STATEMENT: 20 Years After Katrina – Don’t Dismantle the Hurricane Forecasting Machine that Saves Lives

Forecast Accuracy is Up About 50% Since 2005; Congress is Considering Proposed Cuts That Would Gut the Very Research, Monitoring and Computing that Made Those Gains Possible

NEWS: Ocean Conservancy Kicks Off 40th International Coastal Cleanup with Debris Removal on Remote Alaskan Island

Hundreds of pounds of debris were cleaned up, with final numbers available later today.

STATEMENT: Decision to Delay Plastics Treaty Finalization Again is ‘Deeply Disappointing’

GENEVA – Today, during the final plenary for the plastics treaty negotiations in Geneva (INC 5.2), …

STATEMENT: Plastics Treaty ‘Draft Text is Completely Unacceptable’

GENEVA – Today, a draft text for the global plastics treaty was released by the Chair, …

ADVISORY: Ocean Conservancy Experts Head to Final Round of Plastics Treaty Negotiations in Geneva

7.4 Million Metric Tons of Plastics Will Have Entered the Ocean between the Last Treaty Meeting and the Time Negotiations Restart

NEWS: Gainbridge Fieldhouse Brings Reusable Cups to AT&T WNBA All-Star Weekend for Plastic Free July

First WNBA All-Star Game to Feature Fully Reusable Cups Aims to Reduce Plastic Waste; “Protect Where We Play Tour” Seeks to Eliminate One Million Single-Use Plastic Cups

NEWS: New Ocean Conservancy Report: 90% of States Lagging in Plastic Pollution Efforts

National average score is 1.5 stars out of 5, “needs improvement”

STATEMENT: Ocean Conservancy Endorses the International Maritime Pollution Accountability Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15) and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse …

STATEMENT: Our Ocean Needs the Clean Shipping Act

WASHINGTON– Today, Representative Robert Garcia and Senator Alex Padilla introduced the Clean Shipping Act. Caroline Bonfield, …

STATEMENT: Peer-Reviewed Study of Ocean Conservancy Cleanup Data Confirms Effectiveness of Plastic Bag Bans

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the journal Science published a study that analyzed data collected by volunteers …

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