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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Fort Bragg’
NOAA Boat Kills Blue Whale Off Mendocino Coast
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, Pacific Ocean, Research, U.S., tagged Blue Whale, California, Environmental Issues, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Investigation, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, MLPA, NOAA, Northern California, Pacific Ocean, U.S. on October 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
25-inch Tsunami on Mendocino Coast
Posted in California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Tsunami, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Northern California, Tsunami, U.S. on October 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s Note: When walking Manny, my dog, at Seaside Beach on the Mendocino coast on October 3rd, I noticed evidence from the tsunami in the dramatically high water markings left behind and advised below:
Ukiah Daily Journal, September 29, 2009
A 25-inch tsunami is expected to hit the Mendocino Coast tonight at 8:53 p.m., according to county [...]
Speaking Your Truth
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, 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, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on May 24, 2009 | 39 Comments »
Editor’s Note: More current information at Re-examine Kent State Now; Let’s Finally Get the Truth Out Now! calling for a truth commission, symposium and expo at the 40th Anniversary this coming May 2010. Read more from Laurel Krause & Delaney Brown on Kent State & Allison Krause, The Aftermath of Loss, Becoming Galvanized.
MendoCoastCurrent, May [...]
Mendocino Energy Launches
Posted in California, DOE, DOI, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, EPRI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Environmental Issues, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, Northern California, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy, SRI, Silicon Valley, Smart Grid, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Stanford, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOD, DOE, DOI, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast, Mendocino Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, NOAA, Northern California, Precourt Institute of Energy, President Obama, Renewable Energy Incubator, Renwable Energy, Silicon Valley, Solar Energy, Solar Thermal, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, May 20, 2009
At this core energy technology incubator, energy policy is created as renewable energy technologies and science move swiftly from white boards and white papers to testing, refinement and implementation.
The Vision
Mendocino Energy is located on the Mendocino coast, three plus hours north of San Francisco/Silicon Valley. On the waterfront of Fort Bragg, utilizing [...]
PG&E Cancels Mendocino WaveConnect Project
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Eureka, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, FISH, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Humboldt Wave Energy, Humboldt WaveConnect, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Mendocino WaveConnect, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Pilot License, WaveConnect on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Editors Note: On June 9, 2009, PG&E filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) a petition to release the Mendocino WaveConnect preliminary permit.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 11, 2009
In early May 2009, PG&E’s WaveConnect team decided to cancel the Mendocino WaveConnect project because the Noyo Harbor didn’t pass muster and was deemed insufficient in several engineering aspects, [...]
FERC Issues GreenWave Wave Energy Permit
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, FERC, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Northern California, Offshore Energy Plan, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Sonoma County, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Farm on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts of FRANK HARTZELL’s article, Mendocino Beacon, May 7, 2009
GreenWave Energy Solutions, an “alternative energy startup has been granted a three-year preliminary permit to study wave energy off Mendocino.
It’s locals’ first look at action by a newly recast Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which is tasked by the Obama Administration to make a greater push [...]
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 | Leave a 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 [...]
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 [...]
Mendocino Energy
Posted in Biomimicry, Bioremediation, California, Clean Energy, Clean Technology, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, Environmental, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Green Economy, Green Recovery, Issue, MMS, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, Mill Site Clean Up, News, Northern California, Obama, Ocean Energy, Patents, Renewable Energy, Research, Sea Turbine, Solar Energy, Solar Farm, Solar PV, Solar Thermal, Sustainable, Tidal Stream, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, DOE Review Team Leads, DOI Review Team Leads, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, PG&E, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms, Wind Turbines on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Here’s the post from MendoCoastCurrent in the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site:
Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force
Immediately establish and staff a Renewable Energy Development (RED) federal task force chartered with exploring and fast-tracking the development, exploration and commercialization of environmentally-sensitive renewable energy solutions in solar, wind, wave, green-ag, et [...]
PG&E, FERC Brief Fort Bragg on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, California Coastal Commission, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged Ann Miles, California, California Coastal Commission, CPUC, FERC, FERC Pilot Permit License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Tom Luster, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL’s article with MendoCoastCurrent edits, January 15, 2009
After nearly two years of local pleas for specifics on the WaveConnect project, PG&E representatives surprised Fort Bragg and Mendocino County representatives with many new details.
Those included the promise by PG&E that all environmental studies would be public, not private information. In the recent past, PG&E had [...]
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 [...]
