Tanya Brooks

3 days ago | greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks

Washington, D.C. (May 9, 2025) In response to the White House Press Secretary’s announcement that President Trump will be issuing an Executive Order to deregulate New England’s fishing industry, including opening the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument up to commercial fishing, John Hocevar, Greenpeace USA’s Oceans Campaigns Director said: “Trump is going to ‘unleash’ America’s fishing industry straight into collapse.

2 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks

In response to The Metals Company’s push to fast-track deep-sea mining in the High Seas under the U.S. Seabed Mining Code, Arlo Hemphill, Greenpeace USA’s Deep Sea Mining Campaign Lead, stated: “Greenpeace USA condemns this reckless attempt by The Metals Company (TMC) to bypass international law and commercialize mining in the high seas and US-adjacent waters. It is nothing less than the plunder of the Pacific once again being pursued without the consent of Pacific Peoples.

3 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks

Washington DC, USA, (April 24, 2025) – President Trump today signed a sweeping executive order advancing U.S. ambitions to launch deep sea mining in U.S. and international waters. This rogue action is highly politically controversial for appearing to bypass the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the regulatory body set up by the United Nations to protect the deep sea as the common heritage of humankind and decide whether deep sea mining can start in the international seabed.

3 weeks ago | greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks

New York, United States, 24 April 2025 – Actor and activist Jane Fonda joined Greenpeace’s delegation to the United Nations for a crucial Global Ocean Treaty meeting yesterday. She delivered a rousing address to country delegates, thanking them for their work to protect the global oceans. Agreement on the Global Ocean Treaty is one of the few multilateral processes on protecting nature that has made significant progress in recent years.

Feb 10, 2025 | greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks

Washington, D.C. (February 10, 2025)—In response to President Trump’s plan to revoke the Biden Administration’s directive to phase out plastic straw use across the federal government, Lisa Ramsden, Greenpeace USA’s senior plastics campaigner said:“Donald Trump’s Executive Order on plastic straws is a distraction from his administration’s efforts to prevent the EPA, the FDA and the NIH from protecting Americans from microplastics and dangerous chemicals.