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New Joint Ocean Commission Report Shares NRDC Healthy Seas Priorities for Obama Administration, Congress

April 7, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans

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arcticocean, congress, globalwarming, healthyoceansact, jointoceancommissioninitiative, nationaloceanspolicy, NOAA, obama, oceans

Today, a bi-partisan group of leading citizens called on the Obama Administration and Congress to take swift action to protect the health of our oceans. The recommendations are contained in the report Changing Oceans, Changing World: Ocean Priorities for the...continued

March 7-10: Ocean advocates go to Capitol Hill

March 4, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans

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adamravetch, billmckibben, bluevisionsummit, capitolhill, congress, derrinbabb-brott, georgestafford, globalwarming, jimtoomey, madeleinebordallo, mariacantwell, marineprotectedareas, massachusettsoceanact, mikechrisman, nancysutley, obama administration, ocean, offshorerenewables, phillippecousteau, rozsavage, samfarr, sheldonwhitehouse, sylviaearle, terrytamminen

President Obama and the new Congress have inherited a struggling economy, two wars and a climate crisis. They need to know that healthy ocean and coasts are vital to our economy, security and fighting global warming. That's why ocean leaders and...continued

Day 1 of the New Congress Bodes Well for Oceans

January 7, 2009

Posted by Sarah Chasis in Reviving the World's Oceans

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bush, congress, farr, healthyoceansact, marinenationalmonument, marineprotectedareas, marinesanctuaries, nationaloceanspolicy, obama, oceans, oceans21, offshoredrilling

For the last four years of the Bush Administration, NRDC has been on the frontlines of repeated attempts at passing a national Healthy Oceans Act. Tuesday - the very first day of the 111th Congress and just weeks before we...continued

Sarah Chasis
Sarah Chasis
Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative
New York
Sarah Chasis is a senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC). She...
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