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Die Gewässer um die nordwestlichen Hawaii-Inseln, welche das grösste Meeresschutzgebiet der Welt beheimaten,1 sind durch einen riesigen schwimmenden Müllteppich bedroht.

https://sonnenseite.kjm4.de/ref.php?id=d874168554ms20

Scientists have called for a worldwide ban on deep-sea trawling following a major UN-backed report on the damage it is causing to vulnerable deep-sea corals.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/111506EC.shtml

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Right now, the United Nations is considering a moratorium on high seas bottom trawling. While the White House is supporting deep-sea protection, Spain https://www.email.greenpeace.org/iekfcg_aeyturj.html and Canada https://www.email.greenpeace.org/iekfct_aeyturj.html are trying to block the deal.

According to the World Conservation Union, Spain is responsible for 40 percent of the high seas bottom trawl catch. Meanwhile, Canada has no high seas bottom trawl fleet and their Minister has admitted bottom trawling is destructive - but is opposing a moratorium anyway.

On the Ocean Defenders side is the USA, Australia, Germany, Brazil, India, South Africa, Palau and a host of other countries. The UN will make a final decision by November 23rd.

Things we need you to do TODAY:

1. Click here to send a message to Spanish officials.
https://www.email.greenpeace.org/mkvnxs_aeyturj.html

2. Click here to contact Canadian officials.
https://www.email.greenpeace.org/ugamjd_aeyturj.html

3. Send this ridiculous video to everyone you know.
https://www.email.greenpeace.org/znbmfp_aeyturj.html


For the oceans,
Karen Sack, Greenpeace Policy Advisor



https://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=trawling

Do you know what's in that bottle of water sitting in your refrigerator? Probably not, right? Well, that's because bottled water corporations, like Coke, Pepsi and Nestlé, aggressively lobby against legislation that would require them to disclose complete water quality information.

Join our National Day of Action! Send an e-mail to the CEOs of Coke (Dasani), Pepsi (Aquafina) and Nestlé (Poland Spring, Deer Park, Arrowhead and more). Ask when these corporations will provide water quality reports based on independent testing comparable to those provided by our public water utilities.

The bottled water industry is one of the least regulated industries in the United States. Yet the giant bottling corporations spend tens of millions of dollars every year trying to convince us that bottled water is safer and more pure than tap water. We just don't buy it!

Think Outside the Bottle!
https://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/ct/07AJ1Fs1xzmc/
Take action today! Click here to send an e-mail to the CEOs of Coke, Pepsi and Nestlé.
https://www.stopcorporateabusenow.org/ct/0pAJ1Fs1xzmB/

You can also join thousands of people across the country who are calling these corporations today in a joint Day of Action.

Call-In Day Scripts

Call Coke CEO Neville Isdell:

Call 1-800-Get-Coke. Hi, my name is ________. I'd like to speak to CEO Neville Isdell, please.

You will likely be asked what the question is, or to leave a message:

I have a question. I know that your product Dasani is regulated by the FDA. And, I know that Coca-Cola says it uses filtration systems, voluntary testing and state of the art processes for its bottled water; but all of this information comes directly from Coke. As a consumer, I want to see the actual results of water quality tests from over the past year, like my public water system must provide. Coke continues to advertise bottled water as more safe and pure than tap water; when will Coke provide water quality reports based on independent testing that are comparable to those provided by our public water utilities?

Call Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi:

Call PEPSI (914) 253-2000. Hi, my name is ________. I'd like to speak to CEO Indra Nooyi, please.

You will likely be asked what the question is, or to leave a message:

I have a question. I know that Pepsi's Aquafina bottled water is regulated by the FDA. And, I know that Pepsi says it uses filtration systems, voluntary testing and state of the art processes for its bottled water; but all of this information comes directly from Pepsi. As a consumer, I want to see the actual results of water quality tests from over the past year, like my public water system must provide. Pepsi continues to advertise bottled water as more safe and pure than tap water; when will Pepsi provide water quality reports based on independent testing that are comparable to those provided by our public water utilities?

Call Nestlé Waters North America CEO Kim E. Jeffery:

Call NESTLÉ WATERS NORTH AMERICA 1-800-937-7708. Hi, my name is ________. I'd like to speak to CEO Kim E. Jeffery, please.

You will likely be asked what the question is, or to leave a message:

I have a question. I know that Nestlé bottled water brands like Poland Spring/Deer Park/Arrowhead (put in the local brand here) are regulated by the FDA. And, I know that Nestlé says it uses filtration systems, voluntary testing, state of the art processes and protected water sources for its bottled water; but all of this information comes directly from Nestlé. As a consumer, I want to see up-to-date and current actual results of water quality tests from over the past year, like my public water system must provide. Nestlé continues to advertise bottled water as more safe and pure than tap water; when will Nestlé provide a current, comprehensive and independent water quality report comparable to reports provided by our public water utilities?

After your call, please take a moment to let us know what happened. You can report your phone calls by calling our Campaign Headquarters at 800-688-8797 or by e-mailing us at Email: mwn@pobox.com

Onward,


Patti Lynn
https://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/cms/page1353.cfm

The 21 species of albatross are some of the world's most majestic birds. An adult has a wingspan of up to 3.5 meters and can circumnavigate the world in a single flight. Yet each year, 100,000 of them are killed by longline fishing, where nets up to 80 miles long with thousands of hooks are towed by fishing boats catching birds as well as fish. As a consequence of this indiscriminate slaughter, 19 of the 21 species are under threat of extinction ... But a body of legal opinion is proposing what are being called "wild laws," which would speak for birds and animals, and even rivers and nature.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/110806EA.shtml

Study
https://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1106-01.htm

Every single commercial fishery in the world will be wiped before 2050 and the oceans may never recover if over-fishing continues at its current rate, a four-year scientific investigation has found.

https://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35349



No more fish to eat in 40 years

Fish stocks are declining so rapidly that scientists have predicted that they will disappear by the middle of the century unless radical measures are taken to protect them

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2435290,00.html


From Information Clearing House

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Ocean Life on the Brink of No Return
https://tjh.elequity.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=1481

https://newsletter.greenpeace.de/d/r/1143

Die Entstehung des Müllstrudels
https://newsletter.greenpeace.de/d/r/1140

Environmentalist David Suzuki, best known for his television programs on nature and the environment, is ready to step out of spotlight and live the simple life, but laments that he did not have a greater impact.

https://www.truthout.org/issues_06/102706EB.shtml