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On the cover: A pelican sits covered with oil from theDeepwater Horizon wellhead in Barataria Bay, Louisiana justhe Gulf of Mexico. Jose Luis Magana/Greenpeace
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GREENPEACEIN THE GULF
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From the Executive Director GLOBALWARMING Spill, Baby, Spill
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TOXICS Chemical Secur
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OCEANS Commercial WhBan Is Upheld
Bluefin Battle
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Today, our nation stands at acrossroads.
As we emerge from the hottestsummer on record, still choking
on the worst oil spill in American history and dripping with
the blood of an oil war in the Middle East, we are facedwith a choice and a challenge.
Either we continue down the path that we are already on,blissfully complacent with our deadly and dangerous ad-diction to fossil fuel, or we change paths and set out in anew direction.
In the years to come, our children will remember this asthe moment that changed the world forever. The historybooks will say that Greenpeace and the worlds leadingscientists warned President Obama that changing nothingwould ultimately lead to the destruction of our planet andlife as we know it. But they will also say we told our presi-dent that, if he had the courage to travel down the roadnot taken, he could finally lead the way to a green andpeaceful future for us all.
It is now time for President Obama to show the kind ofleadership that Americans dreamed he would when weswept him into office. It is now time for our president todeclare a new Apollo program: a visionary and ambitiousmission to kick our oil addiction and launch a cleanenergy revolution.
This is a turning point of immense historical significance.If we miss the turn, we miss the chance to grab our future
with both hands. President Obama can reduce ournations global warming pollution 40% by 2030 bychampioning climate legislation that will:
Shift oil subsidies, conservatively estimated at $10billion per year, into an investment in publictransportation and smart energy grid technology.
Require that 30% of new cars are electric plug-ins by2020 (and 90% by 2030) through the EPA or Congress.
Rewrite national building codes to include outlets forplugging in cars across the country.
Require states to implement new rules for buying and
selling electricity that favor renewable energy andelectric plug-in cars without costing consumers more.
Provide tax incentives to electric car buyers.
A recent CNN poll found that nearly 80% of voters believethat reducing oil use and shifting to cleaner energy wouldmake life better for Americans. Another poll by the WallStreet Journalin June found that an overwhelmingmajority of people support passing legislation to limitglobal warming pollution.
Will President Obama listen to the people who electedhim and set America on a new path? Or will he deliver
another grandiose speech followed by more politicallyexpedient baby steps? This is the moment when all of uswho want to generate jobs, stop global warming, andstrengthen our national security must make our voicesheard. This is our challenge and our opportunity.
The last time our nation came this close to embracinga clean energy plan was just a few years afterGreenpeaces foundation in the 1970s. We cannot affordto wait another 35 years to seize the moment, becausethat moment that brief opportunity for real change might not come again. As always, I thank you for standingwith us at the crossroads.
For a Green and Peaceful Future,
Philip D. RadfordExecutive Director
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The defiant cries of drill, baby, drill that once dogged theObama campaign appear to have devolved into the
presidents new energy policy: spill, baby, spill.
Months after a fatal explosion rocked British Petroleums (BP)
Deepwater Horizon drilling platform and set off one of the
greatest environmental catastrophes in U.S. history, oil from the
wellhead continues to fill the Gulf of Mexico.
The disastrous BP oil spill occurred just weeks after PresidentObama proposed lifting a ban on offshore drilling in previously
protected areas and allowing the oil industry to pillage the GulfCoast, the East Coast, and the Arctic waters of Alaska.
Within days of the spills spread, Greenpeace had a teascientists, activists, and photographers on site high-sp
inflatables and all. Our team is exposing the true extent o
spill with photos and video, supporting the work of
environmental groups, and helping organize and mob
citizens to action.
Greenpeaces Arctic Sunrise which has peacefully prote
whaling in the Southern Ocean, documented global warm
and glacier melts in the Arctic, and taken action against ildeforestation along the Amazon river sailed to the of Mexico this summer to serve as a platform for research
the next several months, scientists from over a dozen in
tions will work with Greenpeace to assess the scope of the
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and the impacts it is having on marine life. The
scale of the disaster unfolding before our eyes
is unprecedented.
Plumes of oil, deep below the surface, have
billowed out into the open sea, creating deadzones in their wake. One oil plume alone
stretches 22 miles long, 6 miles wide, and 3,000feet thick. Undersea oil rivers deplete oxygen
and can kill wildlife like dolphins, sea turtles,
sperm whales, and countless bird and fish
species.
