Keith Addis
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President of the Board of Directors, OCEANA

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Lessons From Diving With Whale Sharks

Posted July 20, 2011 | 11:16:23 (EST)

For the past couple of days, I've been side by side with hundreds of the biggest fish on earth -- whale sharks.

I've just returned from an incredible adventure in Cancun, Mexico, where every summer hundreds of these majestic giants gather under the full moon to feed on billions of...

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Ocean Issues Are Profoundly Important, Though Mostly Invisible

Posted November 24, 2009 | 15:11:28 (EST)

The following is a speech I gave last week for Oceana's 16th annual Partner Award event honoring Arianna Huffington and Deepak Chopra

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How many of you here tonight get at least five fundraiser invitations a month? How many get ten? Fifteen?

This is the stack of them that...

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East Coast Governors Join to Protect Our Oceans

Posted June 15, 2009 | 16:14:55 (EST)

Last week, OCEANA Board Member Sam Waterston spoke at the Mid-Atlantic Governors Ocean Summit to address one of the lesser-known and most insidious dangers facing the oceans now -- the acidification of the water from its absorption of ever-increasing carbon dioxide emissions.

Fortunately, that day, the governors of New York,...

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Why Waxman-Markey Matters to the Oceans

Posted June 8, 2009 | 15:09:12 (EST)

The sprawling Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill is headed to the full House and could be voted on as early as late June. The bill's passage would signal real progress in the fight against climate change, but it would also be a vital step in preventing global warming's terrifying cousin:...

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