Grading the Old Guard

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Guess who gets the top grade for environmental endeavors? Hint: No one in Europe.

<h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/guard.html">Wired Magazine</a> publicized a score card rating the top 5 environmental organizations.  What surprises me is that the lowest scorers – <a title="Greenpeace International homepage" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/" target="_blank">Greenpeace</a> and <a title="Friends of the Earth Organization homepage" href="http://www.foe.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the Earth International</a> -- are both headquartered in <city w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />Amsterdam</place /></city />.  </h1><h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></h1><h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Europe far surpasses the <country-region w:st="on" />US</country-region /> in any cause related to the environment (from the Kyoto Protocol to higher gasoline taxes), so it’s surprising that <place w:st="on" />Europe</place />’s big “green” organization fighters are considered average at best by US standards.   Here's the report card overview:</h1><h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> <table class="MsoTableGrid" style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 480; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 185.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="247">Organization</td><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 0.75in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="72">Grade</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 185.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="247">Environmental Defense <place w:st="on" /><city w:st="on" />New York City</city /></place /></td><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 0.75in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="72">A</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 185.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="247">Friends of the Earth International <place w:st="on" /><city w:st="on" />Amsterdam</city /></place /></td><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 0.75in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="72">C</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 185.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="247">Greenpeace Amsterdam</td><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 0.75in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="72">C+</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 185.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="247">Natural Resources Defense Council <place w:st="on" /><city w:st="on" />New York City</city /></place /></td><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 0.75in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="72">B+</td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 185.4pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="247">Sierra Club <city w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />San Francisco</place /></city /></td><td style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 0.75in; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt" valign="top" width="72">B-</td></tr></tbody></table></h1><h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"></h1><h1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> Congrats to <a title="Environmental Defense Homepage" href="http://www.environmentaldefense.org/home.cfm" target="_blank">Environmental Defense</a> for getting top grade. by Erin Swanson <a href="mailto:ESwanson@enviance.com">ESwanson@enviance.com</a></h1> 9 application/xml false environmental Grading the Old Guard Wired Magazine Rates the top environmental organizations http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.05/guard.html Friends of the Earth International Homepage Read the latest news http://www.foe.org/ Greenpeace International Homepage Read the latest news from Greenpeace http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; 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