Editor’s Note: In late December 2009, the sea lions at Pier 39 in San Francisco vacated their home on the floating piers. This article may shed some light on what’s happening on the SF coast and the reasons for their leaving. Like many others, we wonder where they went and for what reasons. PETER FIMRITE, [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Hunt for Clues to Sea Life Deaths at Farallones
Posted in Bay Area, Blue Whales, California, El Niño, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Issues, Issue, Marine Mammal Plan, News, Northern California, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Warning, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged California, El Niño, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Issues, Farallon Islands, Jaime Jahncke, Marine Mammal Plan, Northern California, Ocean Conservancy, PRBO, U.S., Whale Death, Whales on December 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whale Strandings Sounding Alarms in NZ & Italy
Posted in Blue Whales, Environmental Issues, Event, Hydrographic Research, IFAW, Improper Practices, Italy, Marine Mammal Plan, Mediterranean, MendoCoastCurrent, New Zealand, News, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Warning, U.N., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Beached Dolphins, Blue Whales, Dolphins, Environmental Issues, IFAW, Italy, Man-made Noise, Massive Beaching, Mediterranean, New Zealand, Noise Pollution, Ocean Noise, Pilot Whales, Seismic Surveys, Whale Strandings, Whales on December 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fire Earth, December 28, 2009 About 30 pilot whales died after they became stranded on Coromandel peninsula yesterday and will be buried by the local Maori. Meanwhile, up to 120 long-finned pilot whales, both calves and adults, were found dead at the Farewell Spit on Boxing Day. “More offshore wells have been drilled in the [...]
The Daily Kos on the Kent State Massacre
Posted in Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Four Days in May, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, News, Ohio, Peace, Student Protest, The Aftermath of Loss, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War, tagged Aftermath of Loss, Allison Krause, Arthur Krause, Daily Kos, Four Days in May, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Shootings, Kent State Truth Tribunal, Kent State University, Krause Family, Laurel Krause, Ohio, Ohio National Guard, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War on December 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s Note: To learn more about the Kent State Truth Tribunal 2010, please go to www.TruthTribunal.org and pre-register to participate as well as support us with your generous donation. Thanks! Kainah, The Daily Kos, May 24, 2006 At 12:24 pm on May 4, 1970, twenty-eight Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on the Kent State campus. [...]
Blue Whale Strike Results in Regulation Clarity & Reform
Posted in Blue Whales, California, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Issues, Improper Practices, Marine Mammal Plan, Mendocino, News, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Zoning, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whale, California, California State Lands Commission, Fort Bragg, Fugro Pelagros, Hydrographic Research, Marine Mammal Plan, Marine Wildlife Monitor, Mendocino Coast, NOAA, Pacific Star, U.S., Whale Death, Whales on December 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
FRANK HARTZELL, Fort Bragg Advocate News, December 24, 2009 The California State Lands Commission last week found its own regulations designed to protect marine mammals so inconsistent and confusing as to be unenforceable. That was good news for Fugro Pelagos, owner of the 176-foot survey vessel Pacific Star that reported it fatally struck a female [...]
Obama Buoys Integrated Ocean Zoning Approach
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Blue Whales, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fish-friendly, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, News, NOAA, Obama, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Thermal, Ocean Zoning, Offshore Energy Plan, Pacific Ocean, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whales, California, Coast Guard, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, Mendocino, Nancy Sutley, National Ocean Council, NOAA, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Energy, Ocean Research, Ocean Zoning, Renewable Energy, U.S., Whale Death on December 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
FRANK HARTZELL, Mendocino Beacon, December 17, 2009 The Obama administration has launched a new “zoning” approach that puts all ocean activities under the umbrella of nine regional planning bodies. Public comments are being accepted through Friday, Feb. 12. The approach is more local and integrated than the current strategy, which puts separate functions under different [...]
Can Small Wind Power the Electric Cars of the Future?
Posted in Battery Recharging, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., Wind Energy, Zero Emission Vehicle, tagged Battery Recharging, Electric Battery, Electric Car Recharging Network, Electric Cars, Electricity Generation, Nissan Leaf, Renault-Nissan, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Small Wind, Small Wind Turbine, U.S., Zero Emission Vehicle on December 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
TAYLOR JOHNSON, SmallWindTips, December 16, 2009 I have been somewhat intrigued by the topic of wind power charging the electric cars of the future as of late. After reading through a number of blogs and different Q&A areas on the internet, I decided to take the question of feasibility into my own hands, so that [...]
PG&E, Air Force Sign Wave Energy Pact
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Feasibility, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Air Force, US Energy Policy, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, WaveConnect on December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 2009 The waves off of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast could one day generate electricity, if Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has its way. The utility reported Friday that it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to study the area’s [...]
Blue Whale Strike Calling for State Efforts
Posted in Blue Whales, Fort Bragg, Hydrographic Research, Mendocino, News, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Conservancy, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whale, California, Fort Bragg, Hydrographic Research, James Hailstones, Mendocino, NOAA, Ocean Protection Council, Pacific Star, U.S., Whale Death, Whale Sonar, Whale Spotters, Whale Strike on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, Fort Bragg Advocate News, November 27, 2009 California’s regulatory system, designed to protect whales from science vessels will get some rethinking, following controversy over the October 19, 2009 death of a blue whale off Fort Bragg, a state official said. The incident has highlighted an inconsistent and controversial regulatory system for which change [...]
Kent State Massacre Scene Nominated as Historic Site
Posted in Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Four Days in May, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, National Guardsmen, Ohio, Student Protest, The Aftermath of Loss, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War, tagged 1970, Allison Krause, Four Days in May, Historic Site, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, May 4th Kent State, National Register, Ohio Historical Society, Ohio National Guard, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War on December 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s Note: The family of Allison Krause seeks and supports the creation of the Kent State Truth Tribunal, a collaborative, multimedia, sharing event to dialog, document, discover and uncover the truth in the events leading to the killing of four students and wounding of nine at the Kent State Massacre. At our event, commencing exactly [...]
Wind Energy Projects: No Impact on US Home & Property Values
Posted in Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Distribution, Energy Research, News, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, Wind Turbines, tagged Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Hedonic Modeling, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wind Energy on December 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
ALLAN CHEN & RYAN WISER, Lawrence Berkeley Nat’l Lab, December 2, 2009 Home sales prices are very sensitive to the overall quality of the scenic vista from a property, but a view of a wind energy facility does not demonstrably impact sales prices. Over 30,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity are installed across the United [...]
An Aerospace Approach to Wave Energy
Posted in Aerospace, Biomimicry, Cycloidal Turbines, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Feedback Flow Control, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, U.S., US Air Force, Wave Energy, tagged Aerospace, Biomimicry, Cycloidal Propellers, Cycloidal Turbine, Electricity Generation, Feedback Flow Control, National Science Foundation, Ocean Energy, Oregon State University, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Air Force, Wave Energy, Wind Energy on December 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Scientific Computing, Advantage Business Media, November 2009 The ocean is a potentially vast source of electric power, yet as engineers test new technologies for capturing it, the devices are plagued by battering storms, limited efficiency and the need to be tethered to the seafloor. Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that [...]
