Senator Schatz Proposes Bold Ocean Protections
Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz from Hawaii, a champion for healthy oceans, sent a proposal to the White House asking President Obama to exercise his...
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Lessons Unlearned: World Oceans Day is here, oil is gushing and more drilling is on the table
Sometimes lessons can be fun, and other times they are excruciating-- especially when we can't seem to learn them. So here we are, celebrating World Oceans Day...
Members of Congress Take Action to Protect Coastal Communities from Risky Offshore Drilling and Worsening Climate Change Impacts
This week marks five years since the BP blowout that killed 11 workers and dumped millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, devastating productive...
Another Effort to Gut Protections for Fisheries and Fishing Economies is Introduced in the House
About a year ago now retired Congressman Doc Hastings introduced a bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). That...
Time to Speak UP, Show Up and Oppose Reckless Drilling Off of Our Coasts
As someone who was raised on the southeast Atlantic coast I've always been able to count on the constancy of the boundless ocean that bordered our communities...
House Committee Takes Partisan Vote to Approve Bill that Guts Protections for Fisheries and Economies that Depend on Them
It was back in January when I reported on a draft bill that House Natural Resources Chair Representative Doc Hastings (R-Central WA) offered to reauthorize the...