Trump Administration Cuts Nation’s Ocean Policy
President Trump’s decision to revoke our National Ocean Policy is a step backward. Today’s Executive Order eliminates the requirement to work hand in hand w...
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Bills Will Protect New York Assets from Offshore Drilling
NY’s "Save Our Waters" bill is a Bronx cheer to the Trump Administration’s oil drilling plan; developers won’t find a safe harbor here....
NOAA’s 2018 Budget Keeps Critical Ocean Programs Afloat
The fiscal year 2018 omnibus is largely free of anti-environmental language and keeps intact NOAA efforts to protect our ocean economy. ...
Trump’s Budget Leaves States Holding the Bag
What message should we take from the Trump budget's cuts to our ocean agency? States are on their own....
New Yorkers Reject Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan
The Trump administration’s polluters-first oil and gas leasing plan is an oil industry dream . It’s the most extreme proposal by any administration, ever,...
Not in Our Atlantic: Our Ocean Economy Is Too Important
It’s been an action-packed two weeks since the Trump administration released its polluters-first program to drill for oil and gas offshore the United States. ...