John Passacantando notes the American flag hanging on a house under construction by the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity. It flies near a banner proclaiming the home near North Prieur and Music streets to be free of polyvinyl chloride.
Greenpeace yesterday criticized Japanese plans to boost the number of whales it kills this year and charged that commercial whalers were hunting illegally in an Antarctic sanctuary. The Japanese whaling industry plans to double its illegal slaughter of whales in spite of the global ban on whale killing," Greenpeace Executive Director John Passacantando said at a press conference.
The column by John Passacantando of Greenpeace and the accompanying syndicated cartoon ("Drilling harms fragile ecosystems," Dec 6) are very misleading and very much out of touch with modern oil-drilling technology. The days of gushers spewing oil over the landscape are long gone. Modern directional and horizontal drilling technology now allow draining oil from a 5-mile circle from a very small area for the drilling and production equipment. A few years ago, Conoco-Phillips (then Phillips Petroleum) developed the Alpine Field on the North Slope of Alaska from a 50-acre (0.078 of a square mile) footprint to drain oil from 80 square miles. Only one-thousandths of the surface was used, not the complete devastation depicted in the cartoon. Caribou can graze there in peace, unless chased by...
Helen Gurley Brown and her "Cosmo Girl." Paul R. Ehrlich and his "population bomb." James C. Dobson and his "Focus on the Family." Ralph Nader and his raiders. Hugh Hefner and his bunnies. These and seven other Americans strode onto the national stage in the 20th century and affected the culture: Phyllis Schlafly rallied people to "stop ERA," while Larry Kramer urged people to "act up." Gloria Steinem, Ben Wattenberg, Norman Lear, Beverly LaHaye and the Rev. Pat Robertson introduced "Ms.," "birth dearth," "People for the American Way," "Concerned Women for America" and "Christian Coalition" into the national lexicon, respectively.
... inspired by Ralph and his model," said John Passacantando, executive director of Greenpeace US...
...'s also going to help cool our planet," said John Passacantando, Executive Director of Greenpeace US...
Utilities must be held responsible
By JOHN PASSACANTANDO. Sunday, August 15, 2004. A key batt...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said he will seek to enact laws that would invalidate Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the death penalty for raping a child. One thing is clear," said Mr. Jindal, a Republican. "The five members of the court who issued the opinion do not share the same standards of decency as the people of Louisiana.
...Souter and John Paul Stevens. Writing for the dissent, Justice Sam... a mockery of justice," said John Passacantando, director of the environmental advocacy group Gree...
...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] . Greenpeace USA (John Passacantando, Executive Director): "Americans wer...
Talk should be plain on illegal immigration In New immigration law only complicates matters (letter, April 24), there are several inaccurate statements . Calling an illegal alien an undocumented immigrant is like calling a burglar an uninvited house guest.
...So John Passacantando is paid to tell us the truth, good o...
Conditions are declining -- fast
By JOHN PASSACANTANDO. Sunday, January 4, 2004. Is America...
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