The oil, along with the millions of gal-
lons of toxic dispersants being
dumped on top of it, has now
changed the chemistry of the sea,perhaps irrevocably. No one knows
exactly what long-term damage this
could cause the Gulf of Mexicoecosystem, but the short-term
damage is all too clear
Fishermen and local businesses,
along with the coastal communities
that depend on them,
have been devastated.More than 500 of the
worlds most critically en-dangered sea turtles and
dozens of dolphins have
washed ashore dead. The
rotting corpse of a young
sperm whale was found
floating near the oil.Government scientists
estimate that the loss of just three adult sperm
whales could drive the
Gulf of Mexicos popula-
tion to extinction.
Jose Luis Magana/Gre
Sean Gardner/Gre
The United States Coast Guard
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In a call for accountability from British
Petroleum, Greenpeace activists
surrounded the companys London
headquarters on May 20th, the one monthanniversary of the disaster, and hung up
British Polluter banners and flags with the
BP logo covered in oil.Should something like the BP spill ever
occur in Alaskas Beaufort or Chukchi
Seas, the results would be catastrophic for
the regions polar bear, walrus, and
bowhead whale populations.
On May 24th, during a visit by Department
of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to theGulf region, Greenpeace activists used
spilled oil to paint Arctic Next? on a
drilling ship bound for Alaska. Following
the action, President Obama placed a
six-month moratorium on deepwater
drilling operations in the Gulf and all new
projects in the Arctic.
But the ban was short-lived. Not long afterit was enacted, a Louisiana judge withheavy ties to the oil industry overturned the
ban. The Obama administration has s
rewritten the moratorium, making
prospects for even more offshore dr
very real.
Broken promises and tempomoratoriums will get us nowhere a
juncture. The only way to prevent anoil spill from happening is to stop bla
and bleeding the fossil fuel out of the E
in the first place. A permanent ba
offshore oil drilling must be put in pla
Greenpeace is committed to con
bearing witness and drawing attenti
the devastation in the Gulf of Mexico, rallying support for a complete ba
offshore drilling and a shift tow
renewable resources.
The klaxon call for a clean energy re
tion has been sounded. It is now
responsibility to stand up and deman
kind of change that President Ob
promised us during his campaign. baby, spill is no longer an option.
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TAKE ACTION: greenpeace.org/spillbabyspi
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BP Logo ContestA
few years ago, British Petroleum
(BP) rebranded themselves asBeyond Petroleum. But BP
continues pursuing the dirty fossil fuel
to the ends of the Earth, despite the massive environmental damage
that is being caused by their business. Following the DeepwaterHorizon explosion, Greenpeace in the United Kingdom set up a
competition to rebrand BP in a more accurate fashion. Supporters were
asked to create a logo for the oil giant to show that the company is not beyond
petroleum theyre up to their necks in offshore drilling. The winning logo will beused by Greenpeace in innovative and
exciting ways as part of our international
campaign against BP.
LEARN MORE: greenpeace.org/uk
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On its maiden voyage in the U.S.,
the Greenpeace airship A.E.
Bates flew over Edgemoor,Delaware, on May 21, 2010, to inspect
a DuPont chemical facility.
The team onboard the A.E. Bateswas
conducting aerial surveillance to de-
termine if unprotected liquid chlorine
was visible on the facility grounds. The
flight was part of a Greenpeace Chem-ical Security Inspection Tour of the Tri-
State area.
DuPonts plant failed the inspection
due to bulk storage of unprotectedchlorine gas, which puts millions of
people in the region at risk.
A subsequent inspection at theKuehne chemical plant outside of New
York City revealed two million pounds
of chlorine gas on site, putting up to 12million New Yorkers in harms way.
Following the terrorist attacks
September 11, 2001, airport sec
systems have undergone dramchanges X-ray machines, m
detectors, shoe removal requirem
and air puffing machines have all b
installed for our safety. Yet our nat
most dangerous chemical faci
remain unsecured and vulnerable
Should a deliberate attack or a traccident occur at one of these facil
the results would be catastrophic
enormous cloud of chlorine gas w
stretch out some 15 miles thro
towns and cities, melting peo
lungs and suffocating them to deat
it went.
In November of 2009, Greenpewas successful in convincing
House of Representatives to pass
requiring high-risk chem
Kate Davison/Greenpeace
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facilities to convert to safer
chemicals if feasible.
On July 15th, Senator Frank
Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced
companion legislation in the Senate
that would eliminate catastrophicrisks to millions of Americans,
create thousands of new jobs and
provide economic stimulus to local
governments.
But if the U.S. Senate fails to act this
year, you could be one of one-in-threeAmericans who will remain at risk.
Although more than 500 chemical
plants have converted to safermethods, and Clorox pledged to
convert all of its plans in the next few
years, over 110 million Americans
still live within the vulnerability zone
of a catastrophic chemical disaster.
Tell your senator to support a
chemical security bill and ensure a
green and peaceful future for all of us.
