Oceana Press Releases
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.
We invite members of the press to reach out to Oceana’s media contacts for information and questions.
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Oceana and Actor Dennis Haysbert Team Up in New PSA for National Oceans Month
In celebration of National Oceans Month, Oceana launched a new public service announcement (PSA) today with renowned American actor and environmental advocate, Dennis Haysbert. The PSA invites viewers to join…
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Oceana Calls on Coca-Cola’s Largest Bottler to Commit to Reuse and Plastic Reduction
As shareholders of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) gather in London today for their annual meeting, Oceana will take to the surrounding streets, calling on the company to commit to more…
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Oceana and Blancpain Successfully Complete First of Three Ocean Expeditions in California’s Channel Islands
Oceana successfully completed its first of three ocean research expeditions launched in the United States in partnership with prestigious Swiss watchmaker Blancpain around the Channel Islands off Southern California. From April…
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Europe Chooses Reuse: Time for Companies to Follow Suit
The European Parliament today voted to formally adopt a new regulation which establishes reusable packaging requirements for beverages. The targets for reusable beverage packaging are a minimum of 10% by…
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Oceana Announces James Simon as New CEO
Oceana’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce it has appointed James (Jim) Simon as the next Chief Executive Officer of Oceana. This announcement follows an extensive eight-month global search…
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Emmy® Award-Winning Documentary Featuring Actor and Oceana Board Member Ted Danson Exposes the Plastics Crisis
This Earth Month, the Emmy award-winning documentary ‘We’re All Plastic People Now‘ by film director Rory Fielding will be streaming on PBS channels nationwide. The documentary investigates the disturbing pervasiveness of plastic…
Thursday, April 4, 2024
United States of Plastic? Amazon’s plastic packaging waste in US up 9.6% to 208 million pounds in 2022
Today, Oceana released a new report, “Amazon’s United States of Plastic,” which estimates that Amazon generated 208 million pounds of plastic packaging waste for all transactions in the United States in 2022,…
