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3 weeks ago | 
greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks
WASHINGTON, DC (June 6, 2025)–World leaders will gather in Nice, France, from June 9 to 13, for the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC)–the most significant political moment on ocean protection since the adoption of the Global Ocean Treaty in 2023.
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1 month ago | 
greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks
WASHINGTON, DC (May 22, 2025) – In response to PepsiCo’s announcement that it will abandon its goal to deliver 20% of its beverages in reusable containers by 2030, Greenpeace USA Senior Oceans Campaigner Lisa Ramsden, said: “PepsiCo is the latest corporate polluter to abandon its reuse targets, a move that will undoubtedly force more plastic pollution into our environment and burden our bodies with more toxic microplastics.
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1 month ago | 
greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks
Washington, D.C. (May 22, 2025)—Greenpeace International was able to view the third and reportedly final draft of the political declaration for the upcoming UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France.
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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.
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2 months 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.
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2 months 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.
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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.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks
Washington, D.C. (January 7, 2025)—In response to the yesterday to protect public waters from new offshore oil and gas drilling by withdrawing more than 625 million acres in areas of the Atlantic, Eastern Gulf, Pacific, and Northern Bering Sea from future leasing, John Hocevar, Greenpeace USA’s Oceans Campaign Director, said: “Greenpeace USA commends President Biden for taking decisive action to permanently protect these areas, which play a vital role in sustaining life, combating climate...
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
greenpeace.org | Tanya Brooks
Washington, D.C. (December 4, 2024)—As Global Plastics Treaty negotiations broke down in Korea this week, The Coca-Cola Company announced it is abandoning a made in February 2022 to offer 25% of its beverage volume globally in reusable packaging by 2030. Coca-Cola produces over 130 billion plastic bottles annually, and its use of plastic continues to increase, reaching over 3.4 million metric tons in 2023. The company has been ranked as the world’s worst plastic polluter for six years straight.