FERC Chief Resigning
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Recovery, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, OCS, Obama, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wind Energy, Wind Farm, tagged California, DOE, DOE Review Team Leads, FERC, FERC Restructuring, FERC Review Team, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Joseph T. Kelliher, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, Oregon, President Obama, Rhode Island, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Wind Energy, Wind Farms on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 7, 2009
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher today issued the following statement:
Today I announce my intention to step down as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), effective January 20, 2009. Although my term as commissioner does not end until 2012, I will also immediately begin to recuse myself from [...]
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 Wave Energy, Mendocino, Fort Bragg, PG&E, FERC, Humboldt, CPUC, California, Fishermen, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Environmental Issues, Economic Issues, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Energy Blogger, Ocean Protection Council, California Energy Commission, Green Jobs 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 [...]
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 [...]
California Rejects PG&E Contract for Wave Energy
Posted in California, Economic Issues, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Funding, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged California, CPUC, Economic Issues, Eureka, Finavera, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MATT NAUMAN, San Jose Mercury News, October 27, 2008
The California Public Utilities Commission rejected a Pacific Gas & Electric contract for wave energy, saying the utility was going to pay too much for a technology that’s still largely experimental.
Last December, PG&E said it would be the first utility in the nation to get energy from [...]
Mendocino County Granted FERC Role as FERC Asserts Position in Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, OCS, Ocean Energy, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of the Interior, DOE, DOI, Eureka, Federal Power Act, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, OCS, Outer Continental Shelf, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., U.S. Congress, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on October 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, October 16, 2008
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) claimed that it has jurisdiction over hydroelectric projects located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), pointing to laws that define its role.
FERC addressed the jurisdictional question, raised by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Mineral Management Service (MMS), in the context of a rehearing order on [...]
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 California, DOE, East River Project, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, Finavera, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Funding, General Electric, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Ocean Thermal, OPT, Oregon, Pelamis, PG&E, Portugal, Tidal Energy, Tidal Stream, U.S., Verdant, Wave Energy, Wave Farm 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 [...]
PG&E Awarded $1.2M by DOE for Mendocino & Humboldt Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged California, DOE, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Trials on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article in the Fort Bragg Advocate-News, September 18, 2008
PG&E “expects to be granted $1.2 million this week by the U.S. Department of Energy to study wave energy off Fort Bragg and Eureka” and is seeking “the new money earlier this summer to move its local wave energy study under a Federal [...]
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, [...]
PG&E Dumps MMS Wave Energy Involvement & Mendocino County Sues FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, FERC, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, Northern California, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, September 4, 2008
PG&E decided last week not to be the national test case for the Minerals Management Service’s wave energy program.
Just two weeks earlier, the utility officially filed paperwork to pursue those same far offshore wave energy leases. None of the filings have yet been provided [...]
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 [...]
FERC Denies Rehearing on Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, Oregon, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged Elizabeth Mitchell, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Conditioned License, FERC Denial, FISH, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, OCS, Oregon, Rulemaking, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on August 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MendoCoastCurent, August 12, 2008
Last Friday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its latest denial for a rehearing on the Mendocino Wave Energy project on the Northern California coast.
The denied Petitioners include Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics (FISH) with Attorney Elizabeth Mitchell, Mendocino County, Fort Bragg, Lincoln County in Oregon and others representing concerned citizens, [...]
Mendocino Coast Wave Energy Plans Continue to Raise Concerns
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, tagged Elizabeth Mitchell, Environmental Issues, EPRI, FERC, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Jim Martin, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MADDALENA JACKSON with MendoCoastCurrent edit, The Sacramento Bee, August 11, 2008
Oil companies, some politicians and commuters paying $4 for a gallon of gas might look at California’s coast and think of crude oil pooled below the sea floor.
California’s North Coast, however, holds promise of another energy bounty.
In less time than it would take to fire [...]
Feds Press Congress to Lift Oil Drilling Ban
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Washington, Wave Energy, tagged California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Leases, Northern California, OCS, Offshore Oil Drilling, Offshore Oil Drilling Ban, Schwarzenegger, U.S. Congress, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, The San Francisco Chronicle, July 31, 2008
The U.S. Interior Department ratcheted up the pressure on Congress Wednesday to open more of the country’s coastline to offshore oil drilling, a move petroleum companies have sought for decades.
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne said his department will lay the groundwork for selling undersea oil-drilling leases on [...]
FERC Extends Time to Consider Mendocino Wave Energy
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FISH, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, Northern California, US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publishers Note: In early August 2008, FERC Denied Rehearing the Mendocino Coast related to the following post. This is one in a series of actions that Federal Government has taken to obstruct community involvement and begin the necessary dialog on environmental concerns.
