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Watchdog Faults FBI for 'Factually Weak' Basis for Investigating Activists

Marian Wang, ProPublica. September 21, 2010.

A new report finds that activists--including a Quaker peace activist and a Catholic religious community--were placed on terrorism watchlists by the FBI.

The Results Are In: How Sustainable Is the Seafood Sold at Major U.S. Supermarkets?

Casson Trenor, AlterNet. April 28, 2010.

Greenpeace just released their Carting Away the Oceans report and Target has topped the list of the most sustainable retailer. See who's trailing them and who's missed the boat.

Climate Denialism a 20-Year-Old Industry?

Stacy Feldman, SolveClimate. March 30, 2010.

According to a new report by Greenpeace, companies like Exxon-Mobil have spent millions over several decades to bolster climate denial groups.

Exposed: How Businesses Are Undermining Efforts on U.S. Climate Committments

Marianne Lavelle, The Center for Public Integrity. November 16, 2009.

Obama's negotiators have worked to lower expectations for what the world can expect from a nation where coal-fired, energy-gobbling industries dominate the political scene.

Tree Spiker: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Life of a Radical Environmental Activist

Mike Roselle, St. Martin's Press. October 12, 2009.

One of the most controversial figures in the conservationist movement shares personal stories of (often hilarious) radical activism.

Thousands of Youth Descend on D.C. to Demand New Climate Change Policy

Jessica Lee, Indypendent. March 2, 2009.

Defying a major blizzard, students plan to take the Capitol by storm, with more than 2,500 ready to be arrested.

America's Love Affair with Really Soft Toilet Paper Is Causing an Environmental Catastrophe

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. February 27, 2009.

Why the best use of 300-year-old trees might not be in the bathroom.

Coal Action Heats Up Capitol Hill

Harry Hanbury, American News Project. February 27, 2009.

This weekend thousands of students will come to D.C. to rally, lobby, and get arrested for a clean energy economy.

Greenpeace + Wall*E = One Very Clever Socially Conscious Short

Erikka Yancy, Brave New Films. August 22, 2008.

Why on earth is Kimberly-Clark using Wall*E to sell Kleenex?

Private Security Firm Spied on Environmental Groups for Corporate Clients

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. April 15, 2008.

A private security firm infiltrated environmental groups, collected their phone records and confidential internal documents.

Strange Bedfellows: Greenpeace Joins Loggers to Stop Illegal Wood Imports

Jim Snyder, The Hill. August 14, 2007.

Greenpeace has linked arms with its usual foe to support a bill giving the Justice Department new powers to stop the importation of illegally harvested wood.

Are We Feeling Global Warming? [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, January 8, 2007.

ExxonMobil, 'one of the great corporate crimes of the late 20th and the early 21st century'...