Tim Shaffer/Greenpeace
TAKE ACTION: greenpeace.org/chemicalsecuritybill
Robert Meyers/Greenpeace
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H
ere at Greenpeace, we make it our business to go after the biggest and bad-
dest environmental bullies on the block. When it comes to saving Indonesias
critically endangered Paradise Forests, that means lining up against Sinar
Mas a huge conglomerate that includes the largest palm oil and paper companiesin the region. The corporations ever-expanding palm oil and paper plantations are
eating into rainforests, driving wildlife towards extinction, and polluting our climate.
Until recently, one of Sinar Mass customers was Nestl, the largest food and drink
company in the world. Greenpeace research revealed that Nestl was purchasing
vast quantities of palm oil from Sinar Mas for its products, thus fueling the
destruction of the Paradise Forests. This region is home to unique and endangered
wildlife species like Sumatran tigers, forest elephants, tree kangaroos, and
orangutans one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.
A groundbreaking investigative report, a viral video including a chocolate-covered
orangutan finger, and a series of non-violent direct actions at Nestl locations around
the world were the stones we used to bring this Goliath down.
Within hours of Greenpeaces globally integrated campaign launch against Nestl
on March 17th, the company canceled its direct business contracts with Sinar
Mas. A few weeks later, they agreed to publicly lobby the Indonesian government
to protect the Paradise Forests.The most impressive piece of the victory came on May 17th, as Nestl unveiled a
sweeping new policy to cut deforestation out of its global supply chain. The
Protecting Paradise
Natalie Behring-Chisholm/Greenpeace
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For nearly a decade, Greenpeace has been campaigningto end the ongoing destruction of Canadas Boreal
Forest. On May 18th, Greenpeace and its partners
reached a major milestone on the road to greater sustain-
ability with the announcement of the Canadian Boreal Forest
Agreement the biggest, most ambitious forest conservation
deal in history.
Greenpeace, its partners, and 21 of the biggest logging
industry players from the Forest Products Association ofCanada (FPAC) agreed to an immediate moratorium on
logging in nearly 72 million acres of forest. This vast swath of
forest covers virtually all the critical habitat for the threatewoodland caribou.
The agreement includes a commitment from the partie
work over the next three years to undertake landscape
conservation planning for the entire area covered by
agreement. The companies have pledged to work
Greenpeace to ensure long-term protection within 178 macres of forest an area twice the size of Germany w
stretches right across Canada.The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement is the result of
hard-fought campaigning, intense market pressure,
Andrew Ma
Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
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Aproposal to overturn the ban on commercial whaling, originally supporte
the Obama administration, went down in flames at this years meeting o
International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Morocco.
More than 1.5 million people wrote letters, signed petitions, sent origami whales,
marched in Save the Whales rallies, pressuring President Obama to fulfi
campaign promise to stand with Greenpeace in support of the whales. The
statement at the IWC meeting reaffirmed this:
First and foremost, the United States continues to support the commercial wha
moratorium. We strongly oppose lethal scientific whaling we strongly belieunnecessary for modern whale conservation and management. In particular, the Un
States is concerned by whaling in the Southern Ocean Sanctuary, and by the increa
international trade and black market trade in whale meat and whale products.
Commercial WhalinBan is Uphe
Paul Hilton/Greenpeace
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In the end, the 24-year-old whaling ban, which Greenpeace
fought for tirelessly throughout the seventies and eighties,
was upheld. This is an important victory for the whales, but
winning this battle still does not guarantee their safety.Japans scientific whaling fleet is already sailing out of
harbor and through IWC loopholes to slaughter hundreds of
whales.
Now more than ever, it is clear that the International
Whaling Commission has degenerated into a deviant and
corrupt voting body, where fake science and back-doordeals are the modi operandi. Though public pressure
helped shift the tides of change this year, the challenges
facing us at the next meetings of the IWC are enormous.
Just before this years IWC meeting, it was revealed tha
Japan has been bribing the delegates of poor and
developing nations with large sums of cash, expensive
vacations, and even prostitutes. In yet another indication ohow disfunctional the IWC has become, no mention was
made of this scandal during the entire meeting
Japans behavior at the IWC is reprehensible, but not nearlyas bad as commercial whaling itself. We will continue to
campaign for the reform of the IWC into a legitimate body
dedicated to the protection of whales not whaling.
For the past 35 years, Greenpeace has been the whales
greatest defenders. We will not rest until we have put an
end to commercial whaling, once and for all.
W Blue whales are increasing by8.2% a year.
WHumpback whales are increasing3.1% a year in the Northwest
Atlantic, 11-12% a year in the
Southern hemisphere, and 7% a
year in the Northeast Pacific.
W Southern right whales areincreasing by 7% a year.
