Greenpeace USA

Founded| 1975
Type| Non-governmental organization

Tax ID no.

| 95-3313195[1]
Focus| Environmentalism, peace, clean energy
Location|

* Washington, D.C.

Area served

| United States of America
Method| campaigning, lobbying, research, direct action

Key people

| Annie Leonard (executive director)
Website| www.greenpeace.org/usa/
Greenpeace USA activists hanging a banner, across the street from the Department of State, asking for government action on climate change.

Greenpeace USA is the United States affiliate of Greenpeace, an international environmental nonprofit organization.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Campaigns
* 3 Personnel
* 3.1 Executive directors
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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

* Biodiversity
* Conservation Movement
* Conservation ethic
* Earth Science
* Ecology
* Ecosystem
* Environmental education
* Environmental movement
* Global warming
* Greenpeace
* Habitat conservation
* List of environmental organizations
* Nature
* Recycling
* Sustainability
* Timeline of environmental events

## References

1. ↑ http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/FUND 990 - Public Disclosure Copy.pdf
2. ↑ 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.
3. ↑ "Greenpeace introduces Project Hot Seat Bloomington". https://www.idsnews.com/article/2008/06/greenpeace-introduces-project-hot-seat-bloomington.
4. ↑ 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/.
5. ↑ "Americans Who Tell The Truth, Models of Courageous Citizenship". http://www.americanswhotellthetruth.org/portraits/richard-grossman. Retrieved 2013-11-09.
6. ↑ "About" (in en-US). http://www.peterbahouth.com/about.
7. ↑ "Kristen Engberg, Principal". Grassroots Solutions. http://www.grassrootssolutions.com/who-we-are/meet-the-team/kristen-engberg. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
8. ↑ "John Passacantando" (in en-US). https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/bios/john-passacantando/.
9. ↑ "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.
10. ↑ "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.

## External links

* Greenpeace USA
* Greenpeace International

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