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 last two years [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Environmental Issues’
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 | Leave a Comment »
Obama Buoys Integrated Ocean Zoning Approach
Posted in Atlantic Ocean, Blue Whales, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fish-friendly, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, NOAA, News, 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 | 1 Comment »
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 federal agencies. But [...]
Climate Change ‘More Alarming Than Ever’ Claim UK Groups
Posted in CO2, CO2 Emission, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas, News, Ocean Acidification, Socio-Economic Issues, UK, United Kingdom, United Nations Climate Conference, tagged Carbon Emissions, Carbon Reductions, Climate Change, CO2 Emissions, Drought, Environmental Issues, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ocean Acidity, U.K., United Kingdom on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BBC News, November 24, 2009
Three UK groups studying climate change have issued a strong statement about the dangers of failing to cut emissions of greenhouse gases across the world.
The Royal Society, Met Office, and Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc) say the science of climate change is more alarming than ever.
They say the 2007 UK floods, [...]
Obama to Announce Target for Cutting Carbon Emissions at UN
Posted in CO2, CO2 Emission, Environmental Issues, News, Obama, President Obama, U.N., U.S., United Nations Climate Conference, tagged Carbon Reductions, CO2 Emissions, Environmental Issues, President Obama, U.N. Climate Summit, U.S. on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
RICHARD BLACK with MendoCoastCurrent edits, BBC News, November 24, 2009
US President Barack Obama will announce a target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions before next month’s UN climate summit, according to a White House official.
The target is expected to be in line with figures contained in legislation before the Senate – a reduction of about 17-20% [...]
Whale Songs Drowned Out by Human Noise Pollution
Posted in Climate Change, Dead Zones, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, OCS, Ocean Energy, Research, Whale Death, Whales, tagged Cetaceans, Climate Change, Conservation, Dolphins, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Man-made Noise, Military Sonar, Noise Pollution, Ocean, Ocean Acidity, Protection, Seismic Surveys, Sound Pollution, Whale Death, Whale Sonar, Whales on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Endangered species’ communication critical to survival
ARIEL DAVID, Seattle Post Intelligence, December 8, 2008
The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world’s oceans, U.N. officials and environmental groups said Wednesday.
That sound pollution — everything from increasing commercial shipping and seismic surveys [...]
NOAA Boat Kills Blue Whale Off Mendocino Coast
Posted in Blue Whales, California, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, Pacific Ocean, Research, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whales, California, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Investigation, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, MLPA, NOAA, Northern California, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Wh, Whales on October 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Dan Bacher, October 23, 2009
Environmentalists and fishermen on California’s North Coast are calling for an independent investigation into the killing of an endangered blue whale off Fort Bragg by a mapping survey boat contracted by NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service.
In order to stop the killing of any more whales, locals are also asking for an [...]
Obama Taking Ecosystem Approach for our Oceans
Posted in DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, MMS, NOAA, News, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Coast Guard, Dept. of the Interior, Dept. of Transportation, Ecosystem Approach, Environmental Issues, NOAA, Obama, Ocean Energy, Ocean Research, Offshore Energy Plan, Renewable Energy, Stewardship, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on September 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, September 17, 2009
With demands on US ocean resources control growing quickly, the Obama administration today outlined a new comprehensive ocean management plan to guide federal agencies in restoring and protecting a badly stressed US coastal and ocean environment.
Today’s policy shift proposed by the president’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force [...]
Ted Kennedy – Tribute to a Progressive Green Champion
Posted in Congress, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Weatherization, tagged Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, Peak Oil, Renewable Energy, Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Weatherization on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: From 1970 to 1980, Senator Kennedy was our single-best crusader from Congress in supporting my family’s attempts to learn the truth about the Kent State Massacre where my protesting sister, Allison Krause, was murdered. We grieve for Senator Kennedy and deeply thank him for always listening to our pain and working alongside my [...]
U.K. Funding Massive Marine Energy Project
Posted in Britain, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Europe, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, tagged Cornwall, Electricity Generation, Energy Funding, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, RDA, Renewable Energy, Severn Tidal Project, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.K., Wave Energy, Wave Hub on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
EMMA WOOLLACOTT, TG Daily, July 15, 2009
The world’s largest wave farm is to be built off the coast of south-west England under plans announced today. Pledging an investment of £9.5 million ($15.6 million), Business Secretary Lord Mandelson dubbed the region the first “Low Carbon Economic Area”.
