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How to shop for seafood
By Christopher Peake Green Right Now For most of us, walking into a seafood store is an exercise in both ignorance and hope: we’re ignorant of what’s available but we hope we’ll leave with what we...
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A new international push to save dwindling shark populations
By Melissa Segrest Green Right Now The world’s shark population is dropping rapidly, and the primary reasons are humans’ increasing hunger for both a Chinese delicacy and an alternative medicine:...
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Mercury emissions contaminating Pacific Ocean seafood
By Laura Elizabeth May Green Right Now The U.S. Geological Survey has released a study showing an increase in mercury emissions from human sources is affecting the fish population in the Pacific Ocean....
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By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Given the enormity of climate change, it’s not always easy to calculate how we individuals can make a contribution that matters. In honor of World Oceans Day (June...
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Greenpeace scores groceries for seafood sustainability
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now When you fish for seafood at your local grocery, it can be difficult to tell whether you are supporting sustainable fishing practices. Was the snapper you selected...
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Greenpeace zings Trader Joe’s for being last on seafood sustainability list
From Green Right Now Reports Greenpeace followed up the release this week of its latest Carting Away the Oceans scorecard with a friendly and fishy demonstration outside Trader Joe’s stores in San...
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Watch your seafood choices with Seawatch and FishChoice
From Green Right Now Reports The more you learn about your carbon-footprint, the more you’ll realize that it’s weighed down as much by food choices as by what car you drive and your home energy...
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From ‘The Cove’ to the Red Carpet: Dolphin activist Ric O’Barry keeps making...
(Note: The Cove won the 2010 Oscar for best documentary.) Marine mammal activist Ric O’Barry: ‘We would like to see the Justice Department investigate SeaWorld. This girl did not have to die.’ By...
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ABC News: Enviro experts say oil spill’s impact on seafood could be severe
Environmental experts say the oil spill's impact on seafood could be severe:
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12 fish you should never eat
By Barbara Kessler Green Right Now Like eel? Tuna? Imported catfish? You might want to find some new entrees. The Food & Water Watch’s Smart Seafood Guide warns that many such popular fish and...
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Where did all the oil go? Look out below
From Green Right Now Reports Still wondering where all the oil from the BP spill ended up? To the chagrin of those who would prefer to think it magically disappeared, scientists on a research vessel...
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Whole Foods Market launches seafood rating system
(Photo: Whole Foods Market) From Green Right Now Reports Whole Foods Market has launched the first in-store color-coded sustainability-rating program for wild-caught seafood and announced it will phase...
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Real Food Challenge cooking up changes on campuses across the US
GRN Reports: Like many kids of her millennial generation, Natalie Tran grew up on fast food meals, fried chicken and hamburgers that her parents lugged home after long work days. Natalie Tran holds...
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Austin-based Whole Foods Market takes top place for seafood sustainability
GRN Reports: In 2008, when Greenpeace International conducted its first survey of how well grocers were doing in serving sustainable seafood all of the stores failed. People knew that many species of...
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