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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 16h

Trump is trying to rule like a king and chip away at our democracy. But this country does not belong to kings or dictators. It belongs to us.

We do not bow to power.
We build people power.

Join us and our allies on October 18: https://ow.ly/BJfI50X81tf

#NoKings #NoKings #WeWillNotBeSilenced

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power belongs to the people.

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 6d

We joined 3700+ orgs from across the U.S. to sign this letter and reject Trump’s attacks on nonprofits 📝

No authoritarians will deter us from doing what is right for people and the planet. We urge everyone to speak out and resist these attacks 📣

www.greenpeace.org/usa/greenpea...

Greenpeace USA rejects presidential attacks on nonprofits, urges resistance - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 2, 2025) – Today, as more than 3,700 organizations from all sectors of civil society across the U.S. release a letter rejecting presidential attacks on nonprofit organization...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 13d

🚨 Action Alert! 🚨 Greenpeace USA supporters are joining hundreds of events nationwide on Saturday, October 18, to demand #NoKings

Find an event near you: ow.ly/layJ5…

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 13d

Groups calling out Gov. Newsom during #ClimateWeekNYC He has a choice: Let Big Oil Trump your climate promises or fight for working people and our planet?

@cagovernornewsom.bsky.social, which side are you on?

Last Chance Alliance @lastchancealliance.bsky.social · 14d

📍 NYC Climate Week: “Gov. Newsom: If you can’t take on Big Oil, how can you take on Trump?”

We JUST dropped this banner because Newsom can’t claim climate leadership while siding with Big Oil billionaires.

@cagovernornewsom.bsky.social—don't let Big Oil 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 your climate promises!

A banner featuring Governor Gavin Newsom in front of an oil pumpjack. The banner, hanging over a balcony in downtown New York City, says: "Gov. Newsom: If you can't take on Big Oil, how can you take on Trump? Don't let Big Oil trump your climate promises!"

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 18d

BREAKING: our activists unveiled a GIANT “Climate Polluters Bill” at a shocking 5,000,000,000,000 💰

The ~160' long bill reveals the projected damage caused by Big Oil's climate pollution (Research: tinyurl.com/45yw26z6)

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...

#MakeBillionairesPay #MakePollutersPay

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 19d

“Targeting activists for deportation is not a rule of law, it's a rule of fear. This sets a dangerous precedent: using immigration enforcement to criminalize political dissent and silence protest.” Our full statement and how you can support Khalil’s appeal here:

www.greenpeace.org/usa/we-must-...

We must all challenge the unprecedented ruling in Mahmoud Khalil immigration case - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 19, 2025) –  In response to a Louisiana immigration Judge ordering the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil – a legal permanent resident and nonviolent protester – to Syria&h...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 20d

Their livelihoods, their history, their home. American Samoan locals are vocally opposed to Trump’s proposal to open the territory’s waters to deep-sea mining. Read more from @grist.org

grist.org/indigenous/a...

#StopDeepSeaMining #ProtectTheOceans #DefendTheDeep

American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway.

The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C.

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 20d

The bill is due 💰 It’s time for billionaires to pay for their pollution and fund our future 📣

This weekend, join us and our allies across the country as we march to #MakeBillionairesPay

📍Billionaires Row in New York City

Looking for a march near you? Check out www.makebillionairespay.us

Make Billionaires Pay

www.makebillionairespay.us

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 22d

“...Companies that are establishing these data centers are making incredible profits, but the cost is being borne by local communities.”- Sushma Raman, GPUS

Read more thoughts from our ED on why growth in AI can’t come at the expense of people or the planet 💭

www.newsdata.com/clearing_up/...

DOE Calls for Data Center Development at Idaho National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is taking a front seat in data center development. Its latest action: a request for proposals from American developers to build and power data

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

“From the beginning, we have said the truth is on our side. Energy Transfer must understand their attempts to abuse our legal system and bully their way to a win will never supersede the law. I applaud our allies at @greenpeace.org"

GPUS ED, Sushma Raman

engage.us.greenpeace.org/wN7OXjzfFkS8...

It's time to resist. Take the pledge:

engage.us.greenpeace.org

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

GOOD NEWS: ND Court will not block our allies at Greenpeace International from using European Anti-SLAPP lawsuit against Energy Transfer.

Energy Transfer just FAILED in an attempt to block the Netherlands-based lawsuit.