The Wave Hub project – a giant, grid-connected socket on [...]
DOE Secretary Chu Heralds $32 Million to Modernize Hydropower
Posted in DOE, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydro Energy, News, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Efficiency, Energy Infrastructure, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydro Energy, Hydropower, MendoCoastCurrent, Pumped Storage Technology, Renewable Energy, Steven Chu, U.S., US Energy Policy on July 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 30, 2009
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu is making available over $32 million in Recovery Act funding to modernize the existing hydropower infrastructure in the U.S., increase efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
His announcement supports the deployment of turbines and control technologies to increase power generation and environmental stewardship at existing non-federal hydroelectric [...]
British Wave Energy Buoy Powers On
Posted in Britain, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Cornwall, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Funding, PRIMaRE, Renewable Energy, SWMTF, UK, United Kingdom, University of Exeter, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Hub on June 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
STEPHEN IVALL, Falmouth Packet UK, June 27, 2009
The ambition for Cornwall to become a world-leading centre for wave energy has moved a step closer to reality with the launch of a two-tonne (2000kg) buoy off the coast of Falmouth.
Developed by a team at the University of Exeter, the South Western Mooring Test Facility (SWMTF) buoy [...]
Obama Energy Officials Reveal New Western States Renewable Energy Initiatives and Strategies
Posted in ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, News, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, tagged ARRA, Biomass, DOA, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, MendoCoastCurrent, MOU, National Electricity Grid, Obama, Reliability Issues, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, U.S., US Energy Policy, Western Renewable Energy Zones, Western States, Wildlife Data Systems on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, June 17, 2009
The West has been at the forefront of the country’s development and implementation of renewable energy technologies, leading the way in passing effective Renewable Portfolio Standards and harnessing the region’s significant renewable energy resources. The initiatives announced at the recent annual western governors’ meeting offered a collaboration of federal and state efforts [...]
Worldwide Investments Increasing in Tidal, Wave and Hydrokinetic Energy
Posted in Australia, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Hawaii, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, U.S., UK, US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Aguçadoura, Alstom, Australia, California, Canada, Chevron, Concepts ETI, Cost of Wave Energy, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Endesa, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, France, Funding, Georgia Tech Research, Hawaii, Humboldt, Lockheed Martin, Northern California, Oceanlinx, OPT, Oregon State University, OTEC, OWC, Pacific Energy Ventures, PCCI, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Re Vision Consulting, Renewable Energy, RWE, SAI, Scotland, Siadar, Siemens, Snohomish PUD, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, University of Hawaii, University of Washington, Verdant, Wave Energy on June 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
JAMES RICKMAN, Seeking Alpha, June 8, 2009
Oceans cover more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. As the world’s largest solar collectors, oceans generate thermal energy from the sun. They also produce mechanical energy from the tides and waves. Even though the sun affects all ocean activity, the gravitational pull of the moon primarily drives the [...]
California Forests Hold a Key to Climate Change
Posted in CO2, California, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Credits, Carbon Market, Carbon OffSets, Carbon Tax, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Mendocino, News, Northern California, U.S., tagged Air Resources Board, California, California Forests, Cap and Trade Policies, Carbon Bonus, Carbon Market, Carbon OffSets, Carbon Tax, Climate Legislation, CO2, Environmental Issues, Humboldt, Mendocino, U.S. on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MARGOT ROOSEVELT, The Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2009
Silvery light flickers through the redwood canopy of the Van Eck forest down to a fragrant carpet of needles and thimbleberry brush. A brook splashes along polished stones, through thickets of ferns. How lush. How lovely. How lucrative.
This 2,200-acre spread in Humboldt County does well by [...]
Speaking Your Truth
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, National Guardsmen, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged 1970, Alan Canfora, Allison Krause, California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Kent State, Kent State Murders, Kent State Shootings, Kent State University, Laurel Krause, Laurie Krause, May 4, May 4th Kent State, Mendo, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, National Guard, National Guardsman, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on May 24, 2009 | 39 Comments »
Editor’s Note: The family of Allison Krause seeks and supports the creation of Four Days In May, 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.
