Greenpeace USA
Topic: Organization
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| Founded | 1975 |
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| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| 95-3313195[1] | |
| Focus | Environmentalism, peace, clean energy |
| Location | |
Area served | United States of America |
| Method | campaigning, lobbying, research, direct action |
Key people | Annie Leonard (executive director) |
| Website | www |
Greenpeace USA is the United States affiliate of Greenpeace, an international environmental nonprofit organization.
History
Greenpeace was first founded in the United States in 1975, when Greenpeace San Francisco opened, followed by groups in Seattle, Portland, and Denver. In 1979, these offices merged into one entity to become "Greenpeace USA".[2]
Campaigns
Project Hot Seat was a campaign started by Greenpeace to raise global-warming awareness.[3] Its goal is to pressure members of the United States Congress to implement policies to curb and cut greenhouse gas emissions, and what Phil Radford, Greenpeace Executive Director said was "going to be key to making the environmental movement into a viable political force in Congress and around the country."[4]
Personnel
Executive directors
- Richard Grossman[5]
- 1988-1993 Peter Bahouth[6]
- 1993-1997 Barbara Dudley
- 1997-2000 Kristen Engberg[7]
- 2000-2008 John Passacantando[8]
- 2009-2014 Phil Radford[9]
- 2014–present Annie Leonard[10]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/FUND%20990%20-%20Public%20Disclosure%20Copy.pdf
- ↑ Rex Weyler. "Greenpeace History, Chronology, the Founding of Greenpeace". Archived from the original on 2013-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017215151/http://rexweyler.com/greenpeace/greenpeace-history/chronology/. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ "Greenpeace introduces Project Hot Seat Bloomington". https://www.idsnews.com/article/2008/06/greenpeace-introduces-project-hot-seat-bloomington.
- ↑ Kate Sheppard (2009-04-15). "Greenpeace's new leader talks up need for a green grassroots". Grist.org. http://grist.org/article/2009-04-14-greenpeaces-new-leader-talks/.
- ↑ "Americans Who Tell The Truth, Models of Courageous Citizenship". http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/richard-grossman. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
- ↑ "About" (in en-US). http://www.peterbahouth.com/about.
- ↑ "Kristen Engberg, Principal". Grassroots Solutions. http://www.grassrootssolutions.com/who-we-are/meet-the-team/kristen-engberg. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ↑ "John Passacantando" (in en-US). https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/bios/john-passacantando/.
- ↑ "Meet Philip Radford, Executive Director of Greenpeace". How Stuff Works. http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/conservation/conservationists/changemaker-phil-radford.htm. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
- ↑ "Greenpeace USA Announces New Leader: Annie Leonard, Creator of "Story of Stuff" Video and Project". http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/greenpeace-usa-announces-new-leader-annie-leonard-creator-of-story-of-stuff-video-and-project/. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
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