SAVE THE DATE:
The oil and gas industry is working to turn an area off the East Coast, twice the size of California, into a blast zone – potentially killing or injuring more than 138,000 dolphins and whales, threatening the health of regional fisheries and risking the jobs of more than 200,000 people.
The Obama Administration will soon decide whether to allow oil companies to take the first step in expanding offshore drilling to the East Coast by permitting a controversial method of deep-water oil & gas exploration known as seismic airgun testing.
Join Oceana, Clean Ocean Action, Sandy Hook Sea Life Foundation, and Sierra Club New Jersey for an educational forum on September 16 (6-8pm) at Monmouth University: learn more about how this destructive practice will affect our oceans and what you can do to stop it.
Headlining the event will be Congressman Frank Pallone (NJ-06), who will kick off the forum with introductory remarks. Oceana’s ocean advocate, Nancy Sopko, and Clean Ocean Action’s Executive Director, Cindy Zipf, will be speaking on the expert panel, as well as Dr. Jessica Coakley from the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council, and other professionals in the fields of marine mammal acoustics and fisheries management.
If you or someone you know is interested in speaking on the panel, particularly in regard to potential marine mammal impacts, please contact Nancy Pyne, Oceana’s National Climate & Energy Campaign Organizer- npyne@oceana.org.
Together we can prevent seismic blasting, save 138,000 dolphins and whales and stop East Coast drilling before it starts. See you on Monday, 9/16!
Nancy Sopko
Ocean Advocate
Ocean Advocate
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OCEANA | Protecting the World’s Oceans
1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, 5th Floor | Washington, DC 20036 USA
1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, 5th Floor | Washington, DC 20036 USA
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Oceana is holding a series of events and educational forums up and down the East Coast in September and October to raise awareness of the dangers of the proposed seismic airgun testing in the Atlantic. As promised, here is a list of the events we’ve confirmed so far. Please distribute this list far and wide so that we can maximize attendance at these events and forums.
9/16/2013 6pm – 8pm West Long Branch, New Jersey Monmouth University (Young Auditorium, Mollie Bey Hall)
9/19/2013 7pm – 9pm Virginia Beach, VA Virginia Aquarium
9/19/2013 12:30pm – 1:30pm Silver Spring, MD
9/21/2013 1pm – 2pm Washington, DC
9/24/2013 6pm – 8pm Fort Fisher, NC
9/25/2013 6pm – 8pm Charleston, SC
9/26/2013 6pm – 8pm Savannah, GA
9/30/2013 6pm – 8:30pm Jacksonville, FL
10/3/2013 7pm – 9pm Miami, FL
10/15/2013 7pm – 9pm Fairfax, VA
10/16/2013 6pm – 8pm Newark, Delaware
If you would like to participate in any of these upcoming events, please contact our national organizer Nancy Pyne (npyne@oceana.org).
Thanks,
Nancy
Nancy Sopko
Ocean Advocate
Ocean Advocate
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OCEANA | Protecting the World’s Oceans
1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, 5th Floor | Washington, DC 20036 USA
1350 Connecticut Ave. NW, 5th Floor | Washington, DC 20036 USA