On [...]
US Senate Bill May Boost Ocean Energy Research
Posted in Alaska, California, DOE, Dept. of Energy, EPRI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, California Wildfires, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Funding, Marine Energy, Marine Renewable Energy Promotion Act, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Senate, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SustainableBusiness.com News, April 30, 2009
A bill introduced in the Senate aims to encourage development of renewable ocean energy.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) today introduced the legislation as a companion to a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Jay Inslee, (D-Wash.), that would authorize as much as $250 million a year to promote [...]
Ocean Energy Surges Forward
Posted in California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Offshore Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Wave Energy, Wind Energy, PG&E, U.S., FERC, Humboldt, WaveConnect, California, Maine, Hawaii, PowerBuoy, Fishermen, EPRI, Tidal Energy, Verdant, MMS, Minerals Management Service, Environmental Issues, New York, Economic Issues, Renewable Energy, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Dept. of the Interior, Offshore Wind, Electricity Generation, DOI, Offshore Renewable Energy, Ocean Renewable Power, Marine Renewable Energy Center, Surfers on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
MARK CLAYTON, The Christian Science Monitor, April 24, 2009
Three miles off the craggy, wave-crashing coastline near Humboldt Bay, California, deep ocean swells roll through a swath of ocean that is soon to be the site of the nation’s first major wave energy project.
Like other renewable energy technology, ocean energy generated by waves, tidal currents or steady offshore [...]
PG&E Exploring Space Solar Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Renewable Energy, Research, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Southern California, Space Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, CPUC, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Gary Spirnak, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Array, Solar Energy, Solaren, Southern California, Space, Space Energy, Space Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 17, 2009
San Francisco – PG&E has begun exploring renewable energy from space as it seeks approval from California state regulators, the CPUC, to purchase power from Solaren Corporation offering 200 megawatts over 15 years.
Solaren’s technology uses solar panels in Earth orbit, converting the energy to radio frequency for transmission to an Earth-based receiving station. The [...]
Wave Energy Not Yet Ready for Prime Time
Posted in Alaska, California, DOI, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Alaska, California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, Edwin Feo, Electricity Generation, Energy East, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Finavera Renewables, Hawaii, Marine Energy, Maurice Hill, MMS, NOAA, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Pacific Ocean, Palo Alto, Pilot Project Licensing Process, Renewable Energy, Roger Bedard, Socio-Economic Issues, Stanford University, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Geological Survey, Washington, Wave Energy on April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
COLIN SULLIVAN, The New York Times, April 14, 2009
Palo Alto — Technology for tapping ocean waves, tides and rivers for electricity is far from commercial viability and lagging well behind wind, solar and other fledgling power sectors, a panel of experts said last week during a forum here on climate change and marine ecosystems.
While the [...]
Secretary Salazar: Renewable Energy Now Top Priority
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Green Recovery, Hydroelectric Dams, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Mendocino Coast Current, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Biomass, BLM, Cape Wind, Dept of Interior, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy and Climate Change Task Force, Environmental Issues, EPA, FERC, Funding, Geothermal Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, Solar Energy, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent, March 11, 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he has just signed his first order establishing renewable energy generation as the top priority of the Department of the Interior. Following President Obama’s lead in steering the United States into this new energy path, he said this agenda would create jobs and grow [...]
Wellinghoff Publishes Opinion on FERC Role in Ocean Energy
Posted in DOE, DOI, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, FERC, Jon Wellinghoff, Marine Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Obama, Ocean Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, February 14, 2009
Acting Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff recently published Facilitating Hydrokinetic Energy Development Through Regulatory Innovation.
Consider it required reading as a backgrounder on US wave energy policy development, FERC’s position on the MMS in renewables and FERC’s perceived role as a government agency in renewable energy, specifically marine energy, development.
Missing from this key [...]
