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title: Greenpeace Nails It on Mount Rushmore
date: 2009-07-09T21:28:45Z
modified: 2009-07-09T21:28:45Z
permalink: "https://350.org/greenpeace-nails-it-mount-rushmore/"
type: post
status: publish
excerpt: Our friends at Greenpeace accomplished an incredible action yesterday, that has been
wpid: 4783
author: May Boeve
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Our friends at Greenpeace accomplished an incredible action yesterday, that has been [widely](https://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_2_0_t&usg=AFQjCNEknVhoEgRgUFRQfHOOMNfhnVE3hg&sig2=w8B8wMb8__KVYcek916PnA&cid=1388455944&ei=_0NWSrDnApCakgT04NuCAg&rt=MORE_COVERAGE&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeatures.csmonitor.com%2Fpolitics%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2Fgreenpeace-scales-mt-rushmore-issues-challenge-to-obama%2F) [covered](https://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_4_as&usg=AFQjCNHKZ_f6HP39w1aXtyahEch3esbhVg&sig2=Weyb8QU9yLnuxOMA5r5SxQ&cid=1388455944&ei=-ENWSvjFL47YlASekM2CAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2009%2FUS%2F07%2F08%2Fsouth.dakota.protest%2F) in many [news outlets](https://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct2=us%2F0_0_s_0_1_aa&usg=AFQjCNEIkk1MnrMXOev3MnDTo7HJqyiIdQ&sig2=bOfg5teabpyh1SHAVQT1Hg&cid=1388455944&ei=-ENWSvjFL47YlASekM2CAg&rt=SEARCH&vm=STANDARD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F07%2F08%2FAR2009070802246.html). Their message, written on a giant banner: “America Honors Leaders, Not Politicians: Stop Global Warming!” They’ve just posted a great video that shows the action “in action” (so to speak). Check it out: