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BROAD CITIZEN LOBBY TO PROMOTE OCEAN CLIMATE ACTION ON APRIL 13 & 14, 2021

March 4, 2021 | by David Helvarg & Ocean Climate Action Team

In what is expected to be the largest ocean lobby in U.S. history, the Ocean Climate Action Plan (OCAP) coalition, with key supporters including Climate Envoy John Kerry, Jane Fonda, founder of the environmental justice movement Dr. Robert Bullard, indigenous groups, industry and maritime leaders, environmentalists, social justice activists and youth will be heard in their efforts to promote job-generating ocean solutions to the climate crisis.

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Biden's Climate Plan Can Work if it's Sea to Shining Sea

February 5, 2021 | by Jason Scorse & David Helvarg in the Hill

Last week President Biden made a firm commitment to transition America from polluting fossil energy to clean renewable power. We and other coastal residents are heartened by his “whole government” approach to tackling the climate crisis, especially his focus on the positive employment impacts of making smart climate investments. However, we get concerned when the president identifies a million jobs linked to building electric cars in the industrial heartland, yet fails to note the millions of additional climate jobs that could be created in our coastal regions and on our public seas in a new blue economy.

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What does the Biden presidency hold for ocean sustainability?

January 28, 2021 | by The Economist

In this deep dive into the future of ocean sustainability under new U.S. leadership by The Economist, Middlebury Institute International Environmental Policy Professor Jason Scorse, director of the Center for the Blue Economy shares his expertise and optimism that economic benefits of climate action might lead to bipartisan support.

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The Ocean Under Biden

January 25, 2021 | by David Helvarg in the the Hill

What can we expect from a Biden-Harris administration when it comes to our public seas and blue economy that’s worth an estimated $373 billion?

You can't address climate by ignoring 71 percent of the planet

October 29, 2020 | by Jason Scorse; David Helvarg

The lack of focus on our public seas and coastlines in addressing climate change has been particularly egregious given that the ocean economy is worth $373 billion and that 127 million Americans live in coastal counties increasingly impacted by rising, warming, acidifying ocean waters.

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Ocean Climate Action House Bill: A Major Advance for Climate Policy

October 20, 2020 | by OCAP Team

MONTEREY, CA — October 20, 2020 Today, the House Natural Resources Committee introduced the “Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act,” the first bill aimed at using ocean and coastal resources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to help coastal communities equitably adapt to climate change impacts.

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We Need A Blue New Deal Too. Here’s Why.

August 26, 2020 | by Allison Licence in 1 Million Women

OCEANS COVER 71% OF OUR PLANET AND ARE KEY TO CLIMATE SOLUTIONS.