UK Ocean Energy Quickly Churning Forward
Posted in Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, England, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Smart Grid, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Aquamarine, Archimedes, AWS, Britain, Cornwall, Economic Issues, Electricity Generation, EMEC, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Europe, Hammerfest UK, IMechE, Marine Energy, OpenHydro, OreCon, Orkney, Oyster, Pelamis Wave Power, Pentland Firth, Renewable Energy, Saltire Prize, Scotland, Scotrenewables, Scottish Power, SeaGen, Smart Grid, Tidal Stream, Tidal Turbines, UK, Undersea Grid, WATES, Wave Hub, Wavegen, William Banks on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
PETER BROWN, EnergyCurrent.com, February 16, 2009
On a Monday morning in May last year, the Atlantic tide set a turbine in motion on the seabed off Orkney, and the energy captured was connected to the national grid. It was, said Jim Mather, Scotland’s Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, a “massive step forward”.
The amount of electricity [...]
Wellinghoff on Energy Stimulus Funds, Removing Renewable Energy Obstacles and FERC
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy, Energy Research, Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Environmental Issues, FERC, Funding, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, Smart Grid, Socio-Economic Issues, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged Demand Response, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Infrastructure, Energy Resarch, Energy Siting, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Jon Wellinghoff, MendoCoastCurrent, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Bills, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent from Platts Energy Podium, February 12, 2009
The recently approved Economic Stimulus Plan includes expanding the US electric transmission grid and this may be the just the start of what will be a costly effort to improve reliability and deliver renewable energy to consumers from remote locations, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Acting Chairman Jon [...]
President Obama Stalls Bush Drilling Plans
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, EPA, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Improper Practices, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Southern California, Sustainable, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged BLM, California, Eastern Seaboard, Environmental Issues, EPA, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Gulf of Mexico, Kristina Johnson, Mercury Emissions, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Oil and Gas, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Obama, Public Comment, Renewable Energy, Secretary Ken Salazar, US Geological Survey on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DANIEL B. WOOD, The Christian Science Monitor, February 11, 2009
Less than a month into his administration, President Obama is making good on campaign promises to move toward a comprehensive approach to US energy and to broaden environmental protections. The administration has moved over the past few weeks to undo many of Bush’s last-minute drilling and [...]
Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland Backing Wave Energy
Posted in Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Energy, UK, United Kingdom, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Aberdeen, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Ocean Energy Ltd., Renewable Energy, Scotland, Tarves, UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID EWENCHIEF, The Evening Express, February 11, 2009
The Aberdeenshire Council has pointed to tides – rather than wind turbines – as the best green solution to the energy crisis. The council took part in a consultation on the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Bill, which is going through Parliament, suggesting tide and current generation would be [...]
Desalination Gets Push from Drought in San Diego
Posted in California, Desalination, EPA, Environmental Issues, Issue, News, Southern California, U.S., tagged A.G. Kawamura, California, Carlsbad, Desalination, Donald Koch, Environmental Issues, EPA, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Adams, Mike Chrisman, Poseidon Resources, San Diego, Southern California, U.S. on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ROB DAVIS, VoiceOfSanDiego.org, February 8, 2009
With California’s water supplies crimped and cuts on the way, the idea of a new water source in San Diego is making politicians salivate.
The seawater desalination plant proposed by Poseidon Resources Corp. is advertised as being able to tap into the Pacific Ocean, a drought-proof supply. Now the state sits [...]
Lockheed, OPT Going for Wave Energy in the West
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Oregon, Renewable Energy, Research, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, Iberdrola, Lockheed, Lockheed Martin, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Ocean Power Technologies Inc., OPT, Oregon, PowerBuoy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Spain, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Converter, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 31, 2009
On January 26, 2009, Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies agreed to work together to develop a commercial-scale wave energy project off the coasts of Oregon or California.
OPT is providing their expertise in project and site development as they build the plant’s power take-off and control systems with their PowerBuoy for electricity [...]
PG&E Scores $6M for Mendocino, Humboldt Wave Energy Projects
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, CPUC, Dept. of Energy, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rejection, FERC Review Team, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, Renewable Energy, Stakeholders, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Editors Note: On May 11, 2009, PG&E pulled-out of Mendocino WaveConnect, read it here: http://tinyurl.com/qwlbg6 . The remains of the $6M are now solely allocated to Humboldt WaveConnect.
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
PG&E caught a major renewable energy wave today as the California Public Utilities Commission approved $4.8 million in funding their centerpiece wave energy [...]
