Press Releases
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Oceana Urges Cancellation of Central Gulf Lease Sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) paved the way to opening roughly 63 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico today by issuing its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact…
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, applauded a decision made yesterday by the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. to establish annual…
Friday, December 16, 2011
Trade Ministers Call for Action on Fishing Subsidies at WTO Ministerial Conference
Trade Ministers Tim Groser of New Zealand and Dr. Craig Emerson of Australia joined officials from a diverse group of countries today at the Eighth Ministerial Conference of the World…
Friday, December 16, 2011
Congressional Funding Deal Undermines Clean Air Protections in Arctic
Oceana cried foul today, as Congress prepares to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012, which includes a provision that would undermine clean air protections for the Arctic people and…
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Oceana Sues to Protect Prey of Whales, Dolphins and Seals
Today Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Northern California challenging the National Marine Fisheries…
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Oceana Applauds Senate Introduction of Legislation to Combat Illegal Fishing
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, applauds today’s introduction by Senators Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),…
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
New Lease Sale Ignores BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
ATLANTA, GA— The federal government ignored the impact of BP’s 200 million gallon oil spill in its assessment of risks and precautions for the Gulf of Mexico before the first…