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On the cover: A polar bear walks along the edge of the icebridge in the Robeson channel, at 82.4' north, near the borderbetween Greenland and Canada. Polar bears are facingextinction as vast areas of their sea ice habitat disappear dueto global warming. Just days after this photograph was taken,the crew of Greenpeace’s Arctic Sunrise watched in awe assummer temperatures caused the Robeson ice bridge tocollapse into the sea. ©Nick Cobbing/ Greenpeace

Paris, France– Greenpeace activists deploy aninflatable iceberg in the River Seine, across from theEiffel Tower. The activists bear signs calling uponPresident Sarkozy to be a leader against globalwarming at the G8 Summit.

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Moscow, Russia– The walls of the Kremlin are lit upwith a call to action for Presidents Barack Obamaand Dmitry Medvedev to save the climate. PresidentObama was visiting the Kremlin just prior to the G8.

From the Executive Director GLOBALWARMING• Arctic Sunrise Expedition

• Greenpeace OpposesNew U.S. GlobalWarming Bill

• Save the Seals!

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FORESTS• Cattle Giant Stopsthe Slaughter

• The Prince’sRainforests ProjectAward

OCEANS• Carting Away the Oceans

• Celebrities Say “No”to Nobu

• Obama and the IWC

In the early morning hours ofJuly 8, 2009, a team of 11highly-trained Greenpeaceactivists set out to scale theface of Mount Rushmore.

Following an old trail and using existing anchors setup by the park service, the activists rappelled downthe mountainside and unfurled a 2,300 square footbanner with a direct message to President Obama:“America Honors Leaders, Not Politicians: StopGlobal Warming”It took the team over an hour to deploy theenormous banner, as they battled severe windconditions at dizzying heights.What these activistsaccomplished was nothing short of monumental,and I am proud to call each of them my friend andcolleague.The message on the Mount Rushmore banner washeard around the world. More than 800 newsoutlets, blogs, and television broadcasts followedthe story and global reaction to the event wasoverwhelmingly positive.That very same week, Greenpeace actions tookplace across the globe to coincide with the G8Summit in Italy. At the base of Paris’s Eiffel Tower,on the walls of Moscow’s Kremlin, and suspendedfrom the smokestacks of five coal-fired powerplants in Italy, Greenpeace called on the G8countries to stop playing politics and start takingserious action to combat global warming.Why go to such extreme efforts? Because theworld’s leaders are not doing what is needed tostop global warming. The science is clear.Industrialized countries must commit to a 40%

reduction in global warming pollution, based on1990 levels, by the year 2020 – or else we canexpect changes that will constitute an entirelydifferent world than the one we currently live in.But rather than take the strongest position to com-bat global warming, we’re seeing a weak response.Todd Stern, President Obama’s Special Envoy forClimate Change, told an audience in March that“[r]educing [global warming pollution] 25-40%below 1990 levels would be a good idea if it weredoable” and that the science-based targets are“beyond the realm of the feasible.” This spring, theU.S. House of Representatives passed a weakglobal warming bill, filled with giveaways for dirtypolluters and far from the targets scientists say wemust reach.Taking the path of least resistance and ignoringscience in favor of what is “doable” is not the kind ofleadership needed to address the biggest environ-mental challenge of our lifetime. Greenpeace iscalling upon President Obama to return to thescience-based targets he promised and become aleader in the global struggle against global warming.I promise you that Greenpeace will not back down.As you read through this newsletter, whether weare fighting global warming, combating tropicalrainforest destruction, or defending our oceans,please remember that it is your dedication thatserves as our inspiration and gives us the supportwe need to take action.

For the Earth,

Philip D. Radford

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The Arctic Sunrise is on a voyagethat will take her further north than anyGreenpeace ship has been before. The

small-but-sturdy, icebreaker-class researchship has embarked on a historic three-monthexpedition to bear witness to the impactsglobal warming is having on the Arctic Circle.

Onboard the Arctic Sunrise is an internationalcrew of 24, hailing from Australia, Canada,China, Cyprus, Denmark, India, Ireland, theNetherlands, New Zealand, Ukraine, theUnited Kingdom, and the United States ofAmerica. They include some of the world’sleading polar explorers and climatologists.

Our team has been measuring sea ice levels,which are expected to reach record-lows thissummer, and analyzing Arctic sea tempera-

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Global warming is the most urgent environmental crisis of our time. But thereare solutions. All we need now is the political willpower to take action. That’swhy Greenpeace is demanding U.S. climate leadership on the world stage whilebearing witness to global warming as it begins to impact the planet.

