Oceana
Oceana is the largest international ocean conservation and advocacy organization. Oceana works to protect and restore the world’s oceans through targeted policy campaigns.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Thursday, August 20, 2020 Federal Judge Rules That Feds Must Do More to Protect Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales From American Lobster Fishery In response to a 2018 lawsuit brought by the Humane Society of the United States, Defenders of Wildlife, Conservation Law Foundation, and the Center for Biological Diversity, a federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government must take action to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, July 31, 2020 President Trump Again Takes Aim at the Endangered Species Act The Trump administration today released a proposed rule that seeks to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA), according to Oceana. The ESA, which was passed in Congress with strong bipartisan support and signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1973, serves to protect and conserve threatened... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, July 24, 2020 House Votes to Protect Coasts from New Offshore Drilling and Seismic Airgun Blasting Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that, if enacted, would block the expansion of offshore oil drilling activities in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Ocean as well as the astern Gulf of Mexico for fiscal year 2021. The FY21 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, July 15, 2020 Oceana Says Trump Will Eviscerate Foundation of Environmental Protections in US President Trump today is expected to announce changes that eviscerate the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), according to Oceana. NEPA, which was passed in Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support and signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970, provides the foundation for the... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, April 14, 2020 10 Years After BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Oceana Finds No Lessons Learned From Worst Oil Spill in U.S. History April 20 will mark 10 years since the BP Deepwater Horizon exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing the worst oil spill in U.S. history. In a report released today, Oceana examines the cause and impacts of the catastrophe; how those impacts are still being felt today; and whether the disaster... Read more |
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Newswire article Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Coastal Business Leaders and Elected Officials Urge Congress to Protect Our Coasts from Offshore Drilling Business leaders, local officials and state lawmakers are on Capitol Hill today urging Congress to enact offshore drilling protections in the fiscal year 2020 Interior-Environment funding bill. The delegation from 13 East and West Coast states is highlighting the bipartisan opposition to expanded... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, June 21, 2019 House Votes to Protect Coasts from New Offshore Drilling Activities Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed three amendments to the FY20 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies funding bill (H.R. 3052) that block the expansion of offshore oil drilling activities in the Atlantic, Pacific and eastern Gulf of Mexico for fiscal year 2020. The House also... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, June 13, 2019 Oceana Shines Light on Possible Illegal Fishing and Human Rights Abuses at Sea Today, Oceana published an investigative report demonstrating the power of technology to shine a light on possible illegal fishing and human rights abuses at sea. Oceana used the Global Fishing Watch mapping platform – a tool that empowers anyone in the world with an internet connection to... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, May 02, 2019 President Trump Weakens Key Offshore Drilling Safety Regulations Today, President Trump finalized plans to weaken the Well Control Rule, a key offshore drilling safety measure created to address deficiencies in offshore safety identified in the aftermath of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Deepwater Horizon explosion claimed the lives of 11 people, spilled... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, April 18, 2019 New Oceana Report Finds Offshore Drilling Still Dirty and Dangerous Nine Years After Devastating BP Disaster Oceana released a new report today finding that offshore drilling remains dirty and dangerous nine years after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, which claimed the lives of 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in U.S. history. Yet despite significant shortcomings in offshore drilling safety,... Read more |