Project Hot Seat

Political campaign by Greenpeace

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

PHS goals included:^[4]^[5]

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

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

^ "A Vision for the Future: 2007 Annual Report" (PDF). Greenpeace.
^ "Greenpeace 2007–2008 Annual Report" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Sheppard, Kate (2009-04-15). "Greenpeace's new leader talks up need for a green grassroots". Grist.org.
^ Greenpeace: Greenpeace - Project Hotseat Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ "How to Solve Global Warming" (PDF). Greenpeace.
^ "Greenpeace banner in the water". Archived from the original on 2008-07-20.
^ "Greenpeace protest aims to fire up Congress over global warming". Racanna.
^ "Human Banner Art Climate Action Florida". Greenpeace.
^ "Get Involved". Greenpeace.
^ "Greenpeace introduces Project Hot Seat Bloomington". Indiana Daily Student.