Mendocino Files Powerful FERC Motion to Intervene
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
As the Monday, February 9, 2009 before 2 p.m. deadline for filing FERC Motion to Intervene papers regarding the Green Wave LLC wave energy preliminary permit off the Mendocino village coast approaches, locals, the City of Fort Bragg and fishing organization are participating and electronically filing their views with FERC.
Here’s the excellent [...]
Ken Salazar, New Interior Secretary, Voices Openness to Offshore Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Improper Practices, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, President Obama, Socio-Economic Issues, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Northern California, Obama, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Oil Shale, President Obama, Secretary Ken Salazar, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
STEPHEN POWER, The Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2009
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar indicated Tuesday that the Obama Administration could be open to expanded offshore drilling and is considering doing away with a controversial program that allows oil companies to pay in kind for oil and natural gas taken from public lands.
Salazar inherited a Bush Administration [...]
Jon Wellinghoff, New FERC Chief Gives LNG Foes Hope
Posted in Environmental Issues, FERC, LNG, News, Obama, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Bradwood LNG Project, Environmental Issues, FERC, Gov. Ted Kulongoski, Jon Wellinghoff, LNG, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Suedeen Kelly, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CASSANDRA PROFITA, The Daily Astorian, January 26, 2009
In a move eagerly anticipated by liquefied natural gas opponents on the North Coast of Oregon, President Barack Obama has named Jon Wellinghoff acting chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
“The move, together with likely changes to the board’s makeup in the coming months and pending challenges to [...]
Offshore Oil Drilling on the North Coast of California?
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Comment Period, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Rulemaking, Southern California, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Let Your Voice Be Heard by March 23, 2009
by MendoCoastCurrent and pointarenabasin
Beginning January 22, 2009 and ending on March 23, 2009, a 60-day Public Comment Period opened regarding new offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling in the pristine waters off northern California.
And while this is a multi-step process and before things are cast in stone, NOW [...]
Bush Seeks Drilling Off California Coast in Final Days
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, President Bush, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Environmental Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Minerals Management Service, MMS, Northern California, Obama, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, President Bush, President Obama, Richard Charter, Senator Ken Salazar, Southern California, U.S., U.S. Energy Secretary, US Energy Policy on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
JANE KAY, San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2009
The U.S. Interior Department, acting in President Bush’s final days in office, proposed on Friday opening up 130 million acres off of California’s coast to drilling for oil and natural gas, including areas off Humboldt and Mendocino counties and from San Luis Obispo south to San Diego.
After a [...]
Legislators Push Ban on California Coast Oil Drilling
Posted in California, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Peak Oil, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged California, Del Norte, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Offshore Drilling Moratorium, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Rep. Mike Thompson, Sonoma, U.S., US Energy Policy on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
CBS 5 with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 8, 2009
New legislation may prevent oil drilling off the California coast in Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte counties.
Growing concern about the nation’s reliance on foreign oil has led to rekindled enthusiasm in some quarters for coastal oil drilling, and renewed efforts to protect the Northern California coast.
Two bills [...]
Tidal Energy Limited Gets Boost from Propeller and Wind Technologies
Posted in Environmental Issues, Europe, Issue, Marine Energy, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged BWEA, Converteam, DeltaStream, Eco2, Environmental Issues, Marine Current Turbines, Ocean Current Turbine, Pembrokeshire, Renewable Energy, Sea Turbine, SeaGen, Tidal Energy, Tidal Energy Ltd., Tidal Turbines, UK, United Kingdom, Wales, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ALOK JHA, Guardian UK, January 5, 2009
Propellers on ships have been tried and tested for centuries in the rough and unforgiving environment of the sea: now this long-proven technology will be used in reverse to harness clean energy from the UK’s powerful tides.
The tides that surge around the UK’s coasts could provide up to a [...]
FERC Official Appearing in Fort Bragg January 13, 2009
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, MMS, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Obama, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann F. Miles, California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, Fishermen, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from article by FRANK HARTZELL, The Mendocino Beacon, December 24, 2008
On January 13, 2009, from 5-7p.m. at Fort Bragg Town Hall, a “top official from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will appear to explain the agency’s strategy on developing what it calls “hydrokinetic” power as an alterative energy source.
