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Trump Administration to open oceans for corporate polluters to drill for oil
The reckless move by the Trump Administration to pursue increased offshore oil drilling is an appalling attack on our already imperiled communities.
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Obama moves to protect millions of acres of ocean from Trump
Today’s announcement is a major victory for our oceans and climate. Our offshore areas need permanent protection in the face of Donald Trump’s pledge to expand offshore drilling and his cabinet’…
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Feds block offshore Arctic drilling, allow new oil and gas leases in Gulf
Unfortunately, Donald Trump has made it clear that he wants to return to the days of ‘drill baby drill.’ That’s why President Obama must use his remaining days in office to permanently keep as m…
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary bans cruise ship wastewater discharges
SEATTLE, Wash. — On December 1, Washington’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will enact regulations banning cruise ships from discharging sewage, graywater, oily bilge and other…
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Ship Shape: No more dumping in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The 3,801 square-mile Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary supports one of the most diverse assemblages of underwater plants and animals in North America – but it has been threatened by ship sewag…
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Nano in the Gulf oil spill: Two wrongs don’t make a right
A corporation has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve one of their products containing manufactured nanoparticles for oil clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. We
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Our Recommendations to Obama’s Ocean Task Force
Friends of the Earth submitted comments to President Barack Obama’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. We commend President Obama for…