McClatchy Newspapers: Congress spars over proposed ‘ocean zoning’ WASHINGTON — House members clashed Tuesday over a White House plan that essentially calls for zoning the oceans, with Republicans charging that it already has created more job-killing bureaucracy and Democrats saying it could give Americans more certainty on how they can use busy public waters…
Archive | October, 2011
POLITICO: Stormy seas for Obama ocean policy – October 4, 2011
POLITICO: Stormy seas for Obama ocean policy House Democrats signaled Tuesday that they are looking to codify the national ocean policy that President Barack Obama instituted by executive order in 2009 — but Republicans aren’t going to make it easy…
NOAA Advisory Panel To Discuss CMSP At Open Meeting
Hydrographic Services Review Panel To Discuss CMSP At Open Meeting NOAA’s National Ocean Service has announced that the Hydrographic Services Review Panel (Panel) will hold an open meeting in Norfolk, Virginia on October 26-27. This Panel advises the NOAA Administrator on oceanographic and marine technologies relating to operations, research and development, and data dissemination pertaining [...]
National Ocean Policy Coalition Testifies at U.S. House of Representatives Full Committee Oversight Hearing
October 4, 2011 • Categories: Comments, Events, NOPC in the News • by Editor
National Ocean Policy Coalition: Testimony at U.S. House Full Committee Oversight Hearing On Tuesday, October 4, the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing on “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” Jack Coleman, Co-Managing Director of the National Ocean Policy [...]
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