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U S to phase out single-use plastic on public lands, national parks by 2032

The U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday it will phase out single-use plastic products on public lands by 2032, including in national parks, in a move aimed at tackling a major source of U.S. plastic waste as recycling efforts falter.

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Does Biden have an ocean policy?

© Getty Images While not having an official ocean policy within its first 100 days, the Biden administration’s approach to managing our public seas looks destined to be of historical significance. It’s on par with President Reagan’s 1983 declaration establishing a 200-nautical-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) that gave the United States stewardship over 4.4 million square miles, an area larger than the U.S. landmass. Days after taking office the president signed an executive order to fully conserve 30 percent of the nation’s land and 30 percent of its waters by 2030. This reflects what scientists have long argued is necessary to maintain biodiversity and climate resilience in the midst of a global extinction crisis. Protecting 30 percent of our EEZ may not in fact be a major lift given that a large part of that (plus 70 percent of U.S. corals) is already protected in the 583,000 square mile Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Northwest Hawaii, established by Ge

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Join the Virtual Capitol Hill Lobby Day for ocean climate action on April 14

Vermont Business Magazine Middlebury’s Center for the Blue Economy (CBE) in Monterey, California, invites all Middlebury College students, staff, alumni, and friends to join a virtual lobbying effort for ocean climate action on Wednesday, April 14, via Zoom. Participants, who will be organized by state coalitions, will join fellow citizens eager to see far-reaching policy progress on ocean climate issues. “We have an unusual opportunity on April 14 to make our voices heard by members of Congress and their staff who shape policy,” said CBE Director Jason Scorse at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. “As new climate laws are written, we want to be sure these policy makers understand and adopt job-generating equitable ocean solutions to the climate crisis. We’re hoping for all hands on deck the more of us who participate, the better our chances of success.”

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Biden s climate plan can work if it s sea to shining sea

However, we get concerned when the president identifies a million jobs linked to building electric cars in the industrial heartland, yet fails to note the millions of additional climate jobs that could be created in our coastal regions and on our public seas in a new blue economy. Coastal jobs solve climate too ADVERTISEMENT Two years ago, recognizing that the Democrats Green New Deal resolution lacked sufficient focus on the nation’s coasts and ocean, our organizations began developing an Ocean Climate Action Plan coalition to make sure our public seas are central in U.S. climate policy. Supporters include Special Climate Envoy John Kerry

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The ocean under Biden

The ocean under Biden David Helvarg, opinion contributor © Getty Images The ocean under Biden In 1890 the Census declared the frontier closed but in 1983 President Ronald Reagan established a new frontier, an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) stretching 200 miles out from America s shoreline. At 3.4 million square miles it s an area larger than our continental landmass. Unfortunately for almost four years President Trump has treated the nation s ocean frontier as little more than a gas station and a garbage dump as he attempted to open up 90 percent of U.S. coastal waters to oil and gas drilling despite bipartisan opposition from governors of coastal states. His administration also undermined environmental laws and regulations from clean water standards to mercury emissions in ways that continue to threaten U.S. coastal jobs, wildlife and seafood.

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