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HOC calls on potus to halt new offshore oil and gas leasing
The Healthy Ocean Coalition stands against new leasing in the offshore federal waters.
Healthy Ocean Road trip
It is official, the Healthy Ocean Coalition team is setting off on a week-long Voices Of A Healthy Ocean Summer 2022 Road Trip. From July 31 - August 6, we are making our way down the Eastern Seaboard meeting with five amazing Healthy Ocean Coalition network members!
welcome to the hoc team, ayanna jones!
It is an honor for us to welcome the newest member of our team to the Healthy Ocean Coalition community, Ayanna Jones!
Reproductive Justice
Our world doesn’t function without reproductive justice and we want the community to have resources if this idea is new to you and organizations led by Black, indigenous, and women of color to support.
A blueprint for ocean climate action
The HOC is proud to be a collaborator on the Blueprint for Ocean Climate Action.
Climate justice begins with racial justice
The Healthy Ocean Coalition knows that climate justice begins with racial justice.
The Ocean Deserves Better, The IPCC Assessment is Clear
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III released its report on what it will take to mitigate the worst of climate change.
HOC Bolstered By Biden's Budget
The Healthy Ocean Coalition is bolstered by President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 proposed budget investments in climate, conservation, and environmental justice.
To Protect Coral Reefs, We Must Protect the Ocean
President Biden is championing America the Beautiful, the Administration’s approach to achieving an exciting initiative called 30 by 30 which seeks to protect 30 percent of our land, water, and ocean by 2030.
America the Beautiful: A Plan to Protect Our Ocean
Whales have the power to ignite curiosity about the natural world and inspire people to protect the ocean. As a guide on whale watching tours based out of Massachusetts’s Plymouth Harbor, I see first-hand the profound impacts spending time with wildlife on the water has on fostering an ethic of stewardship in people.
When it Comes to Our Ocean, We Must Till and Keep It
When I was 8 years old, my family moved to southern California, where the San Gabriel Mountains became my backyard. Since then, I have been hooked on the natural world. Growing up, I did not think about access to — or use of — natural resources. I was more interested in studying rock formations and exploring new trails.
HOC Perspective: A Healthy Ocean is A Gift We All Share
Here in the Boston area, the ocean is an ever-present part of everyday life. This is particularly true during the holiday season. Neighborhood farmers markets, teeming with locally caught seafood, are bustling with people preparing for festive family gatherings. Tourists and locals alike enjoy Boston Harbor cruises as they crane their necks to take in the downtown holiday lights. Our family looks forward to gathering for our long-standing Christmas Eve tradition of poaching locally caught haddock in baggies with lemon and squash.
HOC Voices: Cultivating next generation of ocean guardians requires protecting more ocean now, Portland Press Herald
The America the Beautiful Initiative can help build a workforce interested in safeguarding the health of our marine territories.
Organizations, Aquariums, and Businesses Thank President Biden for Restoring Monument Protections
More than 150 organizations, aquariums, and businesses joined a letter addressed to President Biden, Secretary Haaland, Secretary Raimondo, Secretary Vilsack, Chair Mallory, Ms. Gina McCarthy, and Administrator Spinrad, enthusiastically thanking them for their actions restoring full protections to Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine national monuments.
Ready to Take Action?
Check out these opportunities that you can take part in right now to support equitable federal ocean policies!
