The Biden administration can take 20 actions in its first 100 days to leverage the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.
Blue carbon can help coastal nations meet their climate mitigation and adaptation targets—if policymakers follow the science.
Abandoned and orphaned offshore oil and gas wells are costing taxpayers billions and the Biden administration can take immediate actions to address this ecological and financial crisis.
The seventh Our Ocean conference takes place this week in Palau, and the United States can lead global commitments on protecting nature that have stalled since the onset of the pandemic.
The solution to high energy prices is a swift and urgent transition to clean energy—not further reliance on dirty fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations.
For the 50th anniversary of the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, the United States must ensure that sanctuaries are able to fulfill their mandate of protecting the ocean and Great Lakes and preserving their cultural history.
Ocean carbon dioxide removal solutions may contribute to policies and strategies that achieve the goal of negative emissions by midcentury, but implementation at scale must be balanced with concerns about unintended environmental impacts, environmental justice, a social license to operate, and governance issues.
Former President Trump’s ill-informed actions put the continental United States’ only marine national monument at risk; President Biden must restore full protections.
Congress should invest $10 billion in coastal restoration to create jobs, protect coastal communities, and rebuild fish and wildlife populations.
As the Biden administration and Congress pursue ambitious infrastructure investments, they should look to the ocean to build a clean energy future.
The Biden administration can take 20 actions in its first 100 days to leverage the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.
A healthy U.S. ocean requires both sustainable fisheries management and marine protected areas.
This CAP report analyzes the use of fishing-restrictive area designations and provides recommendations on how the United States can improve them.
