Surfrider Promotes Wear Blue Day
Surfrider helps promote January 13th “Wear Blue Day.”
The goal of Wear Blue Day is to spread the word and generate more support for a strong national policy for oceans, coasts and Great Lakes throughout the U.S.
This past June, President Obama created a 23-member Ocean Policy Task Force to develop the first ever National Policy, in hopes of untangling the web of 20 federal agencies that administer over 140 different and often conflicting laws and regulations regarding the public and private activities (pollution control, fishing, shipping, etc.). From August through November 2009, this Task Force hosted six public hearings around the country and received an overwhelming amount of positive and supportive feedback for a National Policy.
Benefits of a strong National Policy include:
· Enabling agencies to better address water pollution problems
· Helping facilitate clean offshore energy, such as offshore wind turbines
· Designing better and more cost effective coastal and wetland restoration programs
· Protecting and restoring natural areas to ensure healthy habitats for ocean and coastal fish and wildlife
For more information, please go to:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans/interimreport
January 12th, 2010 at 5:42 pm
wwooo i will support this cause and i will spread the word…. count with me. monterrey mexico
January 12th, 2010 at 5:45 pm
I must say if I go out I shall do the same.
January 12th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
I wear blue every day, does that just mean im hyper dedicated to the cause?
January 12th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
mark you are amazing. way to support the environment!
January 12th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Blue is good for you..
May it will be the color of 2010
January 12th, 2010 at 7:16 pm
I accidently wore blue today, do I still get credit? Also I’m really commited to sticking to my “wear avacado green Wedensday” rule.
January 12th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I live in Michigan and I know I’m very lucky to be able to visit our beautiful Lakes. I hope that someday all of our water sources will not be polluted. Looks like I’ll be wearing blue tomorrow
January 12th, 2010 at 7:58 pm
Wear blue to support the environment, not support big government policy. Think.
January 12th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
By the way, I’m wearing blue today.
January 12th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
hey man i dig your care for the environment. also i love your music. your my inspiration to play bass and i havent stopped since then. rock on man and god bless!
January 12th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
mark is one of the coolest dudes ever. just sayin.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:58 pm
good spirit!
January 13th, 2010 at 2:29 am
Woo?
January 13th, 2010 at 7:01 am
I love the water not obama but ill still wear blue
January 14th, 2010 at 7:29 am
Good cause <3
January 14th, 2010 at 8:25 am
omg, without knowing I also wore blue that day D:
Not living in the US = no effect tho, I guess xd
January 16th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Other than black, BLUE is the best color ever!