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NOPC today submitted comments on the Biden administration’s development of a U.S. Ocean Climate Action Plan.  NOPC’s comment letter is accessible here.

NOPC today submitted comments on the Biden administration’s development of a Strategic Plan for Statistics for Environmental-Economic Decisions.  NOPC’s comment letter is accessible here.

NOPC recently participated in the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, including through formal remarks highlighting the importance of unleashing the Blue Economy to improve livelihoods and societal well-being (see here beginning at 2:23:35). Themes addressed by conference attendees included the importance of public-private partnerships, private sector action, innovative financing and funding for developing nations, good data, technology and innovation, [...]

NOPC today submitted comments to the U.S. Interior Department on the development of the “American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas.”  NOPC’s comment letter is available here.

NOPC today submitted comments in response to NOAA’s Request for Information on how NOAA should use existing authorities and associated measures to conserve the country’s oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes in furtherance of the effort to conserve at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030

More than 90 groups representing a wide array of commercial and recreational interests from across the United States today urged President Biden to use collaborative, inclusive, and science-based approaches to ocean management that support jobs and healthy communities and not to designate marine monuments under the Antiquities Act, which could threaten the economy, jobs, and [...]

NOPC today submitted comments in response to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Request for Interest in commercial leasing for wind power development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf.

NOPC today sent a comment letter to the U.S. Interior Department in response to a request for input on the pause on oil and gas leasing activity directed by Section 208 of the President’s January 27, 2021 Executive Order on “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.”

NOPC today provided comments and recommendations on external outreach and implementation associated with the administration’s 30×30 conservation initiative directed by Section 216(a) of the January 27, 2021 Executive Order on “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.”