• Ocean

New Report Provides Roadmap for Fully Protected Oceans 

• #30x30
• Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary
• conservation
• Great Barrier Reef
• marine protected areas
• National Marine Sanctuary
• ocean

Each year, the ocean removes almost a third of all global CO2 emissions. But as the ocean warms, it’s becoming less effective as a carbon sink and could release billions of tons of carbon back into the atmosphere.  A new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center provides some guidance on effective ocean protections and highlights six successfully protected ocean sites to serve as role models.

Why This Matters:  Recently, with the support of 450 elected officials, President Biden signed an executive order to protect 30% of all U.S. land and waters by 2030.

• Ocean

President Biden Stands Up for the Ocean

• corals
• fisheries
• fishing
• marine mammals
• monument
• Northeast Canyons and Seamounts
• ocean
• whales

By Priscilla Brooks Common sense and science appear to have returned to United States environmental policy. In a flurry of executive orders during his first weeks in office, President Biden has committed to pausing oil and gas leasing on federal lands and offshore areas, rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, reviewing the Trump Administration’s efforts to […]

• Land

450 State and Local Officials Support Biden on #30×30 Executive Order

• #30x30
• climate change
• land
• national monuments
• ocean
• parks

By Amy Lupica, ODP Staff Writer In an open letter, 450 elected officials from all around the U.S. support President Biden’s Executive Order action this week to protect 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. The officials hope that the president will lead a swift and aggressive campaign to combat global warming and the […]

• Ocean

WRI Gives Countries a Step-by-Step Guide to Ocean-Based Climate Action

• climate change
• coastal ecosystems
• emissions
• fisheries
• ocean
• renewable energy
• rising temperatures

A new paper released by the World Resources Institute (WRI) in collaboration with seven other environmental organizations outlines the ways that the ocean, often thought of as a victim of climate change, can be utilized to best combat global rising temperatures.

Why This Matters: We’ve written a lot about how the sea level is rising, and the ocean is warming, fueling stronger storm systems, and declines in biodiversity.

• People

ODP Interview with Rod Fujita, Senior Scientist at Environmental Defense Fund

• climate change
• fisheries
• greenhouse gas emissions
• ocean
• science
• warming

Science is back and this week we were fortunate to talk with Rod Fujita, the Lead Senior Scientist in the Ocean Program at the Environmental Defense Fund about new research he is doing on climate change and managing ocean fish stocks in the future.

• Ocean

Building Back Better From Coast To Coast

• #BuildBackBetter
• #EnvironmentalDefenseFund
• #OurOcean
• Build Back Better
• coasts
• fisheries
• ocean
• ocean health

By Eric Schwaab, Senior Vice President, Environmental Defense Fund These are challenging times for our oceans and fisheries. Climate impacts, so evident along our coasts, in our forests, and on our farms, are even more disruptive to our oceans. Fish stocks are shifting at unprecedented rates and in unexpected ways. Fishermen are traveling farther to […]