Oceana press releases share updates on our campaigns and mission to protect and restore the world’s oceans. They include explanations of the issues that our oceans face, our work to solve those issues, and ways that you can advocate for ocean protection and restoration.
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WASHINGTON – Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, issued the following statement from Dr. Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist and senior vice president for…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced its intent to open more than 20 million acres in the Western Gulf of Mexico to new oil…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today released a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193.The final…
On Friday, August 12, the National Aquarium and Oceana released three endangered Kemp’s ridley sea turtles into the Chesapeake Bay at Point Lookout State Park in Scotland, Maryland. The turtles…
August 15, 2011 – Oil continues to seep into the North Sea after a Royal Dutch Shell platform flow line in the seabed burst. An estimated 54,600 gallons of oil…
Today Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber will sign a bill banning the sale, trade, and possession of shark fins within the state. The bill (HB 2838) passed the State House of…
Juneau, AK- Today the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) rubber stamped a big OK on Shell oil’s proposed plan to drill 4 experimental oil wells of…
