The United States will phase out single-use plastics in national parks and other public lands over the next decade, President Joe Biden's administration announced Wednesday as part of actions on World Oceans Day.
The Biden administration and the Department of the Interior announced an order Wednesday that would phase out single-use plastic products on public lands by 2032.
This hearing will examine the role the ocean plays in the climate crisis and the need to develop and invest in ocean-based climate solutions, both at home and abroad, to build resilient ecosystems and communities.
In a dozen opinion pieces and hundreds of Zoom meetings, we advocated for sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and coastal restoration of living shorelines plus the widely supported call for protecting 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.