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Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities

Ocean Conservancy

But plastics present a much broader threat to our ocean, climate and marginalized coastal communities. More plastic means more pollution—for the climate, coastal communities and our ocean. Plastic pollution is a social justice issue, a climate issue and an ocean issue. Want to learn more about Ocean Justice?

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Abatement : The process of reducing the quantity, intensity, or saturation of a pollutant or other harmful substance by way of treatment. Pollutants don't just harm drinking water or localized areas but can make their way into the water system and into the oceans - causing wide-scale damage, potentially. For Ecology.

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President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Union of Concerned Scientists

A former member of Congress from Long Island, New York, with scant regulatory experience, Zeldin promised to defer to the research of the scientists on whether climate change made oceans more acidic. When asked if he wanted fossil fuels to come back big time, Wright responded, Absolutely.

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Special Policy News #6: The Transition

ESA

BOEM – Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Ocean Wind, LLC’s Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore New Jersey (Apr. NOAA – Ocean Exploration Advisory Board Meeting (Apr. BLM – Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council Meeting (Apr. 29 & 30, 2021). BLM – Idaho Resource Advisory Council Meeting (Apr.

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President Trump’s Cabinet of Polluters, Frackers and Climate Crisis Deniers Rushes to Gut Protections

Union of Concerned Scientists

A former member of Congress from Long Island, New York, with scant regulatory experience, Zeldin promised to defer to the research of the scientists on whether climate change made oceans more acidic. When asked if he wanted fossil fuels to come back big time, Wright responded, Absolutely.