All photos for this article ©Nick Cobbing/ Greenpeace unless otherwise credited

tures, which are expected to reach record-highs.

The Arctic Sunrise made history early on itsjourney when it became the first ship tonavigate the full length of the Nares Strait in mid-June, a time of year when the strait is normally stillice-logged and impassable.

At the end of the Nares Strait stands the mammothPeterman glacier. It is one of the oldest and largestglaciers in the Arctic Circle – and it is on the verge ofcollapse. Our expert ice climbers set up camerason the glacier and caught a section the sizeof Manhattan splitting off and separating from theglacier.

The Greenpeace team hasalso been documenting theeffects that the melting iceand rising temperatures arehaving on Arctic wildlife likepolar bears, ribbon seals,

beluga whales, and narwhals – the leg-endary sea unicorns of the Arctic Ocean.

Many Arctic species have already begunto disappear as a direct result of globalwarming’s impacts. Greenpeace campaign-ers will be using the research collected on theexpedition as evidence that global warming ispushing these animals towards thebrink of extinction and that we willsuffer the same fate unless wepass serious legislation to curbglobal warming emissions.

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OnJune 26th, the U.S. House of Representativespassed the controversial Waxman-Markey globalwarming bill, also known as the American Clean

EnergyandSecurityAct (ACES),with a vote of 219 to 212.

The bill’s passage marked a major victory for indus-try lobbyists, but a major misstep in the UnitedStates’ path toward a green and peaceful future.

In order to recruit undecided lawmakers, the bill’sauthors, Representatives Henry Waxman (D-CA)and Ed Markey (D-MA), reduced their goals for car-bon emission cuts and threw in some big favors forthe coal industry.The outcome was a weak and inef-fective global warming bill.

Despite his inaugural pledge to “return science to itsrightful place,” President Obama put the full supportof his administration behind this bill, which ultimatelyignores the scientific community’s most basic warn-ings on global warming.

The Nobel-prize winning Intergovernmental Panelon Climate Change says that in order to avoid theworst climate impacts, which include super-chargedhurricanes, disappearing coastlines, and wide-spread famine and disease, the U.S. and otherindustrialized countries must cut their emissions by25-40% below 1990 levels by 2020. The Waxman-Markey bill only calls for a 4% reduction in U.S.emissions by 2020.

Coal-fired power plants are the single largest sourceof global warming pollution in the U.S. But, insteadof phasing-out coal plants, the Waxman-Markeybill will pave the way for a whole new generationof coal-fired plants! To add insult to injury, billionsof taxpayer dollars will be spent on the dirty lie of“clean coal” – an untested and unproven technologythat pumps dangerous carbon emissions directlyinto the Earth instead of the atmosphere.

Greenpeace Opposes New U.S. Global Warming Bill

TAKE ACTION @ greenpeace.org/america-honors-leaders

Greenpeace activists scale a coal plant's 985 foot smokestack and hang a "Stop CO2" banner in theCzech Republic. A month later, on the day of the G8 Summit in Italy, activists simultaneously infiltratedfive Italian coal plants and hung global warming messages down the side. ©Vaclav Vasku/Greenpeace

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“Now is not the time for complacency,” saysGreenpeace Campaigns Director LisaFinaldi. “Complacency leads to a falsesense of optimism, a mistaken willingnessto compromise for quick results, and a mis-placed faith that politicians and corpora-tions will put the people and the planetabove their own self-interests. Yes, we arein urgent need of progress and of change –but quick fixes and compromises are notthe right solutions. Doing what’s right, inthe context of global warming, meansdoing it absolutely right.”

Unless the new climate bill is strengthenedin the Senate, the United States will enterDecember’s UN Climate Convention inCopenhagen without a strong commitmentto fight global warming.

Greenpeace is calling upon PresidentObama to get us back to thescience-based targets he promised andbecome a world leader in the battle againstglobal warming.

On July 8th, 11 Greenpeace activists were arrested for hanging a2,300 square foot banner on the face of Mount Rushmore. Thebanner issued a direct challenge to President Barack Obama:“America Honors Leaders, Not Politicians: Stop Global Warming.”Greenpeace’s Mount Rushmore action was part of a global day ofaction that coincided with the G8 climate meetings.

AMERICA HONORS LEADERS

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In 1976, Greenpeace launched the world’s first-ever“Save the Seals” campaign.

A team of 15 activists traveled to the ice fields ofNewfoundland, where hundreds of thousands of babyharp seals were being torn from their mothers, smashedover the head with spiked clubs, andstripped of their snow white fur.

