On the annual Rise Above Plastic Pollution Day in Oregon, advocates hit the halls of Salem to support three bills that would significantly reduce the use of single-use plastics in … Read more
Today the Biden Administration approved the Willow oil project on Alaska’s North Slope while also creating new protections for offshore areas of the Beaufort Sea from dangerous oil drilling. … Read more
Federal fishery managers will reopen more than 4,500 square miles of Southern California ocean waters to recreational and commercial non-trawl groundfish fishing while also permanently protecting the most fragile and … Read more
A new analysis from Oceana today finds that hundreds of boats were speeding through both mandatory and voluntary slow zones designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales in … Read more
Today, Oceana released the results of a new poll revealing that 73% of American voters support a stop in building new plastic production facilities, in addition to widespread support for … Read more
WASHINGTON — According to news reports, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) spokesperson confirmed that a 20-year-old male North Atlantic right whale found dead off Virginia Beach this week … Read more
WASHINGTON — On Friday afternoon, the National Marine Fisheries Service notified Oceana that the Biden administration rejected Oceana’s emergency petition calling for increased protections for critically endangered North Atlantic right … Read more
