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Tell Costco that it's time put an end to wholesale ocean destruction.
      
Costco is selling more than just wine and cheese. In its freezers you’ll find tons of endangered fish. Greenpeace surveys found that Costco continues to sell fifteen of the twenty-two red list seafood items.

Costco is destroying our oceans through its horrible seafood purchasing practices and leaving customers in the dark by hiding the truth.

We can change the way that Costco does business by spreading the word and making sure that people everywhere know the truth about their seafood.

The power is in our hands. Costco can and must do better!

Sign the petition and download the toolkit today to help us spread the word in your community!

https://secure3.convio.net/gpeace/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=681&s_src=care2&s_subsrc=host

Watch the trailer to a powerful new documentary about hydro-fracking for gas, called GASLAND. Hydro-fracking, despite polluting the groundwater in many documented cases across the US, isn't currently regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act. This dirty, dangerous form of drilling is also expanding rapidly across the US.

Check it out on the Care2 news network, note it, and share it! (You can find the trailer to the film here too...)

http://www.care2.com/news/member/431280008/1641637

Thanks everyone! 

Jean

ps. Check out www.FrackAction.com

Hydro-fracking operations may have contaminated water in many states. GASLAND documents the stories of many residents near drilling sites whose water has been polluted... some of them can even set their tap water on fire.

What a great day to be a fish! The future of our oceans became a little bit brighter as Trader Joe’s agreed to "green-up their stores" by implementing sustainable seafood policies.

Greenpeace applauds the supermarket chain for finally seeing the light and working towards sustainable seafood policies that will help save the oceans and put an end to destructive fishing practices.

Prior to this announcement, Trader Joe's came in 17th out of the 20 stores evaluated in Greenpeace’s analysis of seafood sustainability policies at major supermarket chains. That was the worst ranking attained by any national chain.

Trader Joe's felt the heat from Greenpeace’s mock website ( www.traitorjoe.com), relentless phone calls from supporters, thoughtful karaoke songs from shoppers and in-store demonstrations and questions to store managers from activists across the country. 

Trader Joe’s has removed many unsustainable products from its shelves, including the highly objectionable orange roughy that it sold for several years.  

Specifically, Trader Joe’s has announced that they will:

• Offer only sustainable seafood in their stores by December 31, 2012.
• Work with third-party, science-based organizations to establish definitions and parameters for addressing customer concerns about overfishing, destructive catch or production methods, and the importance of marine reserves.
• Remove “red-listed” seafood from their shelves. Trader Joe’s stopped selling Chilean Sea Bass in 2005, Orange Roughy in July of 2009, and Red Snapper in March of 2010.
• Provide accurate information on all seafood labels, including species’ Latin names, origin and catch or production method.
• Use their buying power to leverage change in the seafood industry.

Greenpeace is hopeful that Trader Joe’s will continue implementing a comprehensive sustainable seafood purchasing policy to ensure they have a road map for staying green long into the future.

Friends,

One day. Thousands of people like you. Gathering in more than 140 countries worldwide. With the same message to world leaders: Stop playing politics and save the planet.

Help us get the word out about October 24th! Watch the video then note it on Care 2!

http://www.care2.com/news/member/795956562/1274078

We’ve been hearing a lot out of Washington over the last few months about what’s &ldquoolitically possible” when it comes to stopping global warming. But the truth is that it’s not up to corporate lobbyists from the oil and coal industries to decide what’s possible. It’s up to you and me.

That’s why I hope you’ll join me and help spread the word about October 24th.

Time is running out. And we’re the ones who get to decide what’s politically possible. It’s our future.

Sincerely,

Ben Kroetz
Greenpeace Online Organizer

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