It’s #TimeToResist corporate bullies.

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North Dakota court will not block Greenpeace International from using European anti-SLAPP laws against Energy Transfer - Greenpeace - Greenpeace

MANDAN, N.D. (September 10, 2025) – In response to North Dakota District Court Judge James Gion rejecting Energy Transfer’s request for an anti-suit injunction in Greenpeace International’s landmark a...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

🪖 Enough with the occupation.
✊ Enough with the militarization of our cities.
🌍 It’s time to let democracy breathe again.

Let’s demand that the National Guard pack up their brooms and leave!

DefendHome Rule! Statehood Now!

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For allies: Tell Congress to get federal forces out NOW — Free DC

To our allies across the country, DC has no voting representatives in Congress. That means there is no one who can advocate for us right now — so we need your help. We want Congress to do every...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

This isn’t about safety. It’s about intimidation and control. It’s about using the military to silence dissent and turn public spaces into fortresses. It’s a clear sign of democratic backsliding—and it has to end.

#WeWillNotBeSilenced #FreeDC #TimetoResist

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

The big “law and order” national guard turnout out was a clear abuse of emergency power and waste of tax dollars. Instead of protecting democracy, they’ve been picking up litter and occupying a city with a record low crime rate.

#WeWillNotBeSilenced #FreeDC #TimetoResist

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

For 30 days, D.C. was under a heavy military occupation, supposedly to protect the city from chaos and crime. But guess what? There was barely any crime. So what are the National Guard troops doing now? Cleaning up trash.

#WeWillNotBeSilenced #FreeDC #TimetoResist

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · 27d

Time to End the Occupation of DC. It’s been 30 days of Trump's takeover of the DC police department - the National Guard’s New Mission: Street Sweeping.

We stand in solidarity with @FREEDC and the community

#FreeDC #TimetoResist

freedcproject.org/news/for-all...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 4

ICYMI: This season of Drilled featured six deep dive episodes into Energy Transfer v. Greenpeace — looking at the impact of this case on Indigenous rights, climate activism, and the battle to uphold the First Amendment in the U.S.

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SLAPP’d Episode 6 | The SLAPP Heard ‘Round the World

Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 4

"SpaceX and two other companies…" Guess who one of those other companies is?

Energy Transfer, a.k.a. the Big Oil company that has a $660+ million verdict against Greenpeace entities 😒

The oligarchy is attacking free speech, the right to protest, and now union rights. It's #TimeToResist

Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Aug 20

This is what oligarchy looks like:

Today, 2 Trump judges ruled that the NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional giving Elon Musk, worth $410 billion, & other union busters the absolute power to exploit workers & violate labor law with impunity.

This disastrous decision cannot stand.

SpaceX Keeps Labor Board Case Frozen With Fifth Circuit Win (2)

SpaceX and two other companies can keep their court orders freezing unfair labor practice cases as they litigate their constitutional challenges to the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeal...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Further reading from our friends at @SierraClub on the deep connection between labor and environmentalism:

www.sierraclub.org/articles/202...

Why Environmentalists and the Labor Movement Must Work Together to End the Climate Crisis

Labor Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of US workers. Its history is not a peaceful one. This year, I'm reflecting on that history and the connections between workers' struggle for respect, ...

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

As environmentalists we must stand in solidarity with the workers movement to overcome the power of the profit-seeking corporations that pollute our planet. When workers win, we all win!

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today, working people are again struggling to make ends meet. Decades of attacks on unions have eroded wages and working conditions. And now hundreds of thousands of working people are being asked to bear the cost of emergency expenses like evacuation and hotel stays in the wake of climate disaster.

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Labor leaders protested and organized for these rights during the height of the Industrial Revolution, while the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living and children toiled in mills, factories, and mines across the country.

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

You can thank labor unions and collective bargaining for better wages, safer working conditions, and establishing parameters of work life that have become commonplace and law, like the eight-hour-workday, five-day work week, protection for children in the workplace, and the federal minimum wage.

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hoping everyone enjoyed their Labor Day! We spent our weekend reflecting on why organized labor is so important and how essential it is to environmental action 🧵

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Greenpeace USA @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social · Sep 3

Will you stand with the global community and demand that the U.S. respects international governance and our precious deep sea ecosystems?

engage.us.greenpeace.org/onlineaction...

Tell NOAA: Don’t Fast-Track Ocean Destruction

engage.us.greenpeace.org

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