WEastern gray whales haveincreased from only a few
hundred in the early 1900s to
more than 20,000 today.
W Fin whales, which Japancontinues to hunt, are not
increasing in population but
their rapid decline towardsextinction has been halted.
Despite Japans continued violation of the commercial whaling ban through a loophole that
allows for lethal science, just a few decades of protection has done wonders for the whale
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Perhaps no other fish in the sea is quiteas impressive as the six-foot, thou-sand-pound, warm-blooded bluefin tuna.
Bluefins have the ability to accelerate fasterthan a Porsche, going from 0 to 60 mph in
3 seconds flat. They can stun their preywith the centrifugal force generated by their
super speed before attacking. And, after
decades of overfishing, they are literally on
the brink of extinction.
Despite being listed as a critically
endangered species, like the mountain
gorilla and the Amur leopard, greedyfishing fleets continue to hunt our oceans
last bluefins into oblivion.
This summer, the Arctic Sunriseand the Rainbow Warrior II
set out for the Mediterranean Sea to rescue bluefin tuna being
held inside massive nets and destined for slaughter. Once
the ships crews spotted a school of trapped bluefin, inflatable
boats were lowered into the sea and activists submerged the
sides of the nets to free the fish.
But our boats and activists were met with violence as soon as
the fishermen realized what was happening. Several French
fishing vessels closed in around the Greenpeace team anloose their own high-speed inflatables. Wielding razor-s
knives and grappling hooks, the angry fishermen
launched an all-out attack.
Flares were fired directly at our boats and one of
Greenpeace activists was stabbed with a grappling hstraight through his leg. The activist was flown to a hosvia helicopter and is now recovering well.
Bluefin
Battle
Paul Hilton/Green
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Two of our inflatable boats were slashed with knives and one
sank after being rammed and run over by the French fishing
vessels. Another Greenpeace inflatable was badly damaged
and several of our activists had to be rescued after they were
thrown into the sea.
Greenpeace activists put themselves on the line to try to
release bluefin tuna from fishing nets, but continuedinaction at international regulatory bodies is essentially
condemning this apex species to extinction. Leading marine
biologists and Greenpeace have warned that, without urgent
action, the bluefin tuna will be gone within the next three to fo
years.
The failure of the latest meeting of the Convention
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to decla
a ban on sales of bluefin tuna has made the situation evworse. The vote followed several days of aggressive lobby
from the Japanese, who take the majority of the bluefins caugfor use at high-end sushi restaurants.
Greenpeace is campaigning to shut down the bluefin fish
industry to protect our oceans and the future of the speci
We are taking action where politicians a
fisheries managers refuse. In order to put the blueon a road to recovery, the quota in the Mediterrane
Sea must be set to zero, spawning grounds must
protected within a larger network of marine reservand all fishing operations targeting the species m
end immediately.
Gavin Newman/Greenpeace
Gavin Parsons/Greenpeace Paul Hilton/Greenpeace Paul Hilton/G
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T
here is an old Native American prophecy about a time
when mankinds greed will overcome the planet. It
foretells that, in the Earths darkest hour, a band ofRainbow Warriors will rise up to unite the good people of
the world and lead the way toward a green and peaceful
future. It was from this ancient legend that Greenpeace was
born and our flagship took its name, the Rainbow Warrior.
By 1985, some fifteen years after its foundation,
Greenpeace was well on its way to fulfilling this prophecy.
Under the banner of the peace and ecology symbols, Green-
peace had successfully pressured the U.S. to stop nucleartesting, persuaded the international community to pass a
moratorium on commercial whaling, and established itself
as the loudest and most courageous voice for the planet.
Then, the unimaginable happened.
On July 10, 1985, French secret agents detonated two
mines aboard the Rainbow Warrior, sinking the
Greenpeace flagship and killing Fernando Pereira, a young
father and photographer who was on board. The ship hadbeen in the South Pacific, peacefully protesting French
nuclear testing around the island of Moruroa.
We remember the 25th anniversary of the Rainbow
Warriors sinking not as a tragic defeat for our movementbut as a catalyst for the many Greenpeace victories tha
followed, and will continue to follow as long as people are
willing to stand with us for the protection of our planet.Greenpeace has proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, tha
you cannot sink a rainbow and you cannot sink a
movement. Today, three research and activist vessels sai
in the original Rainbow Warriors stead: the Esperanza, the
Arctic Sunrise, and the Rainbow Warrior II.
Next fall, just in time for Greenpeaces 40th anniversary, we
will welcome a new ship to the fleet: the Rainbow Warrior III
She will be the greenest ship on the high seas and an
invaluable asset for our campaigns to combat globa
warming, stop deforestation, and defend our planetsoceans.
Rainbow Warrior
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