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[CLT Blog] Last night, independent journalist Rhiannon Fionn had a sit-down with him as Adams Woods, director/producer of On Coal River, filmed part of a Greenpeace documentary on coal ash. In addition to Kumi and Rhiannon, along side them were Bill Gupton of the Sierra Club, dental hygenist Tess, who lives in close proximity to the Duke Energy Riverbend coal plant, and Gwendolyn McGowans, a retired educator who lost her husband to cancer after working for 30 years at the plant.

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[Creative Loafing Charlotte] Hangin' in Charlotte with Greenpeace's Kumi Naidoo | The CLog: one of only four stops on his visit to America, and he wanted to hang out with me so we could talk about the two high-hazard, unlined coal-ash ponds behind Duke Energy's Riverbend coal plant — the two that drain into our drinking water reservoir.

[Journalist] Kumi Naidoo of Greenpeace International at Journalist: Kumi Naidoo speaks with Charlotte locals ranging from those who live near a coal power plant, journalist Rhiannon Fionn, who has been reporting on Charlotte’s coal ash situation, Bill Gupton of the Sierra Club and another local whose husband’s life was lost to cancer after working for 30 years at a coal power plant.

[theCLog] Greenpeace kickoff meeting tonight | The CLog:

[theclog] Protest planned at Duke Energy stockholder meeting: Why: Citing risky and unnecessary business ventures, NC WARN, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Friends of the Earth, and Greenpeace USA will hold a press conference on Thursday, May 5th to urge Duke stockholders to hold their executives accountable. Duke has announced plans for new nuclear plants in Florida and the Carolinas and continues building coal plants in Indiana and North Carolina which have been met with significant protests over the past few years.

[Rainforest Action Network Blog] Girl Scouts USA Announces Palm Oil Plan for Thin Mints ...: We believe Girl Scouts USA must do more than simply “work with its bakers.” In its statement, GSUSA acknowledges that while the quantity of palm oil they use is relatively small, “their voice is big.” We believe the organization has a responsibility to use that voice to help convince Cargill and other suppliers to offer guarantees to American consumers that abuses such as slave labor will no longer end up in Girl Scout cookies, or any other product. Cargill is buying its oil from the likes of Wilmar, KLK and IOI, companies connected to some of the very worst examples of corporate environmental destruction and human rights abuses.

[Ryde Gladesville Climate Change Action Group] Ryde Gladesville Climate Change Action Group » Blog Archive ...: Monday 21 September , 6:30pm to 9:30pm Redfern Town Hall, Pitt St, Redfern Christine Milne, Australian Greens Senator, Lee Rhiannon NSW Greens MP, John Hepburn, Greenpeace .From 9 to 11 October concerned people will gather at Australia's oldest coal mine in Helensburgh where a planned expansion will release 10 milllion tonnes of CO 2 annually and result in mining under Sydney's catchment.

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific] Turning the tide: An editorial in the Newcastle Herald yesterday suggested that demonstrations like Greenpeace's action at Eraring last week and the Camp for Climate Action which kicked off in Newcastle today merely “state the obvious”, because “most .It indicates that the tide is slowly turning, because a few years ago, the thought that demonstrations against the coal industry were stating the obvious to most Australians was akin to thinking that the Howard government was likely to .

[Utsenviro's Blog] Why Carbon Capture & Storage is a Fairy Tale: Brown’s main motivation is to see his former colleagues retrained to be able to exit a fading coal industry. He joined the NSW Greens after meeting state MP Lee Rhiannon, who said the party’s policy was to make the transition to a clean energy economy with no job losses.

[Greenpeace Australia Pacific] Greenpeace Australia Pacific » Blog Archive » Turning The Tide: An editorial in the Newcastle Herald yesterday suggested that demonstrations like Greenpeace's action at Eraring last week and the Camp for Climate Action which kicked off in Newcastle today merely “state the obvious”, because “most Australians now appear to .Activity at the Camp is set to build over the next few days, with workshops running all day Friday, a human sign onsite on Saturday, and the mass community protest against the coal chain on Sunday.

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