Ann F. Miles, FERC’s director [...]
Obama’s Controversial Pick for Secretary of the Interior
Posted in Clean Technology, Climate Change, Colorado, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Green Recovery, Issue, LNG, MMS, Natural Gas, News, Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Climate Change, Colorado, Controversial, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Natural Gas, Obama, President Obama, Secretary of the Interior, Senator Ken Salazar, U.S. on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN M. BRODER, The New York Times, December 18, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Interior Department, Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado, will inherit an agency demoralized by years of scandal, political interference and mismanagement.
He must deal with the sharp tension between those who seek to exploit public lands for energy, minerals and recreation and those [...]
Competition to Climate Proof California Bay Area
Posted in Bay Area, California, Climate Change, Funding, Issue, News, Northern California, Research, U.S., tagged Bay Area, Bay Conservation and Development Commission, California, Climate Change, Competition, Environmental Issues, Funding, Northern California, U.S. on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN KING, The San Francisco Chronicle, December 19, 2008
The impacts of climate change are a hot topic among scientists and environmental activists. Now the Bay Conservation and Development Commission wants to hear from another perspective: the design community.
The state agency is preparing to launch a $125,000 competition that will invite architects, planners and engineers to bring innovative proposals [...]
U.S. Wave Energy Begins in Rough Waters
Posted in CPUC, California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, California Energy Commission, CPUC, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Jobs, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Ocean Protection Council, PG&E, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, December 15, 2008
A white paper commissioned by the state of California says that tapping the ocean for power should be done carefully.
The report for the California Energy Commission and the Ocean Protection Council looked at the possible socio-economic and environmental effects of the infant industry, including what it might mean for [...]
Wave Energy Pilot with Grays Harbor Off Rhode Island
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, Hawaii, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Massachusettts, New Jersey, New York, News, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, tagged Block Island, California, Electricity Generation, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Governor Donald Carcieri, Grays Harbor, Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., Hawaii, Massachusetts, MMS, New Jersey, New York, Oscillating Water Columns, Rhode Island, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
TED NESI, Providence Business News, December 5, 2008
The list of suitors lining up to develop renewable energy projects off Rhode Island’s coastal waters is getting longer.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has begun reviewing a permit application from Grays Harbor Ocean Energy Co., a year-old company based in Seattle, to build 100 large towers that [...]
Capturing Ocean Energy
Posted in Australia, Economic Issues, England, Environmental Issues, Europe, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, New York, News, Ocean Energy, Portugal, Renewable Energy, Research, Scotland, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., UK, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, tagged Australia, AWS, Cornwall, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, EPRI, Europe, FERC, Finavera, New York, OPT, Pelamis, Portugal, Scotland, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., UK, Underwater Windmills, United Kingdom, Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Farm, Wave Hub, Wind Energy on December 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Guardian.co.uk, December 3, 2008
Way back in Napoleonic Paris, a Monsieur Girard had a novel idea about energy: power from the sea. In 1799, Girard obtained a patent for a machine he and his son had designed to mechanically capture the energy in ocean waves. Wave power could be used, they figured, to run pumps and [...]
Aggressive French Solar Feed-in Tariff Program Launched
Posted in Electricity Generation, Europe, Event, Feed-in Tariff, France, Green Economy, News, Solar Energy, Solar PV, tagged Environmental Issues, Feed-in Tariff, France, Solar Energy, Solar Markets, Solar Photovoltaic, Solar PV, Wind Energy on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wind-Works.org, November 17, 2008
The French Minister for Energy and the Environment announced that the government was launching an aggressive new program to propel the country to the forefront of solar energy development.
The announcement by Minister Jean-Louis Borloo was made at the annual Grenelle meeting of French environmental stakeholders. Minister Borloo outlined 50 actions the Sarkozy [...]
California Wave Energy Report: Socio-Economic & Environmental Effects
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Socio-Economic Issues, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Devices, Wave Energy Trials on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 18, 2007
Developing Wave Energy in Coastal California: Potential Socio-Economic and Environmental Effects, authored by a team of scientists from H.T. Harvey and Associates, UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Santa Cruz, the Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research, Planwest Partners and Humboldt State University, and jointly funded by the California Ocean Protection Council and the California [...]
