@OceanProgress

The FORMER account of the Ocean Policy program at @AmProg. Find our latest work promoting a healthy ocean and growing coastal economies at @CAPenergypolicy! 🌊

 Washington, DC
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This account has been sunset🌅, but you can still find our work on our main account, @CAPEnergyPolicy! For access to even more content or to learn about our team, please visit our page on CAP's website: americanprogress.org/topic/o… Thank you for being a part of Ocean Progress💙

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The ocean faces critical environmental challenges, with issues ranging from offshore drilling safety deterioration to the need for marine conservation and protection of Indigenous rights in ocean...

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CAP Ocean 🌅@OceanProgress22 Feb 2023
Hey friends!👋🏻 Beginning today, Feb 22nd, 2023, we will be moving our ocean conservation work over to our main account, @CAPEnergyPolicy. This move will help us provide you with even better policy, content, and updates. So, follow us today! We will see you on the other side.🌅
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Hey friends!👋🏻 Beginning today, Feb 22nd, 2023, we will be moving our ocean conservation work over to our main account, @CAPEnergyPolicy. This move will help us provide you with even better policy, content, and updates. So, follow us today! We will see you on the other side.🌅
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An experienced leader like Liz Klein is what @BOEM needs to support the just transition to a clean energy future. We look forward to working with the agency under her leadership! #OceanClimateAction #ProtectOurCoast on.doi.gov/3k6uwuW

Elizabeth Klein Named Director of Bureau of Ocean Energy Management | U.S. Department of the...

The Department of the Interior today announced that Elizabeth (Liz) Klein has been named Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).

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At the 2022 National Diversity in STEM Conference, our Director of Environmental and Special Projects, Joel Moffett, shared the impact of Native-led conservation efforts ➡️ americanprogress.org/article…
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Join @PRIcoalition and support greater protections of the Pacific Remote Islands! PRI contains some of the last wild and healthy seafloor in the world. Learn more at buff.ly/38RFI9v #ProtectPRI #OneOcean #SaveTheOcean
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This is so crucially important for the health and future of our world ocean. These ecosystems need all the support they can get! #30x30
President Biden Archived
@POTUS46Archive20 Dec 2022
In my first days in office, we set the U.S.’s first-ever national conservation goal through my America the Beautiful initiative. The world is following our lead to safeguard at least 30% of global lands and waters by 2030. This is momentous for nature, people, and our planet.
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🚨NEW REPORT🚨 @ClimateCrisis just released its final report on #SolvingTheClimateCrisis. More than 300 of 715 policy recs were signed into law! Take a look back at their amazing accomplishments this session. buff.ly/3BSW2lI
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Learn more about California's network of ocean refuges with @EnvCalifornia and @AzulDotOrg’s new report “Changing the Tides: How Marine Protections Cultivate Ocean Life.” #ChangingtheTides #30x30CA buff.ly/3Y6KSmL
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CAP Ocean 🌅 retweeted
CBD COP15@CBD_COP1519 Dec 2022
🚨#BreakingNews: Nations Adopt 4 Goals, 23 Targets for 2030 In Landmark UN Biodiversity Agreement By 2030: Protect 30% of 🌏's lands, 🌊, coastal areas, inland waters; Cut food waste in half’; More 📄➡️cbd.int/conferences/2021-202… .#COP15 #COP15Announcement #GBFAdoption #post2020🌱
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@amprog & @OceanCoalition brought together 6 Native speakers at #2022NDiSTEM to talk Indigenous-led conservation. NEW article outlines the 5 important themes that emerged (🧵:) americanprogress.org/article…

5 Ways Scientists, NGOs, and Governments Can Support Indigenous-led Conservation

Outcomes from the Decolonizing Conservation Symposium at the 2022 National Diversity in STEM Conference.

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In the 3rd Episode of #UnderThePalaPala, Chief Anne talked Indigenous values in conservation. NEW column from @amprog & @OceanCoalition is coming out this morning that highlights 5 important themes behind Indigenous-led conservation. Stay tuned!

#UnderThePalaPala: Chief Anne talks Indigenous values in conservation

Watch episode 3 of “Under the Pala Pala” where 6 Native speakers come together at the 2022 National Diversity in STEM conference in Puerto Rico to talk Indigenous-led conservation

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CAP Ocean 🌅 retweeted
Zainab ☀️@ZFMirza9 Dec 2022
Hello from #COP15! Our delegation joined the @WWF press briefing this morning. Panelist underscored the necessity to have a strong agreement that protects biodiversity, stop the greenwashing, and ensure that vulnerable communities are being prioritized.
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“We need to look at this like a milestone, not an endgame.” -@Brian_ODonnell on #30x30 goals at #COP15
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“Holding the line for forests is not just a shield for biodiversity, it is a daily and practical need for my island.” -@karinamay_reyes
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CAP Ocean 🌅 retweeted
Azul@AzulDotOrg7 Dec 2022
The @UNBiodiversity #COP15 starts today. In a new op-ed, our founder & executive director, Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (@minsd) calls on global leaders to listen to solutions driven and directed by frontline communities. ⬇️
Azul@AzulDotOrg7 Dec 2022
🪸Nuevo op-ed de nuestra fundadora y directora ejecutiva, Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš (@minsd). Gobiernos de todo el 🌎 estarán presentes en la #COP15 y nuestros líderes mundiales deben escuchar las soluciones dirigidas por nuestras comunidades. @LaOpinionLA laopinion.com/2022/12/06/las…

Las comunidades latinas tienen soluciones a los desafíos del océano y el clima - La Opinión

El océano es una de nuestras mejores soluciones en la lucha para frenar las peores consecuencias de la crisis climática y la falta de acción climática

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We’re on the ground at @CBD_COP15! Ready to hear from heads of state, delegates, and indigenous peoples as they negoatiate new international biodiversity agreements. #COP15 🌎🌲🐟@MichBFreeman @kaaatso @SamanthaAZeno @jennyhrowland
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NEW:7️⃣ ways that proper implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act will boost domestic #offshorewind development, workforce, manufacturing, and equity. More from @amprog's @ZFMirza & @mwilli 👇 americanprogress.org/article…

The Inflation Reduction Act Will Help Boost Offshore Wind Production

Offshore wind energy has incredible potential to accelerate the clean energy transition; to fulfill its promise, the industry must center equity and worker justice.

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.@BOEM is holding the first-ever Pacific offshore energy wind lease sale TODAY! This is a major step in achieving the Biden administration’s deployment goal of 15 GW of floating offshore wind by 2035. 🌊~370 K acres available 🌊Potential to produce 4.5 GW 🌊Power >1.5M homes
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management@BOEM2 Dec 2022
Did you know that the #CaliforniaOffshoreWindLeaseSale includes innovative stipulations to drive union-built projects to build a domestic-based supply chain to support the #offshorewind industry? Learn more: linkedin.com/pulse/first-eve…
Vintage Windmill with BOEM logo and the following text: A National Opportunity, Wind, American Energy American Jobs

ALT Vintage Windmill with BOEM logo and the following text: A National Opportunity, Wind, American Energy American Jobs

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NEW: Polling from @ClimateNexus & @TurnForwardWind shows that the majority (7 in 10) of US coastal residents support expanding #offshorewind and 66% of coastal residents support expanding it near where they live. More👇 turnforward.org/media
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