MendoCoastCurrent, July 21, 2008
An alliance of Northern California coast commercial and recreational [...]
David H. Koch Giving $100 Million to Lincoln Center
Posted in California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mill Site Clean Up, News, U.S., tagged California, David H. Koch, Fort Bragg, G-P Mill Site, Georgia Pacific, Koch Industries, Lincoln Center, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Mill Site Clean Up on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publishers Note: Koch Industries became the nation’s largest privately held company in November 2005, when it acquired the paper maker Georgia-Pacific for $13.2 billion. This article is of interest to MendoCoastCurrent readers as a very large, abandoned, George-Pacific Mill Site is situated on the waterfront of Fort Bragg, CA on the Mendocino coast.
ROBIN [...]
Mendocino Wildfire Stands at 45% Containment
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 7, 2008, 7 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 46,800
Containment: 45% contained
Structures Threatened: 335 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 27 minor injuries
Evacuation “Warnings” remain in effect for:
Community of Rockport
Red Mountain Road – From the intersection of Red Mountain Road and Bell [...]
Mendocino Wildfire at 40% Containment
Posted in California, Event, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 4, 2008
Last Updated: July 4, 2008, 7:30 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6 pm
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 39,500
Injuries to Date: 15
Containment: 40% contained
Structures Threatened: 680 residences, 1 commercial
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Evacuation “Warnings” remain in effect:
Community of Rockport
Montgomery Woods/ Orr Springs Road to Running Springs Road
Red Mountain Road – From [...]
Mendocino Lightning Wildfire Now 38% Contained
Posted in California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, CAL FIRE, morning of June 30, 2008
Mendocino Lightning Complex Incident Information:
Last Updated: June 30, 2008, 7:30 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 37,200
Containment: 38% contained
Structures Threatened: 900 residences, 1 commercial
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Evacuation Warnings are in place for 10 different communities around [...]
FERC Rejects Fort Bragg, FISH & Mendocino Requests for Rehearing
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Wave Energy, tagged Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: This May 21, 2008 FERC ruling rejects requests of FISH, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County and local stakeholders’ to rehear their right to participate in this wave energy development project. It is noted since onset of the Mendocino wave energy agenda, FERC and PG&E continue to swiftly move toward their goals [...]
MMS Designates Areas for Renewable Energy Research in Fed Waters
Posted in California, Delaware, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, New Jersey, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Delaware, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MMS Leases, MMS Nomination, New Jersey, Wave Energy on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Minerals Management Service, April 17, 2008
Issues Notice to Determine Competitive Interest in Nominated Areas
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service today designated five areas on the Outer Continental Shelf as priority areas for alternative energy research in federal waters.
The five areas are offshore New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia, Florida and California. The agency [...]
Mendocino Responds to PG&E on Wave Energy Project
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Licensing, FERC Preliminary Permit, FERC Rehearing, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: On May 21, 2008 FERC rejected the Requests for Rehearing from Fort Bragg, Mendocino County & FISH. The article below was written before that decision was handed down.
MendoCoastCurrent, May 6, 2008
On May 5, 2008, Mendocino County filed their response to PG&E’s comments related to Mendocino County’s Request for Rehearing on the Wave [...]
PG&E Chief’s Green Crusade
Posted in California, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Plug-in Hybrids, Wave Energy, tagged Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Plug-in Hybrids, Wave Energy on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From Green Wombat, May 1, 2008
“Years ago we came to the conclusion that global warming was a problem, it was an urgent problem and the need for action is now. The problem appears to be worse and more imminent today, and the need to take action sooner and take more significant action is greater than [...]
CPUC Offers Only Partial Funding to PG&E Wave Energy
Posted in CPUC, California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, ERRP, FERC, Fort Bragg, Funding, Humboldt, Intellectual Property, Mendocino Moratorium, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Conversion, WEC on May 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
April 29, 2008 – CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION’S DRAFT INTERIM OPINION AUTHORIZING EMERGING RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROGRAMS
Excerpts of CPUC Decisions RE PG&E Wave Energy Conversion Project Funding
Summary — Today’s decision authorizes Emerging Renewable Resource Programs (ERRP) for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) (Joint Applicants). The adopted ERRP [...]
FERC Grants Rehearings in Mendocino & Humboldt Coast PG&E Wave Energy Projects
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged FERC, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, FISH, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on May 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Publisher’s Note: On May 21, 2008 FERC Rejected Mendocino’s Request for Rehearing so the granting of the Rehearing was short-lived and only because FERC required more time to consider the rehearing further. Interesting that FERC doesn’t suffer from ‘out of time’ issues!