Just as they had done ayear earlier during thefirst “Save theWhales” campaign,the Greenpeaceactivists placedthemselvesdi rect ly

between the hunters and their prey, peacefully preventingthe slaughter. French bombshell Brigitte Bardot laterjoined Greenpeace on the ice, bringing 45 internationaljournalists and the world media’s spotlight with her.

Because of Greenpeace’s campaign and the wave ofpublic support that followed, the Newfoundland hunt wasreformed. New rules forbidding the slaughter of whitecoat

harp seal pups under two weeks old were put inplace and the commercial import of seal

pelts was banned in Europe.Slowly, harp seal popu-

lations have risenback to healthylevels.

Save the Seals!

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“Today, seals face a threat even more devastating thanthe hunters’ clubs,” says Greenpeace Marine ProjectsManager Willem Beekman. Beekman was a crewmem-ber on the Rainbow Warrior’s first seal campaign andlater served as captain of Greenpeace’s Sirius. “Globalwarming is already pushing some seal species to thebrink of extinction.”

Greenpeace scientists have identified the ribbon seal asone of the species most in danger of extinction due to glob-al warming. Habitat loss and disappearing ice sheets haveseriously imperiled ribbon seal populations. Scientists esti-mate there are less than 250,000 animals left.

Adult ribbon seals are recognizable by their black fur, whichis wrapped with four white “ribbons”: one around the neck,one around the tail, and one around each flipper.

Newborn ribbonseal pups are cov-ered in a downywhite fur, just likeharp seal pups.After molting theirbaby fur, their colorchanges to blue-grey on their backs

and silver on their bellies. Only at around four years olddoes the typical dark fur and ribbon pattern begin toappear on the seal’s body.

In December 2008, the U.S. government boldly decidedthat global warming will not endanger the sea ice criticalto the seals’ survival, and declined to list the ribbon sealunder the Endangered Species Act.

Greenpeace has since launched a legal battle against thegovernment to protect the ribbon seal under the full extentof the law.

Last year, Greenpeace was successful in forcing theBush administration to list the polar bear as “threatened”and in need of protection under the Endangered SpeciesAct. We won’t give up until we achieve at least the samefor the ribbon seal.

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On the Frontline: GreenpeaIwas ten years old when I firstheard about Greenpeace. Anactivist came to my door talking

about saving the humpbackwhales. I was so moved by thestory of the whale hunt and excit-ed that Greenpeace was savingthe whales, I ran upstairs, brokemy piggy bank, and gave them allthe money I had saved up to helpout the cause,” remembers 25-year-old Michael Schwartz.

Michael now serves asGreenpeace’s Frontline CityCoordinator in San Jose,California. Every day, Michael andthe team work to inspire awhole new generation aboutGreenpeace’s campaigns to savethe whales, the forests, and theplanet.

Frontline activists stand on busystreet corners in 14 cities acrossthe nation. They engage citizensin discussion, recruit newGreenpeace members, and turnordinary people into grassrootsactivists – one individual at a time.

Greenpeace’s Frontline teamshave been critical in helping uswin some major victories for theplanet. Last year alone, Frontlinegenerated nearly 15,000 post-cards, over 500 phone calls, 150hand-written letters, over 250photo petitions, and recruitednearly 75 small businesses to the“Businesses for a Safe Climate”petition – all as part ofGreenpeace’s campaign to passserious legislation to stop globalwarming.

All photos for this story © Michael Schwartz/Greenpeace unless otherwise credited

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This summer, the Greenpeace San Jose officestood out as a shining example of how a groupof passionate individuals can inspire others tostand up and take action for the planet. SanJose experienced a record growth in recruit-ment and an outpouring of support from thelocal communities.

“There are truly press-ing issues confrontingus as a society and itwill take the mobilization of millions ofconcerned people, standing together, anddemanding in one voice that policy makersaddress our concerns,” says San Jose’s SeniorCity Coordinator, Joshua Wapner. “I can't think

of a more important time to begood at what we do, and we trulyare very good at what we do.”

Joshua, Michael, and the wholeSan Jose Frontline team arewell on their way to mobilizingthe numbers necessary to leadthe way toward a green andpeaceful future.We congratulatethe San Jose office, and all ofthe Greenpeace Frontlineoffices, for their great work.

ce San Jose

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In the wake of Greenpeace’s“Slaughtering the Amazon” report, theworld’s fourth largest beef trader,

Marfrig, announced a moratorium onbuying cattle from farms that deforestthe Amazon.

This groundbreaking move is a victoryfor the Amazon rainforest and for ourplanet’s climate.

Commercial cattle farming is responsi-ble for more destruction in the Amazonthan any other source. Rampantdeforestation of tropical rainforestsaccounts for nearly 20% of all globalwarming emissions, making Brazil theworld’s fourth largest climate polluter.

