Environment & Energy Daily: Admin Officials Fail To Allay GOP Fears On Marine Planning House Republicans and top Obama administration officials are butting heads over how far the administration’s new National Ocean Policy will reach. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco and White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Nancy Sutley attempted to […]
U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland: Obama Administration Caught in Oceans Policy Bait-and-Switch WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representative Steve Southerland, II took the Obama Administration to task this week for misleading the American people in an attempt to increase its regulatory control over our oceans and coastal industries…
U.S. House Natural Resources Committee: Administration Dodges Questions on Obama’s Zoning Plan, Witnesses Begrudge Lack of Public Participation, Potential Implications WASHINGTON, D.C., October 26, 2011 – Today, the Natural Resources Committee held the second oversight hearing in a series on, “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal
U.S. House Committee Announces Second Oversight Hearing on the National Ocean Policy The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources announced today that it will hold a second oversight hearing on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 to address “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” According
Environment & Energy Daily: Obama’s New Planning Policy Comes Under Fire At House Hearing The Obama administration’s effort to create a new national ocean policy came under fire yesterday, as Republicans and business interests characterized the policy as an overreaching new bureaucracy that could create new restrictions at sea and on land. Some members of
U.S. House Natural Resources Committee: Witnesses: President Obama’s Ocean Zoning Plan Will Stifle Economic Growth, Create Regulatory Uncertainty, Threaten Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2011 – Today, the Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on “The President’s New National Ocean Policy – A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, Coastal and Inland Activities.” At
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…
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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…
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Anchorage Daily News: Budget Items In D.C. Affect Alaska Fisheries Fisheries are on the receiving end of federal dollars, instead of the other way around. As congressional lawmakers slash budgets in D.C., money for all-important fishery stock assessments was actually increased from $51 million to $67 million for the next fiscal year, the amount requested
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San Diego Union-Tribune: Agencies Prepare To Carve Up Coastal Waters State officials decided last week that a hotly contested set of marine protected areas will take effect in the nearshore waters of Southern California on Jan. 1. That planning process split the region into pro-fishing and no-fishing camps since it started in 2008, but it