“Every scientific model investigating how to solve the plastic pollution crisis and the climate crisis it helps fuel has found that we need to do 3 things...” - Nicholas Mallos at @OurOceanGreece on how we can make progress against plastic pollution ⬇️🧵

After too many years, it was wonderful to finally meet Ocean Conservancy’s 🇬🇷 #InternationalCoastalCleanup partner, HELMEPA. They’re leaders in reducing marine pollution from ships and tackling #marinelitter across the Hellenic Republic.

As Ocean Conservancy staff head to #INC4 for negotiations on the global #plasticstreaty, Janis Searles Jones and @rephuffman highlighted how California is leading the way for a plastic-free future. Read their op-ed now in The Hill. 👇 bit.ly/44a5rCm

As negotiators from around the world descend at #INC4 to continue drafting a Global #PlasticsTreaty, join Ocean Conservancy in urging them to keep microplastics out of our ocean! ⤵️ 🔗 bit.ly/3UkQ46H

“It’s all Floridians banding together to protect Florida’s beaches that are the backbone of our economy and the underpinning of our cultural identity.” J.P. Brooker Ocean Conservancy spoke with Cara Buckley about keeping balloons off beaches and out of our ocean. nytimes.com/2024/05/08/cli…

Inspiring evening reconnecting with Ocean Conservancy’s National Cleanup Partners from across Latin America. More than 300 years of cumulative marine debris expertise in this amazing group. #internationalcoastalcleanup

I spoke with the folks at The Inertia about the ocean plastics crisis, what my colleagues at Ocean Conservancy and I are doing about it and how you can get involved. Photos of me and my kiddo at the beach included🤙 Check it out: theinertia.com/environment/oc…

🌊 #WorldOceanDay is HERE! 🌊 There is no better time to give back to our blue planet. Thanks to our board and generous donors, your gift today will be MATCHED. ✅✅ Don't miss your chance to make 2X the impact for our beloved ocean! 🌊 #LiveAsOne 🔗 ow.ly/W8wp50S8Mgt

#NationalBingoDay? Say no more! 👌 #PlasticFreeJuly is almost here, and our new bingo card has everything you need to make an impact for our ocean through small but hugely effective actions this summer. 🌊 Be sure to save it and re-share it as you complete each action! ✅

"The SCOTUS decision on Chevron was never just about fish...[the fishery] was used as a Trojan Horse to attack the foundations of the public agencies that serve the American public and conserve our natural resources." - Ocean Conservancy Fish Conservation Director Meredith Moore

There isn’t a simple solution or “magic pill” to solving the plastics crisis. But my colleagues Ocean Conservancy and I are hard at work on these 3 key steps--from local to international stages--so we can protect our ocean from becoming seas of plastic. Join us: oceanconservancy.org/action-center/…

BIG NEWS ... 🌊 WE DID IT! 🌊 #TeamSeas has officially reached (and surpassed) its campaign goal of removing 30 MILLION pounds of trash from our ocean and waterways worldwide. 🌎 Together, massive change for our ocean is possible. Let's keep making waves, @TeamSeas! 🎉

We're off to the @whitehouse for an Instagram Live with Brenda Mallory + @WHCEQ! We'll discuss: 🥤The plastic pollution crisis ❎Federal actions to phase out single-use plastics 🌊What Ocean Conservancy is doing 📱How YOU can get involved Sea you there! ⏰ 🔗 instagram.com/oceanconservan…

😡 We’re often sold plastics as the “cheap option,” but the real cost is staggering—to our ocean, climate & people. 🏡Aarthi Ananthanarayanan visited Texas communities where plastics are made & what she saw was troubling. ✅Hold plastic producers accountable: bit.ly/4fLP843 WATCH:

Good. Ocean. News! So proud of the team Ocean Conservancy and many others who are helping ensure the #PlasticsTreaty protects our ocean and our communities. 💪 🌊

Big Oil MUST be held accountable for driving the plastic pollution crisis, full stop. Ocean Conservancy applauds Rob Bonta for taking action. We need major change if we're going to protect our communities, wildlife & ocean from harmful plastics. Our statement: oceanconservancy.org/news/statement…

The final negotiations on the first global agreement to tackle plastic pollution will take place next month & I’ll be there with my Ocean Conservancy colleagues. But we can't combat the deluge of plastics if we don’t address #microplastics. More from nature 👇 nature.com/articles/d4158…

🌊 52+ years 🌊 26 Congresses 🌊 10 U.S. Presidents That’s how long we've been protecting our ocean—and we’re👏not👏stopping👏now. We’ve done it before and we’ll do it again. Join us. donate.oceanconservancy.org/page/160419/do…