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Jane Fonda delivers 5.5 million signatures calling for a Global Ocean Treaty
It is at our own peril to delay any further. I urge you as a mother, a grandmother, and a citizen of this world. New York (February 21, 2023)-As the…
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New report: Whales in danger as clock ticks towards deep sea mining
In the wake of baseless claims that offshore wind is a threat to whales, a new peer-reviewed report published today by the University of Exeter and Greenpeace Research Laboratories finds…
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New Report: 16 Biggest U.S. Grocery Retailers Failed on Forced Labor and Human Rights Abuses When Sourcing Tuna—a US$42.2 Billion Industry
As UN negotiations for a global oceans treaty are set to resume, private-sector respect for basic human rights and environmental safeguards is still found lacking throughout the tuna supply chain…
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The High Cost of Cheap Tuna: US Supermarkets, Sustainability, and Human Rights at Sea
Published: 02-13-2023 Edition: 2nd Download: PDF A net bulging with tuna and bycatch on the Ecuadorean purse seiner ‘Ocean Lady’, which was spotted by Greenpeace in the vicinity of the northern Galapagos Islands while using fishing aggregating devices (FADs). Around 10% of the catch generated by purse seine FAD fisheries is unwanted bycatch and includes…
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The High Cost of Cheap Tuna
Hi! I’m Marilu Cristina Flores, a Senior Oceans Campaigner with Greenpeace’s Beyond Seafood campaign. While I’ve only been working on this particular campaign for a short time (around three months),…
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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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REVEALED: Undercover video shows deep sea mining tests tainted by pollution and flawed monitoring
Undercover footage of the latest deep sea mining tests in the Pacific Ocean by Canadian miner The Metals Company (TMC) and its Swiss operating partner and shareholder AllSeas shows that…
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Doomed deep sea miner The Metals Company under huge pressure
The push to launch the deep sea mining industry received another blow on Monday, December 5, when the Nasdaq stock exchange issued a delisting notice to Canadian miners The Metals…
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Greenpeace confronts deep sea mining vessel to highlight threat to ocean
Greenpeace activists from Mexico and Aotearoa (New Zealand) peacefully confronted a deep sea mining ship off the coast of Manzanillo, México as it returned to port from the Pacific on…
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Greenpeace Urges Governments to Take Action to Stop the Launch of Deep Sea Mining
The number of governments opposing deep sea mining has multiplied in the past two weeks, with Pacific, Latin American and European states calling for a precautionary pause, moratorium or a…