All articles by Tanya Brooks
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Biden-Harris administration establishes Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary, a landmark for tribal-led conservation
Slo’w Gutierrez (L) and Violet Sage Walker (R) sing at an event at the base of Morro Rock in Morro Bay, California. The MY Arctic Sunrise traveled to Morro Bay…
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Music stars perform on Arctic ‘iceberg’ in call for ocean and climate protection
Singer songwriters Jacob Collier and AURORA join forces for the first time to perform a mash-up of their two songs, ‘A Rock Somewhere’ and ‘The Seed’ in front of Sveabreen…
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Almost ambitious: Greenpeace responds to the High Ambition Coalition Ministerial Declaration at the UNGA
Greenpeace US and Washington DC projectionist Robin Bell project messages onto a giant plastic bottle for President Biden in front of the Capitol Building. One of the projected messages read…
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Greenpeace applauds California lawsuit to hold Exxon accountable for its role in plastic pollution crisis
Governments have stood by, letting the human, environmental, and financial costs spiral out of control. This lawsuit sends a clear message: the era of unchecked corporate destruction is ending. We…
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US Department of Labor: Fish from Taiwan is caught with forced labor
Greenpeace USA calls for greater protections for fishers This is the third time that Taiwan’s distant water fishing industry has been included in the list, following the first listing in…
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Greenpeace investigation reveals alarmingly high levels of shark fishing across the North Pacific
Calls on Governments to Urgently Ratify the Global Ocean Treaty Greenpeace investigators’ first-ever full-haul documentation has exposed widespread destructive fishing practices plaguing the North Pacific’s Emperor Seamounts, a unique underwater…
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New report: Human rights abuses in $40 billion tuna industry still a major problem for U.S. grocery retailers
Of the 16 retailers, only Aldi and HyVee passed the scorecard. US retailers, given their economic power, play a key role in determining the human rights outcomes of tens of…
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Greenpeace USA applauds US support for reducing plastic production
This move puts the US on the right side of history, standing with countries that recognize that we cannot recycle our way out of this crisis. Greenpeace US and Washington…
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Greenpeace USA Supports GAO’s Recommendations to NOAA Fisheries After Failure To Meet Bycatch Monitoring Standards
Washington, D.C. (July 26, 2024)—Last month, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a comprehensive report revealing that NOAA Fisheries has failed to implement its bycatch reduction implementation plan effectively. The…
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Greenpeace USA Applauds American Samoa’s Seabed Mining Moratorium
Urges Biden-Harris Action Amid “Dark Oxygen” Discovery Hawaiian elder, cultural advocate and former statesman, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala (right) and Hawaian cultural advocate Ekolu Lindsey (left) with Greenpeace USA Ocean Campaigner…