Jason Scorse; David Helvarg

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   News Stories

   Want to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine and beyond? Decarbonize

   March 2, 2022 | by Jason Scorse; David Helvarg

   Center for the Blue Economy Director Jason Scorse and partner organization Blue Frontier’s Director David Helvarg wrote this timely and impacting piece in the San Francisco Chronicle.  “Rapidly transitioning the U.S. and global economies to renewable energy would not only weaken our foes, it will also save millions of lives while strengthening our national security and protecting our common future,” the authors write.

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   News Stories

   The ocean needs our help — now

   January 11, 2022 | by Jason Scorse; David Helvarg

   In a recent piece in MSN News, Jason Scorse, Director of the Blue Economy and David Helvarg, Executive Director of Blue Frontier, lay out that our public seas must play a central role in national climate policy, and we have no time to waste. 

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   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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   In the News

   More Blue is Needed in the Democrats' Green Plan

   July 15, 2020 | by Jason Scorse; David Helvarg

   “Ocean climate action such as this is critically overdue,” Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Scorse, director of the Center for the Blue Economy and Blue Frontier’s David Helvarg make the case for their new ambitious Ocean Climate Action Plan in an op-ed in The Hill today.

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   News Stories

   Putting the Blue in the Green New Deal

   March 13, 2019 | by Jason Scorse; David Helvarg

   As nearly half of the U.S. populace lives in or near coastal areas, the Green New Deal needs to prioritize the sustainable use and preservation of the marine environment – called the “blue economy.”