Project Hot Seat
Project Hot Seat | |
|---|---|
| File:Project Hot Seat logo.png | |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Dissolved | 2009 |
| Ideology | Climate movement Progressivism |
| Political position | Center-left |
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Project Hot Seat (PHS) was a Greenpeace USA campaign to pressure Congress members in order to implement policies that will cut greenhouse gas emissions. PHS was created in 2006.[1][2] In 2009, PHS was renamed to Climate Rescue.[3]
Purpose
[edit | edit source]- A national cap and trade system
- A national renewable energy standard of at least 20% by 2020
- An increase in average fuel economy to 40 mpg
Phil Radford said PHS was the "kind of organizing that is going to be key to making the environmental movement into a viable political force in Congress and around the country".[3]
Activities
[edit | edit source]PHS members worked to raise awareness of global warming by organizing events, such as "The International Day of Action", in which volunteers held rallies and outreach events. The most recent was held on December 8, 2007. In one event, 25 people took a polar bear swim in Puget Sound.[6] In another, 300 participants on a Florida beach used their bodies to spell out the words "Save our State".[7][8] PHS members collected postcards to send to Congress.[9]
In 2006, PHS supported Henry Waxman's Safe Climate Act.[10]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Project Hot Seat: About Us on Greenpeace USA website
- Project Hot Seat: About Us on Greenpeace International website
- Project Hot Seat chapters
