An Ocean-Powered Recovery for Our Economy
While the ocean is appreciated for many reasons such as its natural beauty, raw power, healing abilities and the cool animals that call it home, we often forget an additional impressive ocean attribute. I’m talking about...
An Ocean-Powered Recovery for Our Economy
The new year started with a major ocean win that you may have missed. Buried in between the holiday downtime and the start of a new year, the White House level Ocean Policy Committee (OPC) officially became formalized in...
New Year, New Big Ocean Win
Before we completely turn the page on 2020, let’s take a moment to savor a notable victory we achieved in the fight against marine debris and the proliferation of plastic pollution. In the waning days of this turbulent y...
Celebrating the Passage of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act
This blog was written by Elise Georgeff. Elise is an Associate Researcher with the Marine Team at the International Council on Clean Transportation. She supports research on zero-emission vessel alternatives and addressi...
A Chance to Stop “Biden” Our Time on Hydrogen for Shipping
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the federal agency tasked with protecting our environment, is celebrating its 50th anniversary today. The EPA was created under President Richard Nixon’s administration, officia...
The Environmental Protection Agency Celebrates 50 Years
At Ocean Conservancy, it is our great privilege to come to work every day and focus on ways we can protect our ocean from some of the greatest global challenges because a healthy ocean means abundant wildlife, thriving c...
To the Ocean Defenders in the U.S. Federal Government, With Gratitude
The lame duck session is in full swing, and soon the nation’s 116th Congress will come to a close. There will be some new faces in the 117th Congress. In that context, the Senate has unveiled their funding proposal for N...
Senate Releases NOAA Funding Bill
The beginning of October typically signifies the beginning of fall. Leaves change, the nights get cold, carved pumpkins begin to show up on doorsteps. But October also marks the beginning of a new fiscal year for our fed...
What’s Next for NOAA Funding?
This guest blog was written by Chelsea Rochman, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, co-founder of the University of Toronto Trash Team and Scientific Advisor to Ocean Conservancy. Nurdle. Pre-production pe...
Plastic Pellets Spell Big Problems for Our Ocean
Ocean Conservancy teamed up with the Marine Exchange of Alaska to produce a short report describing how advances in navigation and communications technologies can help enhance shipping safety and environmental protection...