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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The bipartisan leaders of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling today underscored the most damning findings about the causes of BP’s Macondo well…
Oceana announced today that Susan Rockefeller, a respected documentary filmmaker, author and environmentalist, has joined its Board of Directors. Rockefeller is a member of the Oceana Ocean Council, serving as…
The American Petroleum Institute is expected to push research today that makes an economic argument for lifting any restrictions on offshore drilling or adoption of any of the National Commission…
Oceana Chief Executive Officer Andrew Sharpless offers the following reaction to the full National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling findings released this morning in…
The Obama administration’s National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling released its final report today. In addition to describing the systemic problems that lead to…
The threatened fish species, eulachon, a type of Pacific smelt, may soon receive much needed critical habitat designation. Scientists at Oceana find the government proposal is a step in the…
Arctic sea ice and tropical shallow water corals are in decline because of human caused carbon dioxide emissions. Oceana urges policymakers and others to reduce stress on these two important…