Inside a leadership ‘implosion’ at Greenpeace

E&E News, Robin Bravender, July 1, 2024.

Greenpeace USA is in the throes of a divisive leadership struggle.

Ebony Twilley Martin, Greenpeace USA’s executive director, has been on leave from the organization for the past two weeks, the group’s board told staff Thursday during a meeting. Her sudden absence has sparked frustration within the ranks at Greenpeace and among her international counterparts who accused the Greenpeace USA board of sidelining its leader…

A high-stakes legal fight against an oil company has fueled the rift between Twilley Martin and other leaders within the organization, said Willem van Rijn, who served as Greenpeace USA’s chief operating officer until April 2024…

Twilley Martin “advocated a way in which the organization would settle for a minor amount of money so that we could fight another day,” van Rijn said. She informed the boards of her “ideas were about settlement, where the sensitivities were, and where her red lines were to go forward,” van Rijn said.

“And as it happened, the board not only disagreed, the board vehemently disagreed with the direction she was willing to take.”

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