Sentences with phrase «coastal economies»

Opening our coastal areas to oil exploration would put our communities and coastal economies at risk of catastrophic spills.

This is also true of coastal economies.

«The threat of devastating oil spills associated with Trump's risky offshore drilling proposal puts coastal economies and ways of life at risk while worsening the consequences of climate change.

«The B.C. Liberal government did not bother to find out what impact these changes would have on coastal economies and communities before announcing them — but we will make sure they hear about it,» said Trevena.

Privately - financed science, and creative entrepreneurship, clearly can play an important role in addressing humanity's pressing problems — from reviving struggling coastal economies to feeding the world to stemming climate change.

«Senator Cantwell is a leader who understands the connection between healthy ocean ecosystems and thriving coastal economies,» said David Wilmot, Ph.D., Ocean Champions» President and Co-Founder.

Oil and gas exploration, drilling, and related disasters are incompatible with New York's multi-billion-dollar coastal economy.

Drilling threatens to coat our beaches with oil spills, pollute our air, decimate fisheries, interfere with military training, damage marine life, and deteriorate coastal economies.

«Over the next 30 years, the nation will see the most significant changes in the ocean and coastal economies since the arrival of industrialization and urbanization.»

«We're excited to see Senators Nelson, Portman and Cantwell introduce this strong bipartisan legislation to address a growing problem that destroys ocean habitat, harms human health, decimates coastal economies and kills countless marine animals.»

It will continue to be open to solutions, supported by fishermen, that strengthen the economic competitiveness of this traditional pillar of our coastal economy.

An oil spill would devastate our coastal economy and cause irreparable harm to our environment.

Industrial whaling, once a linchpin of the coastal economy, faded away as whale oil could not compete with petroleum - derived kerosene.

A new report by authors from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explores the sources and impacts of plastic marine litter and offers domestic and international policy recommendations to tackle these growing problems — a targeted, multifaceted approach aimed at protecting ocean wildlife, coastal waters, coastal economies and human health.

«A healthy ocean is critical to our health and our coastal economies,» Gregoire said today at a Seattle event marking the release of the report by the Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification.

And the National Sea Grant College program pays for university - based efforts to shore up coastal economies and communities against the ravages of climate change and extreme weather.

Ocean Conservancy Marine Debris Meeting Millions of debris items contribute to the deterioration of ocean ecosystems and harm humans, wildlife, and coastal economies.

Marine debris damages ocean ecosystems, wildlife, and coastal economies.

Norfolk - based photographer Glen McClure spent years visiting shipyards throughout Hampton Roads searching for the faces of the faceless men and women who form the foundation of our coastal economy.

A Norfolk photographer's tribute to the men and women who play a vital role in keeping our coastal economy afloat.

«President Obama has taken a giant step for our oceans, for coastal economies and for mitigating climate change,» Jacqueline Savitz, U.S. vice president of Oceana, an advocacy organization focused on ocean conservation, said in a statement.

The Trump administration's proposal for oil and gas leasing would threaten nearly all of our coastal waters, and the coastal economy we rely on for food, jobs and recreation.

The development of a vibrant solar industry in the western regions is also consistent with the national «Go West» policy of developing China's interior western and remote regions that have traditionally lagged behind the coastal economies.

On Saturday, June 26, the nation will join hands on beaches and in parks and cities all across America, united against the dangers offshore oil drilling present to our oceans and marine wildlife, fishing industries and coastal economies, in Hands Across The Sand.

Taken together, the ocean and coastal economies, including the Great Lakes, provide more than 50 million jobs and make up nearly 60 percent of the nation's economy.

Acidification has major implications for our seas and coastal economies, but scientists are only beginning to understand it.

«Dead zones and harmful algal blooms can kill fish, impact shellfish and other marine life, and put our coastal economy at risk.

The report is designed assist coastal activists in demonstrating the importance of surfers to coastal economies.

I'm proud to be a part of a nationwide effort to prioritize good science - based stewardship of American waters so that they can sustain native fish, wildlife and our coastal economies for generations,» said Senator Cardin.