Green Thumb Coalition members light candles forming "DefendDENR" in support of Greenpeace blockade at the gates of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, in protest of the control that big business interests exert over the rights of people to a healthy and balanced ecology.
Greenpeace is challenging both Houses of Congress to investigate the actions and decisions of their members in the Commission on Appointments (CA) that now effectively protect public officials who have conflicts-of-interest, from public scrutiny.