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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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The high cost of cheap tuna: US supermarkets, sustainability, and human rights at sea (3rd edition)
In Greenpeace USA’s third scorecard measuring the human rights and sustainability practices of 16 major US supermarkets’ tuna supply chains, only two retailers achieved a passing score.
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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…
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“Stop Deep Sea Mining” screened on Times Square billboard in New York
Hawai`i joins California, Oregon, and Washington in banning deep sea mining Hawaiian elder, cultural advocate and former statesman, Solomon Pili Kahoʻohalahala (right) and Hawaian cultural advocate Ekolu Lindsey (left) with…
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Greenpeace USA Welcomes Congressional Call for a Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining
Washington, DC (July 2, 2024)—In response to the recent letter led by U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii), signed by…
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Greenpeace USA Condemns Biden Administration’s Top Tier Ranking of Taiwan in latest Trafficking in Persons Report
Greenpeace USA, Southeast Asia, East Asia organizations, and several human rights and worker groups have repeatedly called for the U.S. to downgrade Taiwan to Tier 2 due to the prevalence…
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Greenpeace USA Condemns Congressional Approval of Tax-Payer-Funded Ocean Destruction
Greenpeace International activists paint the word ‘RISK!’ on the starboard side of Normand Energy, a vessel chartered by the Belgian company Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR). The Rainbow Warrior is…
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Greenpeace USA Urges Unprecedented CBP Action Against Bumble Bee Tuna, Other Entities Over Forced Labor Allegations in Seafood Supply Chain
Greenpeace research found that a Bumble Bee tuna can purchased from Harris Teeter (a wholly owned subsidiary of Kroger Co.) in Arlington, Virginia on April 12, 2022 was sourced from…