U.S. States Step Up as Federal Leadership Lags on Ocean-Climate Policy
Celebrating U.S. State Leadership on Climate-Ocean Action!
To celebrate Ocean Month , the OA Alliance has partnered with the Ocean Defense Initiative to elevate U.S. State leadership in the fight against climate and ocean change.
States have been leading the way on climate-ocean action for more than a decade, even when U.S. federal action has stalled or backed out of critical protections for climate and the marine environment.
Check out this series of op-eds published by U.S. states during a climate-ocean filled month spanning: Capitol Hill Ocean Week (June 2-8), the 11th Our Ocean Conference (June 16-18), and London Climate Action Week kicking off this week (June 20-28).
“California is Making Strides Addressing Global Ocean Acidification” published in the Sacramento Bee on June 14 by State Senator John Laird, California District 17 and previous Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency
“What the Chesapeake Bay is Trying to Tell Us” published in the Baltimore Sun on June 8 by Secretary Serena McIlwain, Maryland Department of Environment
“Why Florida has to Lead on Water, Resilience and Climate” published in the in the Orlando Sentinel on May 24, State Representative Anna Escamani, Florida District 42
Blog : “States Step Up as Federal Leadership Lags on Ocean-Climate Policy,” by Jessie Turner, Director of the OA Alliance
About the OA Alliance:
Ocean acidification affects our seafood economies, coastal ways of life, food security and job security in America. That’s why the U.S. states created the International Alliance to Combat Ocean Acidification (OA Alliance) in 2016, the only government-led initiative in the world outlining specific science needs for effective management and policy response to acidification.
The initiative now comprises over 20 countries and 18 subnational governments and is calling on more U.S. states to join the effort.