Concerns Emerge About Environmental Effects of Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Viewscape Issues, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Applied Physics Lab, California, EMF, Environmental Issues, FERC, Finavera, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Makah, Oregon, Oregon State University, OSU, PG&E, Puget Sound, Tidal Energy, Tidal Turbines, U.S., University of Washington, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MICHELLE MA, Seattle Times, November 17, 2008
What started out as a mad dash to extract energy from the ocean’s waves and tides has slowed to a marathoner’s pace — complete with a few water breaks and sprained ankles along the way.
In the past three years, more than 100 preliminary permits have been issued nationally for [...]
Frank Hartzell’s Coverage of Mendocino Wave Energy Wins Awards
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California Wave Energy, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Frank Hartzell, Ground Zero, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on November 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, November 9, 2008
MendoCoastCurrent applauds Frank Hartzell’s reporting in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News and the Mendocino Beacon, and in winning reporting awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest for work published in 2007. The awards were recently announced at CNPA’s annual awards luncheon in late October 2008.
Reporter Frank Hartzell’s on-going, in-depth and [...]
What Obama Presidency Means for Clean Tech
Posted in Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Issue, News, Obama, Plug-in Hybrids, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wind Energy, tagged ACORE, Biofuel, Cap and Trade Policies, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Dan Farber, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Funding, Geothermal Energy, Obama, Solar Energy, Solar Energy Industry Association, Tax Credit for Hybrid Cars, US Energy Policy, Wind Energy on November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MARTIN LAMONICA, CNET, November 5, 2008
Energy and environmental policy is poised for dramatic change under an Obama administration even with a slumping economy.
With the incoming administration and Congress, renewable energy advocates and environmentalists said they anticipate a comprehensive national energy plan focused on fostering clean-energy technologies.
“The election is over. Now the hard work begins,” wrote [...]
Power From the Restless Sea Stirs the Imagination
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, New York, News, Ocean Thermal, Oregon, Portugal, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, United Kingdom, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, Finavera, PG&E, U.S., Humboldt, Oregon, California, Funding, Portugal, Pelamis, Wave Farm, OPT, Fishermen, Tidal Stream, Tidal Energy, Mendocino Wave Energy, Verdant, East River Project, Environmental Issues, DOE, Economic Issues, General Electric, Ocean Thermal on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KATE GALBRAITH, The New York Times, September 23, 2008
For years, technological visionaries have painted a seductive vision of using ocean tides and waves to produce power. They foresee large installations off the coast and in tidal estuaries that could provide as much as 10% of the nation’s electricity.
But the technical difficulties of making such systems [...]
Fort Bragg Sues FERC Over Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Coastal Zone Management Act, Environmental Issues, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Oregon, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, September 9, 2008
Fort Bragg, California City Council has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Concerns escalated last August when FERC denied Fort Bragg’s second request for a rehearing on FERC’s national licensing policies for wave energy or hydrokinetic energy projects. The community stakeholders, [...]
Making Wave Energy on Sonoma & Marin Coasts?
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Marin, Mendocino, News, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Sonoma, U.S., Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
GABE MELINE, Bohemia.com, September 3, 2008
While presidential candidates call for alternative forms of energy and “sustainable” is the word of the year, the idea of ocean-wave buoys along the Sonoma and Marin coast continues to attract attention as a potentially viable form of energy.
Though no firm proposal is in place, the wheels have been turning [...]
Plan, Baby, Plan
Posted in Dept. of the Interior, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Issue, Legal Issues, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Obama, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Offshore Renewable Energy, Peak Oil, President Bush, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Research, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged Dept. of the Interior, DOI, DOI Review Team Leads, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Comment Period, MMS Leases, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, President Bush, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rulemaking, Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S., US Energy Policy, US Geological Survey on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Washington Post Editorial, February 12, 2009
Interior Secretary Salazar Keeps his Options Open on Offshore Drilling
Here’s the ultimate midnight regulation: On the very last day of the Bush administration, the Interior Department proposed a new five-year plan for oil and gas leasing on the outer continental shelf. All hearings and other meetings on the scope of [...]
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