Press Releases
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Oceana Reaction to President Obama’s Energy Policy Speech
“While this is a good step, we urge the Obama administration to harness America’s inventiveness to wean ourselves off all fossil fuels. The price of our failure will be economic…
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 in Chile,…
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 over the…
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 effect on…
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 roundtable focused…
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 a new…
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 Motiro Hiva)…
