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Ocean Climate Action Capitol Hill Lobby Day 2021-Action Now for the Future

April 16, 2021 | by Rachel Christopherson

On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in one of the largest and certainly most timely Ocean lobbies in U.S. history, over 1000 people were mobilized from more than 30 states and territories.  Meetings were held with 107+ Members of the House of Representatives and their staff, and 33+ Senators and staff.  Over 150 virtual meetings took place on this Ocean Climate Action Lobby Day!  The coalition (many of whose members had never visited with their elected representatives before) sent a clear message to our national policymakers:  you cannot solve the climate crisis without ocean health, and ocean health is key to solving the climate crisis. 
 

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Ocean Activists Planning to “Flood” the Nation’s Capital Next Week

April 9, 2021 | by Our Daily Planet

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Join the Virtual Capitol Hill Lobby Day for Ocean Climate Action on April 14

April 8, 2021 | by Stephen Diehl

The Center for the Blue Economy (CBE) invites all Middlebury students, staff, alumni, and friends to join a virtual lobbying effort for ocean climate action on Wednesday, April 14, via Zoom.

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Celebrating a Decade of Advocating for the Blue Economy

March 16, 2021 | by Eva Gudbergsdottir

As it celebrates its first decade, the Middlebury Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy is perfectly poised to contribute to climate forward policies for the rebuilding of post-pandemic economies.
 

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Options for Sea Level Rise Adaptation on West Cliff Drive

March 4, 2021 | by Rachel Christopherson & Report Authors

West Cliff Drive, like all of the California coastline, is threatened by continuing erosion. Erosion is expected to significantly increase as sea levels rise and storms intensify. One challenge to adaptation planning is the uncertainty associated with the rate and elevation of sea level rise at future points of time, critical to the question of what to do and when.  What to spend on what strategy for the best return on investment?   A recent report published by the Center for the Blue Economy and partners has some answers.

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.
 

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.