Greenpeace's investigative reportexposed Marfrig’s role in this environ-mental scandal, along with otherleading cattle companies like Bertinand JBS.

The Governor of the Brazilian Amazonstate of Mato Grosso, Blairo Maggi, issupporting Marfrig’s decision by mak-ing satellite data of the forest coveravailable to companies to identifycattle farms engaged in deforestation.

“This initiative is an important steptowards halting Amazonian destructionand the related greenhouse gasemissions,” says Greenpeace AmazonCampaign Director Paulo Adario. “In

Cattle Giant Stops the SlaughterThe Earth’s forests are disappearing before our eyes. Not only does forest loss mean a loss ofwildlife, but tropical deforestation releases tons of greenhouse gases that contribute to globalwarming. Greenpeace is calling for zero deforestation by 2015 in the world’s three remainingtropical rainforests: the Amazon, the Congo, and the Paradise Forests.

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the absence of leadershipfrom President Lula,Marfrig and GovernorMaggi have taken their ownsteps towards ending defor-estation and pushing forglobal warming solutions.”

Greenpeace is calling uponBrazil’s President Lula, andall of the world’s Heads ofState, to take personalresponsibility for solvingthe climate crisis. A newinternational climate treatymust be agreed upon atthis December’s UNClimate Convention andthat deal must includemeasures to protect tropi-cal rainforests.

FULL REPORT @ greenpeace.org/slaughtering-the-amazon

The Prince’s Rainforests Project Award

Photography has played a key rolethroughout Greenpeace’s history

of bearing witness and taking actionagainst environmental destruction.

Daniel Beltrá has now joined theranks of legendary Greenpeacephotographers like Rex Weyler andFernando Pereira.

For nearly two decades, Beltrá’s cam-eras have highlighted tropical deforestation in theAmazon, the Congo, and the Paradise Forests. At thisyear’s Sony World Photography Awards Gala, HisRoyal Highness The Prince of Wales presented Beltráwith The Prince’s Rainforests Project Award.

This prestigious award was founded by Prince Charlesto draw attention to the global role played byrainforests in global warming. Beltrá has won a fully-funded photographic expedition to the world’s threetropical rainforest regions.

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Greenpeace activists take directaction against industrial cattlefarms that continue slashing andburning the Amazon Rainforest.

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One year ago, the first edition of Greenpeace’s “Carting Away theOceans” report shone the spotlight on 20 of the largest seafoodretailers in the U.S.A. The report gave an in-depth analysis on

the impacts unsustainable fishing is having on marine life and the roleseafood consumers can play in saving our oceans. Its purpose was toraise awareness, shift demand trends, and acknowledge retailers whocommit to sourcing sustainable seafood.

In Greenpeace’s recently released third edition of “Carting Away theOceans,” we have already seen progress. Half of the supermarkets inthe report are now engaged in improving the sustainability of theirseafood. Several are even developing and implementing their own sus-tainable seafood policies, while demonstrating their commitment toimproving practices by removing red lists species like the orange roughy.

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A staggering 80% of all the life on Earth is found beneath the vast oceans’ waves.Greenpeace is campaigning for a global network of marine reserves toprotect and defend 40% of the world’s oceans. Our campaigns put pressure ongovernments and corporations to change their destructive practices and promote asustainable future for the blue planet.

FULL REPORT@ greenpeace.org/carting-away-the-oceans

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But there are some retailers that have made littleto no effort to increase the sustainability of theirseafood operations. These companies havewillfully disregarded the health of our planet andare continuing to wreak havoc on our oceanecosystems.

As has recently been made public in local andnational media, Greenpeace is now engaged in acampaign directed at one of the seafood industry’smost egregious offenders: Trader Joe’s.

For over 18 months, Greenpeace attemptedcooperative engagement with Trader Joe’s, but thesupermarket chain has refused to address theimpacts they are having on our oceans.

In fact, Trader Joe’s is the only national chain that hasyet to make any meaningful movement towardimproving their seafood policies. For more informa-tion on how you can participate in Greenpeace’scampaign, please visit traitorjoe.com.

Supermarket Scorecard

That’s right. We’re talking to you, Robert DeNiro.

Despite intense pressure from Greenpeace, the two-time AcademyAward-winner has refused to remove endangered bluefin tuna from themenus of his hugely successful Nobu restaurants. DeNiro co-owns thehigh-end sushi chain with Master Chef Nobu Matsuhisa.

Nobu restaurants have been a favorite haunt of the rich and famous forover a decade now. But Nobu’s audacious decision to continue selling thelast of a critically endangered species has left many of the restaurants’loyal clientele with a bad taste in their mouths.

