Climate and Energy - Oceana USA

Climate and Energy

Overview

Oceana uses science and advocacy to drive policies aimed at stopping climate change. Our three current areas of focus are preventing offshore drilling, preventing seismic airgun blasting, and promoting responsibly-sited offshore wind energy.

Perhaps the gravest threat to our oceans and our planet is a changing climate. Unprecedented levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are warming the planet and disrupting weather patterns, leading to flooding, melting ice, rising seas, droughts, and the devastation of ecosystems on land and at sea. Oceans are among the most effective buffers against climate change, but as more carbon is absorbed by the oceans they become more acidic, reducing their capacity for absorbing fossil fuel emissions. This acidification is killing shellfish and corals—vital components of the entire food web—threatening marine populations from the smallest polyps to the largest whales. Oceana is determined to help end our dependence on dirty fossil fuels, the leading source of carbon pollution on the planet. We use science, advocacy, communications, litigation, and grassroots organizing to win policy victories that prevent the expansion of offshore drilling and seismic airgun blasting, and that promote the responsible development of clean offshore wind energy.

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Atlantic Drilling

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Pacific Drilling

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Arctic Drilling

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News & Reports

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Offshore Drilling Fuels the Climate Crisis and Threatens the Economy

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Hindsight 2020

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East Coast Opposition to Oil and Gas Drilling

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West Coast Opposition to Oil and Gas Drilling

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Arctic Drilling

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Dirty Drilling Offshore Safety Report

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Tourism Impacts Fact Sheet

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Seismic Airgun Blasting Fact Sheet

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Seismic Airgun Blasting: Facts in Brief

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Opposition map for print

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Maps: Marine Habitat and Seismic Blasting Areas

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Offshore energy by the numbers

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Offshore Drilling Myth vs. Fact

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Permanent Protections will curb Climate effects

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FEATURED CAMPAIGN

Plastic Pollution

Oceana campaigns to stop plastic pollution at the source — by working to pass local, state, and national policies that reduce the production and use of unnecessary single-use plastic and move toward refill and reuse systems.

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CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTS

Stop Illegal Fishing

Protecting Ocean Habitats

Responsible Fishing

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Oceana International Headquarters
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036 USA

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