All articles by Tanya Brooks
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Greenpeace Calls for Ocean Protection to Address Whale Deaths
In response to reports of a spate of whale deaths off the North East Coast of the United States, Arlo Hemphill, Greenpeace USA’s Senior Oceans Campaigner, said: “The unusual number…
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Greenpeace Urges Governments to Stop Deep Sea Mining at Upcoming Negotiations
The movement against deep sea mining is growing with the New Zealand government’s decision today to back a global moratorium on deep sea mining. The Greenpeace network is calling on…
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New Greenpeace Report: Plastic Recycling Is A Dead-End Street—Year After Year, Plastic Recycling Declines Even as Plastic Waste Increases
Paper, cardboard, and metals are all recycled at a high rate, but plastic continues to be trash Most plastic simply cannot be recycled, a new Greenpeace USA report concludes. Circular…
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Greenpeace Slams Proposal from Business Advisory Group as Rollback of Transparency and Traceability in Seafood Supply Chains
A group of prominent US businesses, including Walmart, submitted a proposal to the US Government that would hide trade data used to trace labor abuses through the seafood supply chain.…
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“Bumble Bee: #GoodforWho?” Proclaims Banner at Padres Game
Greenpeace USA Call out Company’s Human Rights and Environmental Record Yesterday, Greenpeace USA activists unfurled a banner during a Padres home game at Petco Park Stadium in San Diego pointing…
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Taiwan-caught fish once again on Department of Labor’s (DOL) List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has again included Taiwan-caught fish in its List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor. Taiwan was first listed in the DOL’s…
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Greenpeace USA Slams Shock Decision to Green-light Deep Sea Mining
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month after a shock decision from regulators to allow The Metals Company (TMC) to start mining the seafloor. Greenpeace…