Project Hot Seat (PHS) was a

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campaign to pressure

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members in order to implement policies that will cut

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. PHS was created in 2006. In 2009, PHS was renamed to Climate Rescue.

Purpose

PHS goals included: * 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

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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".

Activities

PHS members worked to raise awareness of

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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. In another, 300 participants on a Florida beach used their bodies to spell out the words "Save our State". PHS members collected postcards to send to Congress. In 2006, PHS supported

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's Safe Climate Act.

References

External links

Project Hot Seat: About Us
on Greenpeace USA website
Project Hot Seat: About Us
on Greenpeace International website
Project Hot Seat chapters
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States Greenpeace campaigns {{Activism-stub