TIM STELLOH, North Coast Journal, January 28, 2010 “Consensus” isn’t a word that comes to mind with the Marine Life Protection Act, Mendocino County branch. Consider a Monday night meeting in Fort Bragg, where fishermen, seaweeders and enviros convened at St. Micheal’s Episcopal Church to do one thing: figure out which areas along the Mendocino [...]
Archive for January, 2010
North Coast California & MLPA Lacking Accord
Posted in California, Coastal Conservancy, Coastal Protection, Environmental Issues, Federal Waters, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Marine Mammal Plan, News, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Ecology, Ocean Fishery, OCS, Over Fishing, Pacific Ocean, U.S., tagged California, Coastal Protection, Del Norte, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Mendocino, MLPA, North Coast, Ocean Conservancy, Over Fishing, Pacific Ocean, U.S. on January 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Whale Migration Key in Ocean Energy Plans
Posted in Coastal Conservancy, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Marine Energy, Marine Mammal Plan, News, Ocean Ecology, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, Whales, tagged California, Coastal, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Grey Whales, Marine Mammal Plan, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, San Francisco, Tidal Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Whale Migration, Whales on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN UPTON, San Francisco Examiner, January 28, 2010 Tracking gray whales as they migrate past the San Francisco shoreline will help provide key information for a proposed plan to for a wave energy farm. The mammals — which can grow up to 50 feet long, weigh up to 40 tons and are considered endangered on [...]
Pacific Northwest Waves are Getting Bigger
Posted in California, Coastal Conservancy, Coastal Erosion, Earthquake, Extreme Weather, News, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Ecology, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Research, U.S., Washington, Waves, tagged California, Coastal Conservancy, Coastal Erosion, Coastal Flooding, Earthquake, Extreme Weather, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Peter Ruggiero, U.S., Washington, Waves on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
msnbc.com, January 27, 2010 Lots has been said about warming temperatures and rising sea levels, but a new study puts the spotlight on a more imminent threat to coastal communities: extreme waves that are growing taller in some parts of the world. Data from buoys off the Pacific Northwest coast found that since the mid-1970s [...]
Howard Zinn on Kent State & the Truth Tribunal
Posted in Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Howard Zinn, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, MendoCoastCurrent, National Guardsmen, News, Ohio, Student Protest, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War, tagged Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Arthur Krause, Boston University, Cambodian Invasion, Howard Zinn, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, Laurie Krause, May 4 1970, National Guardsman, Ohio, Student Protest, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Editor’s Note: To learn more about the Kent State Truth Tribunal 2010, please go to www.TruthTribunal.org MendoCoastCurrent, January 28, 2010 Learned of Howard Zinn’s death last night. He had a heart attack while swimming in Los Angeles. His passing, my grief and our recent interaction prompt this recollection. Howard Zinn has been a lifelong mentor, [...]
New Rules Planned for Fish Farming in Federal Waters
Posted in Aguaculture Permits & Regulations, Atlantic Ocean, Environmental Issues, Federal Waters, Fish Farming, News, NOAA, Obama, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Ecology, Ocean Fishery, Ocean Zoning, Offshore Aguaculture, Pacific Ocean, President Obama, Renewable Energy, State Waters, U.S., tagged Aguaculture Permitting, Aguaculture Regulatory Program, Environmental Issues, Federal Waters, Fish Farming, Michael Rubino, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Ocean Ecology, Ocean Fishery, Offshore Aguaculture, President Obama, State Waters, U.S. on January 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
MICHAEL COLLINS, Ventura County Star, January 18, 2010 Americans’ insatiable love of seafood is back on the federal government’s plate. Five years after former President George W. Bush’s administration first proposed allowing fish farming in federal waters, the Obama administration is set to come up with its own set of rules for offshore aquaculture, including [...]
David Tow’s Take on the Future of Energy
Posted in Advanced Battery Technology, Biomimicry, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, China, CO2 Emission, Coal Power Plant, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Extreme Weather, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas, Hydrogen Electric Power, India, LNG, Marine Energy, Natural Gas, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Rising Oceans, Solar Energy, Survival of Civlization, U.S., Wind Energy, tagged Advanced Battery Technology, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Market, China, Coal-fired Power Plants, Energy Efficiency, Energy Research, Extreme Weather, Hydrogen Electric Power, India, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Rising Oceans, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Survival of Civilization, Sustainable, U.S., Wind Energy on January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
DAVID TOW, Future Planet, January 16, 2010 By 2015 India and China will both have outstripped the US in energy consumption by a large margin. Cap and Trade carbon markets will have been established by major developed economies, including India and China, as the most effective way to limit carbon emissions and encourage investment in [...]
Reading: Obama’s Ocean Policy Interim Framework
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Environmental Issues, Great Lakes, News, Obama, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Zoning, Pacific Ocean, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Waterways, tagged Environmental Issues, Great Lakes, Marine Spatial Planning, Obama, Ocean Policy Task Force, President Obama, Public Input, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Waterways on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 11, 2010 In December, Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force published it’s Interim Framework and approach for waterways, oceans and all things marine. WASHINGTON – President Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force released its Interim Framework for Effective Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning (Interim Framework) today for a 60-day public review and comment period. With [...]
Recent Earthquake Illustrates Force of Plate Movement
Posted in California, Earthquake, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, News, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, U.S., tagged California, Earthquake, Geological Survey, Gorda Plate, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Fracture Zone, Oregon, Pacific Plate, Strike-slip, U.S. on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID PERLMAN, San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2010 The powerful earthquake that rocked the seabed off the Northern California coast near Eureka on Saturday underscores the complexity of seismic dangers within the Earth’s crust, and is likely to be followed by a large aftershock this week – but it is not expected to exceed the [...]
Fort Bragg Reclaims Its Coastline
Posted in California, California Coastal Trail, Coastal Conservancy, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Pacific Ocean, U.S., tagged California, California Coast Trail, Coastal Conservancy, Fort Bragg, Funding, Georgia Pacific, U.S. Mendocino County on January 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ukiah Daily Journal, January 11, 2010 For the first time in 150 years, the city of Fort Bragg in California can claim its own coastline. On January 5, 2010, the Mendocino County community of 7,000 acquired 92 acres of the former Georgia-Pacific mill site, which stretches for 3 1/2 miles along most of the city’s [...]
Ocean Noise Increases with Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Posted in Blue Whales, CO2, Dead Zones, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Marine Mammal Plan, News, Ocean Acidification, Ocean Acoustics, Ocean Conservancy, U.S., tagged Auditory Research, Blue Whales, CO2, Environmental Issues, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hawaii, Low Frequency Sounds, Marine Mammal Plan, Noise Pollution, Ocean Acidity, Ocean Acoustics, Ocean Noise, SOEST, U.S., University of Hawaii on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
HELON ALTONN, Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 27, 2009 The ocean is becoming a noisier place due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, California and Hawaii scientists report. Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide absorbed by the oceans not only has increased seawater acidity but has affected its acoustics—making it more transparent to low-frequency sound, the scientists said in [...]
Launching: 2010 Kent State Truth Tribunal
Posted in Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Cleveland, Event, Four Days in May, Funding, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, News, Ohio, The Aftermath of Loss, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War, tagged 1970, Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Arthur Krause, Four Days in May, Kent State, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, Killings at Kent State, Laurie Krause, May 4th Kent State, Ohio, Truth Tribunal, U.S., Vietnam War on January 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
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! Winter 2010 The Kent State Truth Tribunal in 2010 We invite you to join us for the 40th anniversary of the 1970 Kent State Massacre. [...]
