Mercury-based chlorine manufacturing plants are a major source of mercury contamination in the United States, releasing more mercury to the air per plant, on average, than coal-burning power plants, Oceana…
Smashing a bottle of bubbly across a freshly painted bow, actor/activist Ted Danson today (10 a.m. Jan. 14, 2005) christened Oceana’s new ship, Ranger, and launched the international marine conservation…
Oceana Federal Policy Director Ted Morton had the following statement regarding today’s White House response to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy report recommendations:”Based on available reports about the White…
Despite a stunning 1,600 percent increase in the official estimated number of killed or injured sea turtles in the commercial Atlantic scallop fishery, the National Marine Fisheries Service (Fisheries Service)…
Oceana commends the National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council’s (NRC) report for confirming the continuing decline of the Steller sea lion population in western Alaska and confirming that fishing…
Leaders of Oceana, Natural Resources Defense Council and four other national conservation groups sent President Bush a letter today asking him to appoint a Commerce secretary who would immediately start…
OCEANA * NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL * THE OCEAN CONSERVANCY * FRIENDS OF THE EARTH * DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE * EARTHJUSTICENovember 24, 2004 The Honorable George W. Bush Office of…
