Press Releases
Monday, March 28, 2011
Santiago, March 27, 2011. - Given the recent decision by the Group CAP to withdraw the Cruz Grande thermoelectric power plant project from the Environmental Impact Assessment System... Read More
Thursday, March 17, 2011
U.S. Government Fails to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles by Legal Deadline
The U.S. government failed to meet its legal deadline Wednesday for issuing a final rule providing additional protections for loggerhead sea turtles, whose populations have faced severe declines... Read More
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Response to Oil Industry’s Push to Expand Offshore Drilling in Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Waters
The American Petroleum Institute (API) and its members are working double-time this week to increase anxiety among policymakers and ordinary Americans about rising fuel prices and their potential... Read More
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
WTO Director-General Meets with U.S. Environmental Groups
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Pascal Lamy met with representatives of 10 major U.S. environmental organizations at a roundtable discussion hosted by Oceana today in Washington, D.C. The... Read More
Monday, March 7, 2011
International Delegation Advances Habitat Protections
Delegates from around the world marked a major step forward in controlling highly destructive bottom trawl fishing and other bottom contact gear Friday, when they concluded talks for... Read More
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Flagship Expedition to Easter Island and Salas y Gomez Island
National Geographic Society and Oceana, together with the Chilean Navy, began a scientific expedition today to the marine ecosystems that surround the Chilean island Salas y Gómez (Motu... Read More
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Assemblymember Huffman’s New Legislation Considers Value of California’s Forage Species
Sacramento, CA -- Legislation (AB 1299) introduced by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) will provide a much needed change in the way California manages its fisheries, one that... Read More
