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December 18, 2009

Greenpeace: Chamber of Commerce a “Corporate Crime Scene”
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Climate justice actions meanwhile continue in the United States. On
Thursday, the environmental group Greenpeace gathered at the US Chamber
of Commerce in Washington. Unfurling a banner resembling yellow police
tape, Greenpeace activists declared the Chamber’s headquarters a
“climate crimes scene.”

Activist: “This is the Greenpeace Climate Crimes Unit! We are declaring
the US Chamber of Commerce a climate crimes scene. The US Chamber of
Commerce and other dirty industry lobbyists have taken the future of our
planet hostage. They are undercutting America’s efforts to stop runaway
climate change, and as a result, world leaders are not reaching a deal
in Copenhagen. We demand that the industry lobbyists cease and desist.”

Also in Washington, over a dozen youth activists held a sit-in at the
State Department. Organizers say they held the action in solidarity with
Thursday’s youth sit-in inside the Bella Center protesting the exclusion
of civil society delegates and calling for a fair, binding deal.



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