Page 2 - Oceans Act News Today

The Baker-Polito Administration announced the release of the final 2021 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan. Authorized by the Oceans Act of 2008, the ocean plan protects critical marine habitat and important water-dependent uses, and sets standards for ocean-based development. Under the…Read more →

The Baker-Polito Administration announced the release of the final 2021 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan. Authorized by the Oceans Act of 2008, the ocean plan protects critical marine habitat and important water-dependent uses, and sets standards for ocean-based development.

Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) during a press conference last year on recycling and plastic waste legislation. Francis Chung/E&E News Industry and environmentalists are hoping to revive recycling legislation buried by the coronavirus pandemic, with some lawmakers already on board. Bills aimed at addressing everything from recycling infrastructure and education to a crackdown on plastics are set t...

Coons, colleagues introduce bipartisan legislation to combat ocean plastic pollution, marine litter Delaware News Desk Sens. Chris Coons, D-Delaware; Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina; Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island; and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, introduced on Dec. 16 legislation that would bring the international community together to address the increasing amount of plastic and trash polluting oceans and marine environments.  The Unify Nations in Trash Elimination — UNITE — for our Ocea...

Senate unveils global ocean plastics fund Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. A bipartisan group of senators, including the sponsors of the Save Our Seas acts, unveiled new legislation Dec. 16 that would have the U.S. government set up a global fund to combat marine plastics pollution. The bill calls for relatively modest initial funding of $300 million over two years and would direct the U.S. government to seek contributions from other nations for a trust fund, which would be managed by a board of rep...