Over 30 celebrities, including Charlize Theron, Sienna Miller, ElleMacpherson, Alicia Silverstone, Kate Goldsmith, Ted Danson, WoodyHarrelson, Stephen Fry, and Sting recently signed a petition vowing not topatronize Nobu until it stops serving the near-extinct tuna. From theirstatement:

“As customers and fans of Nobu we strongly feel that bluefin tunamust be completely removed from your menu due to its perilous

position as an extremely endangered animal. Nobu is arestaurant we all love, a world leader in sushi with a

fantastic reputation and enormous influence. If Nobutook a definitive stand on this issue it could make a

critical difference.”

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TAKE ACTION @ greenpeace.org/tunaTell the U.S. government to ban the international tradeof bluefin tuna and to list bluefin tuna in the Conventionon International Trade in Endangered Species.

To drive the point home, Greenpeaceactivists have taken direct action at Nobulocations in London, New York City, andLos Angeles. In addition to holdingdemonstrations outside of the restau-rants, activists have been passing outmock Nobu menus that feature otherendangered-species dishes, like“Braised Polar Bear Liver” and “Rack ofMountain Gorilla Seasoned withPowdered Rhino Horn.”

Casson Trenor, Greenpeace Seafood Markets Director and author ofSustainable Sushi, states, “Nobu is a trend-setting establishment that not onlyspans the globe, it wields incredible influence at the top of the sushirestaurant food chain. Nobu has the potential to create a great deal ofpositive change and become a leader in the seafood industry’s move toward

sustainability. Unfortunately, the owners of Nobuhave chosen to ignore the science and deny thereality of our oceans’ declining health. Until Nobudecides to stop selling endangered bluefin tuna,Greenpeace’s international campaign against therestaurant chain and its owners will continue.”

Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus)

Bluefin tuna are some of the most fascinatingand majestic fish in our oceans. But the pos-sibility that the species will be extinct withinthe next four years is, unfortunately, a real one.Overfishing has killed off at least 90% of thebluefin population since the 1970’s. Did youknow...

r Bluefin tuna average 6.5 feet in length,weigh nearly 800 pounds, and can livefor over 30 years.

r With a flick of its tail, a bluefin tuna canaccelerate faster than a Porsche - goingfrom 0 to 60 mph in 3 seconds flat.

r Arguably one of the oceans’ top predatorspecies, bluefin tuna are able to stuntheir prey with the centrifugal forcegenerated by their super speed beforeattacking.

r Bluefin tuna are unique in that they are oneof the only warm-blooded fish in the sea.

r Restaurants like Nobu will pay upwardsof $100,000 for a single bluefin tuna atmarket.

Actor Jack Black speaks with a Greenpeace activist outside ofNobu and promises not to order any tuna in the restaurant.Black told the activists to keep up the good work.

Greenpeace activists stage a demonstrationoutside of Nobu’s London location. Theycarry life-sized tuna cut-outs and signsreading “Don’t Choose Tuna.”

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Until recently, holdouts from the Bush administration wereengaged in closed-door negotiationswith Japanese officials

to expand the Japanese whaling program for the first time indecades.

The new deal would have allowed Japan to increase itswhaling quota in coastal regions to include sperm whales,Bryde's whales, and even humpback whales.

After Greenpeace supporters around the world sent anoverwhelming stream of letters and petitions to PresidentObama, the president agreed to appoint three new repre-sentatives to the International Whaling Commission (IWC)and halt all negotiations with Japan.

At this year’s annual IWC meeting, President Obama’snewly appointed IWC representatives were successful inbringing the issue of global warming to the table and citingit as a serious threat to whales and dolphins. The U.S.representatives’ resolution, entitled the “ConsensusResolution on Climate and Other Environmental Changesand Cetaceans,” was officially passed and calls upon worldgovernments to incorporate climate change considerationsinto their existing whale conservation plans.

This marks an important first step in Greenpeace’s efforts to

shift the focus of the IWC from an International WhalingCommission, which was established to regulate commercialwhaling, to an International Whale Commission, whichwould promote the conservation and protection of whales.

Unfortunately, little headway was made on the issue ofJapan’s “scientific” whaling program – which is really nothingmore than a commercial whaling enterprise in disguise.

Greenpeace will continue to wage our campaign againstJapan’s whaling program, from the high seas of theSouthern Ocean to the high courts of international law. Wewon’t give up until the whales are left in peace and the IWC’sban on commercial whaling, which Greenpeace fought sotirelessly to pass in 1986, is upheld.

Obama and the IWC

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