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July 02, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO – Two days following the release of its third sustainable seafood scorecard profiling major supermarket retailers (http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/more-than-half-of-leading-u-s), Greenpeace launched a website spoofing Trader Joe’s (http://www.traitorjoe.com) and visited company stores in San Francisco where activists protested the company’s lack of sustainable seafood policies and purchasing practices.
July 01, 2009
The latest edition of Greenpeace’s "Guide to Greener Electronics" (1) ranking, released today, reveals that the world’s biggest PC makers – Hewlett Packard (HP), Dell and Lenovo - have failed to improve their low scores. All three maintain a penalty point for backtracking on their commitments to eliminate polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic and brominated flame retardants (BFRs) from their products by the end of 2009. (2)
June 30, 2009
In the third edition of Greenpeace’s seafood sustainability scorecard –Carting Away the Oceans -- released today, more than half of the leading supermarket chains in the U.S. have now made some sign of progress in increasing the sustainability of their seafood operations.
June 27, 2009
In response to today’s vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of Representatives, Greenpeace USA Deputy Campaigns Director Carroll Muffett issued the following statement:
“The passage of the inadequate ACES bill through the House today is a victory for coal industry lobbyists, oil industry lobbyists, agriculture industry lobbyists, steel and cement industry lobbyists, among many others. But it is a tremendous loss for the American people and for the world in our common fight to avert climate catastrophe.
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Cuernavaca Mexico
June 22, 2009 - Greenpeace activists deploy a banner demanding that representatives attending the Major Economies Forum in Mexico take the action needed to achieve a strong Climate Treaty in Copenhagen in December 2009.
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