Greenpeace

With only three days remaining for our world leaders to sign an ambitious and binding climate treaty at the UN Climate Summit, one that meets the global emissions reduction standards necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, activists from all over the globe are migrating to Copenhagen to take aggressive stands. Denmark has become this month's Mecca for environmental activists abroad.

On December 8, young activists from SustainUS, the Sierra Student Coalition, the Cascade Climate Network, and more invaded a live webcast of a climate denier conference in Copenhagen planned to coincide with the UN Climate Summit. The host of this conference was Americans for Prosperity, a group greatly funded by David Koch, co-owner of oil and gas empire Koch Industries. The fifty activists posing as audience members stormed the stage only five minutes into the event, holding a banner and chanting, “Real Americans for Prosperity are Americans for Clean Energy."

 

On the second day of negotiations in Copenhagen, African Delegates protested the UN Climate Summit in Denmark in response to a leaked draft agreement that would disadvantage developing countries. "No Bad Deal for Africa," they chanted, unwilling to accept a political deal that would doom their continent to suffer the effects of climate change.

 

 

Starting in Copenhagen's parliament Square, the "The World Wants a Real Deal" march of December 12 attracted 100,000 activists. The participation was well over the expected amount, and the large masses of people owned the streets, bearing bright yellow picket signs and were accompanied by various floats and drum beats.

 

 

Then, on December 14, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse rode through Parliament Square of Copenhagen. Four riders, dressed and made-up to represent, Famine, Pestilence, War and Death mounted their horses in an effort to warn the world leaders of the devastating effects of climate change. The message was not to predict the world's impending doom, but to remind our leaders that they have the power to prevents these unfortunate effects of global warming.

 

 

 

Trader Joe's recently sent out a mass e-mail to all members subscribed to their newsletter. It seems the popular grocery store is fishing for compliments from its loyal customers. They are essentially asking for a product ego-boost, requesting that all recipients vote for their favorite Trader Joe's products.

However, within the seafood aisles, hidden between the lines of misleading ingredient lists,Trader Joe's inconspicuously sells over a dozen red-list species. For example: "Trader Joe's Lightly Breaded Fish Sticks" are made with Alaskan Pollock. This billion dollar fishery is the largest in the United States, however, the Pollock population is currently at a record-low. Steller sea lions, which feed on the Pollock, have also been decreasing as overfishing continues to deplete their food source.

So, rather than comply with Trader Joe's request for product praise, Greenpeace USA suggests we instead remind them that they continue to stock their shelves with our LEAST favorite products, despite our efforts to persuade them to change their ways.

TAKE ACTION: E-mail Trader Joe's at favoriteproducts@traderjoes.com and send them the following message:

"Trader Joe's Lightly Breaded Fish Sticks"

These fish sticks are my LEAST favorite Trader Joe's product because they are made with Alaskan Pollock, a fishery under the threat of collapse. Stop selling red-list seafood species and adopt a sustainable seafood buying policy now!

"Trader Joe's Lightly Breaded Fish Sticks" are unsustainable, but so are the following list of Trader Joe's products, all tainted with red-list seafood species. You can personalize your message by choosing your LEAST favorite and telling Trader Joe's all about it!

“Barbeque Cut Fresh Salmon Fillets," “Pecan & Hazelnut Crusted Norwegian Farmed Salmon," “Fresh Salmon Boneless Skinless Fillets," “Salmon Stuffed with Feta & Spinach," “Cajun Salmon," “Salmon Stuffed with Couscous & Dill," and “Pacific Supreme Smoked Salmon."(All contain Farmed salmon raised in a way that pollutes the ocean)
"New England Wild Jumbo Scallops" (Contain Atlantic scallops which are bing overfished)
"Trader Joe's Albacore Solid White Tuna"(Contains South Atlantic albacore tuna caught by the use of longlining which results in the bycatch of threatened or endangered sea turtles, sharks and seabirds in large numbers)
“Tempura Shrimp with Dipping Sauce," "Coconut Shrimp," “Medium Cooked Shrimp," “Large Cooked Shrimp," “Jumbo Cooked Shrimp," “Colossal Cooked Shrimp," “Uncooked Wild Blue Shrimp," “Colossal Butterflied Shrimp," and "Trader Joe’s Seafood Blend.” (All contain Tropical shrimp which are caught using fishing methods that are destructive to seafloor habitats)

"Wild Seasoned Turbot" (which contains red-list Greenland halibut.)