We will never create the green and peaceful future we all want if racist systems continue to divide and exploit us. The powerful use that division to continue profiting from the destruction of the environment and to strip us of our dignity, our health, our livelihood, and all too often, our lives.
Greenpeace USA today delivered a petition to the State Department with over 4.8 million signatures collected globally, including nearly 135,000 thousand from the United States, urging the Biden Administration to support a strong Global Oceans Treaty at the United Nations' fourth session of the intergovernmental conference on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction (IGC4). The meeting will take place March 7-18 at U.N. Headquarters in New York City.
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has determined that a Taiwanese fishing vessel, the Da Wang, used forced labor in its operations. The agency’s investigation uncovered evidence of all 11 indicators developed by the International Labor Organization to assess forced labor conditions aboard the vessel. As a result, all seafood harvested by the vessel will be seized unless an objection is raised.
In response to conservative legislators blocking the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act in the Senate, Greenpeace USA Democracy Campaign Director Folabi Olagbaju said:
Farmworkers, like many other Black and Brown communities in this country, are practically sacrificed for the financial gain of major agricultural corporations.
"We need a treaty that will quickly move us away from unnecessary plastic packaging and support the development of refill and reuse systems on a global scale. Anything less will be a missed opportunity."
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