientists and engineers from universities, institutes, and the renewable energy industry to create our new report, Energy [R]evolution: A Sustainable USA Energy Outlook. The report lays down a blueprint for how we ensure our emissions peak by 2015, as the Nobel prize-winning IPCC says they must if we’re to avoid runaway global warming, while phasing out nuclear and fossil fuel energy. It shows how we can provide about 96% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2050, and in the process create 800,000 jobs in the renewables sector alone by 2030.
Read more about the Energy [R]evolution report, download a copy, and help share it on Facebook and Twitter.
Activists demand Dell design out toxics!Four Greenpeace activists climbed Dell’s global headquarters just outside Austin, Texas and unfurled a banner for the computer company founder and CEO: "Michael, What the Dell? Design out Toxics!"
In 2006, Dell became one of the first companies in our Guide to Greener Electronics to make a public commitment to release products free from harmful substances such as PVC vinyl plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) by the end of 2009. Great start! But Dell continues to use PVC vinyl plastic and BFRs in all its computers, and it’s almost June 2010 already. With companies like Apple and HP already selling products without these harmful chemicals, there is no excuse for Dell to not do the same. At this point, founder and CEO Michael Dell is watching the competition race past his own company.
Take action now and demand Dell design toxics out of its products!
Taking flight to uncover failed inspectionsGreenpeace took flight in its new air ship to conduct safety inspections. Two DuPont chemical facilities in Delaware and New Jersey failed citizen safety inspections as the plants continue to pose a catastrophic risk to 2 million people. Greenpeace inspectors conducted land, air and water inspections of these high-risk chemical plants to highlight the reasons we need safer alternatives and to call attention to federal legislation that would help reduce the potential of chemical disasters.
Putting up fences and security cameras won’t protect workers and communities from tons of poison gases that are stored in these facilities. The only foolproof way to protect communities is to use safer chemical processes that reduce both the possibility of a catastrophic accident and the attractiveness of these facilities as a terrorist target.
Take action and prevent a toxic nightmare in your community!
Greenfreeze at long last coming to a refrigerator near you?Did you know that your refrigerator contains highly potent greenhouse gases? These gases — called HFCs or F-gas refrigerants — are 1400 times worse at warming the planet than carbon dioxide and are responsible for 17% of global warming impacts.
GreenFreeze is our campaign to transform the refrigeration and cooling industries by eliminating the use of F-gases. Greenpeace has been working to eliminate the use of F-gases since their introduction to the market in 1992. We’ve transformed the residential refrigerator industry on two continents — Europe and Asia — and we're working on the others now. But so far natural refrigeration technology has not been allowed in the USA. But that might soon change.
The EPA just drafted a rule that would allow Greenfreeze into the US. We've been pushing the agency to do this for a very long time, and want to celebrate and thank them, but also make sure they know people are watching and want to buy refrigerators that don’t contribute to global warming. You can take action right now by telling the EPA to finalize the rule ASAP. The comment period ends July 9th, act now!
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