The ‘clean coal’ lobbying blitz

By Marianne Lavelle

They’ve brought coal above ground. They’ve put the black rock on billboards in the swing states, and they’ve splashed it on full-page ads i

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"… the key role that coal plays in meeting growing U.S. electricity needs.” Greenpeace, meanwhile, has objected to “the untold billions of dollars in handouts …"

The climate lobby's nonstop growth

By Marianne Lavelle

Makers of sneakers, blue jeans, and computer network servers joined forces late last fall and vowed a bigger push in Congress on climate cha

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"… e Earth and Public Citizen have raised concerns on the deals struck, while Greenpeace said it could not support the measure in its current form. “This bill ha …"

25 years after Bhopal, U.S. plant still using same toxic chemical

By M.B. Pell and Jim Morris

Earlier this week, seven former executives of Union Carbide India Ltd. were convicted of “death by negligence” and sentenced to two-year jai

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"… r Bhopal to happen in our community.”Rick Hind, legislative director for Greenpeace in Washington, said the company’s plan to cut its inventory did not go f …"

"… defined and a contract with the academy signed within the next eight weeks.Greenpeace’s Hind questions the need to study MIC, whose hazards are well documente …"

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Senate prepares for new battle over chemical plant security

By Jim Morris

Although he left his stressful job with the Environmental Protection Agency nearly seven years ago, Bob Bostock says there’s one scenario th

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"… nd expires in October, is weak, claims Rick Hind, legislative director for Greenpeace. “The standards are, for the most part, voluntary,” Hind said. “They …"

"… contributions so far going to members of the GOP.In a report last August, Greenpeace charged that industry lobbying “has derailed or crippled comprehensive l …"

Quarter-century after Bhopal, a deadly chemical’s U.S. production to end

By Jim Morris

The last major U.S. producer of the chemical that killed thousands in Bhopal, India, 26 years ago – and was nearly released in a 2008 explos

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"… ndwriting was on the wall,” said Rick Hind, legislative director for Greenpeace. “They’re the last man standing on a process that’s infa …"

Global warming: Heated denials

By Lisa Chiu

Stand-up comedian Tim Slagle was on a roll. In a lunchtime routine tailored to 400 conference attendees, Slagle was killing ‘em with jokes a

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"… ward rather than this distraction.”To Kert Davies, research director for Greenpeace USA, such statements illuminate ExxonMobil’s original intent.“That’s …"

"… ups to spread climate change skepticism will only increase, said Davies of Greenpeace. At the Heartland Institute’s conference, a number of the event’s co-s …"

"… st CEI campaign is representative of a shift in the skeptic rhetoric, said Greenpeace’s Davies. First, there was complete denial of the science, and then a mo …"

"… nups for petitions,” Davies said. “It comes close to direct action, to Greenpeace tactics . . . typically deployed by civil rights, and environment and wome …"

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A gallery of skeptics

By Lisa Chiu

Chris Horner ...

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"… inger says his group does not solicit support from government or industry, Greenpeace has found that the group did receive $20,000 from ExxonMobil from 1998-200 …"

Bush's new Chief of Staff once fought for polluters

By Brenda R. Mayrack

WASHINGTON, February 2, 2001 — As their top lobbyist, Andrew H. Card Jr. led a $25 million lobbying campaign on behalf of the "Big Three" U.

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"… eep our air cleaner,” said John Passacantando, the executive director of Greenpeace U.S.A.Bush has already indicated his support for continued funding of the …"

The politics of energy: Coal

By Bill Dawson

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 — At the first meeting of President George W. Bush's cabinet in 2001, then-Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill dist

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"… In an e-mailed reply to Cooney—later obtained by the environmental group Greenpeace with a Freedom of Information Act request—Ebell thanked Cooney for his c …"

Toxic deception

By Dan Fagin and Marianne Lavelle

October 2, 1999 — On the Friday before Labor Day 1998, with much of official Washington already on its last summer trek to seashore or home

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"… at to do, so they won’t say this is better than that,” David DeRosa of Greenpeace says. But companies such as Dow (which manufactures perc) and Exxon (which …"

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