Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. Last year President Barack Obama announced the first National Ocean Policy and the creation of a National Ocean Council tasked with its implementation, pursuant to Executive Order 13547, and this morning the Natural Resources Committee convened a hearing on this policy. Contrary to attempts by House Republicans to color the policy as restrictive “ocean zoning,” the issue brief released today by the Center for American Progress, “National Ocean Policy…
