US Greenpeace Leader to Step Down. GreenpeaceUSA, October 31, 2008. "Greenpeace USA's executive director, John Passacantando, has announced that he will step down at the end of 2008, capping an eight-year tenure that saw the organization weather some of its most difficult trials and achieve some of its greatest victories... Under Passacantando's leadership, Greenpeace USA has grown from 60 to more than 500 staff and has seen its annual budget rise to $32 million. He oversaw the organization's efforts on a number of fronts: attempts to stop illegal logging in the Amazon; convincing dozens of U.S. Representatives to support the most ecologically sound climate protection legislation; training thousands of students and others in the art of environmental activism; and confronting political leaders of both parties when they proposed measures that would not have effectively dealt with pressing issues like climate change... Passacantando said that he decided to leave now because 'leaders have to know in their hearts when their time is over. They should leave at the top of their game and leave behind an organization where the next leader can flourish.' He has no firm plans but expects 'to be a part of building the green energy economy that will rise out of the ashes of this carbon-based one.'"
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