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OceanOceana Honors Activist, Actress Diane Lane

Oceana Honors Activist, Actress Diane Lane

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Environmental group Oceana this week honored Oscar-nominated actress and activist Diane Lane at a gala dinner in New York City.

The September 10th event featured philanthropic, business, science and entertainment leaders congregating at Rockefeller Center’s Rainbow Room, overlooking the Manhattan skyline.

The New York City native has been a long-time ocean advocate. According to Lane:

“Jumping in those waves is my happiest childhood memory. I joined Oceana because I was inspired to fight back against apathy and feeling overwhelmed. I am energized and hopeful, despite the odds, because we have awakened from our sleep and denial about our planet’s predicament.”

Last year, Lane lobbied the U.S. Congress in favor of passing the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act, which if enacted would make the possession, purchase or sale of shark fins illegal.

Long-time Oceana board member Simon Sidamon-Eristoff was also honored during the gala dinner.

(Photo credit: Oceana)

John Liang
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John Liang is the News Editor at DeeperBlue.com. He first got the diving bug while in High School in Cairo, Egypt, where he earned his PADI Open Water Diver certification in the Red Sea off the Sinai Peninsula. Since then, John has dived in a volcanic lake in Guatemala, among white-tipped sharks off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, and other places including a pool in Las Vegas helping to break the world record for the largest underwater press conference.

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