Press Releases
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
FDA Poised to Weaken Protections for Children’s Health Based on Faulty Scientific Analysis
Oceana released the following statement today on the soon-to-be-released FDA report recommending that critical advice on mercury’s effects on children be rescinded:The forthcoming FDA report is the product of a…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Northern, Southern Leaders Petition to Protect the Arctic from Climate Change
Oceana, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, the Native Village of Shishmaref Alaska, Ocean Conservancy, Juneau Mayor Bruce Botelho, Alaska Conservation Solutions and the mayors of Pacific Grove, California and Homer,…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Conservation Groups Urge U.S. to Push for Moratorium on Bluefin Tuna at ICCAT
Conservation groups Oceana, Greenpeace and the Blue Ocean Institute called on the United States to push for increased protections for bluefin tuna at the International Commission for the Conservation of…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
An Oceana analysis released today shows that ocean acidification, resulting from massive carbon dioxide emissions over the past decades, is likely to drastically change marine ecosystems worldwide. Oceana’s analysis, which…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
2008 Sea Turtle Nesting Data Fails to Express Dire Status of Species
Oceana experts fear that optimistic preliminary estimates of the 2008 sea turtle nesting season – which formally ends Friday, October 31 – fail to express the dire status of the…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Oceana experts described the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a vehicle for addressing global overfishing at the 5th World Fisheries Congress in Yokohama today. The presentation, The World Trade Organization…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
46 Year Old OLIN Plant Likely to Close in Near Future if Not Updated to Mercury-Free Technology
Oceana released a new research paper – No Excuses: Communities at Risk Without Mercury-Free Technology – today that details the economic threat posed to the local community by Olin’s decision…