MendoCoastCurrent, May 1, 2008
Learned today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted [...]
Saddled With Legacy of Dioxin, Fort Bragg Considers an Odd Ally: The Mushroom
Posted in Bioremediation, California, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Mill Site Clean Up, Mushroom Bioremediation, News, tagged Bioremediation, California, Dioxin, DTSC, Environmental Issues, Fort Bragg, Georgia Pacific, Mushroom Bioremediation, Mycellium, Paul Stamets on April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ANNIE CORREAL, The New York Times, April 27, 2008
FORT BRAGG, Calif. — On a warm April evening, 90 people crowded into the cafeteria of Redwood Elementary School here to meet with representatives of the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.
The substance at issue was dioxin, a pollutant that infests the site of a former lumber [...]
On the Mendocino Coast, PG&E Surfs Every Angle of Wave Energy
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Denial, FERC Licensing, FISH, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 24, 2008
Since late 2007 PG&E has dispatched government relations and program managers to broadcast their pledge and intention to work with Mendocino County Supervisors, Fort Bragg Councilpersons, FISH (Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics) and Concerned Coastal Residents as they move swiftly to explore wave energy development off the Mendocino Coast. Based on current [...]
Green Wave Still Seeking Permits for Wave Energy Projects Off SLO & Mendocino Coasts
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Mendocino Wave Farm, San Luis Obispo, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm, Whales on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Updates from Frank Hartzell’s article announcing FERC’s granting of GreenWave’s application:
On December 9, 2008 “the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted a Southern California development company exclusive rights to 17 square miles off the town of Mendocino for a wave energy study.
GreenWave LLC’s intent is to eventually produce a 100 megawatt wave energy power plant, [...]
Minerals Management Service Nomination on April 18, 2008
Posted in California, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Minerals Management Service, MMS, MMS Nomination, OCS, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MMS nominated both Humboldt and Mendocino lease areas last Friday. See following for full details, emphasis added.
Federal Register: April 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 76)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service – Docket No. MMS-2008-OMM-0020
Notice of Nominations Received and Proposed Limited Alternative Energy Leases on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and Initiation of Coordination and [...]
To Residents of the Mendocino Coast
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged FERC Intervener, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Moratorium, Mendocino Wave Energy, Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium, MendoCoastCurrent, Moratorium, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Energy Moratorium on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Ocean Guardians:
Now that corporations and Washington D.C. have started claiming our coast for wave energy development, we must take a stand. We are called on behalf of our beloved Mendocino coast and the organisms inhabiting the vast and mighty ocean, source of all life on our Earth.
We embrace a focused intention to [...]
Let Us Be Together in This
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Moratorium, Oregon, Washington, Wave Energy on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is an older FERC map showing detail of Oregon & Washington best.
Mendocino County & Fort Bragg File for FERC Rehearing
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC License, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Moratorium, Mendocino Wave Energy, Moratorium, Wave Energy on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently on April 3 & April 4, 2008, the County of Mendocino and the City of Fort Bragg respectively filed Motions for Rehearing to Intervene in the proposed FERC and PG&E hydrokinetic projects off the Fort Bragg coastline.
To read the Fort Bragg Motion for Rehearing, go here;
To read the County of Mendocino’s Motion for Rehearing, [...]
FISH Files FERC Request for Rehearing to Intervene
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, tagged California, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC License, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, FISH, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
April 1, 2008
Interesting reading…A Request for Rehearing has been filed related to FERC’s Denial of FISH’s Motions to Intervene in PG&E’s Mendocino and Humboldt Wave Energy Projects (read Filing : fish-request-for-rehearing.pdf).
FISH, Fishermen Interested in Safe Hydrokinetics, has become a steering committee led by Mendocino coast locals, John Innes and Jim Martin, as Co-Coordinators and Elizabeth [...]
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March
Posted in California, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, FERC, FERC Rehearing, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mendocino Moratorium, Moratorium, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March held on March 29, 2008 to voice public concerns about the recent issuance of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC’s) Preliminary Permit to PG&E off the Mendocino Coast, Fort Bragg, California. The three-year permit allows for deployment of eight to 200 wave energy devices as early [...]
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March Recap
Posted in California, Environmental Issues, Event, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Rhode Island, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, Environmental Issues, FERC, FERC License, FERC Rehearing, FERC Rejection, Fort Bragg, Mendocino Moratorium, MendoCoastCurrent, Moratorium, PG&E, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Fort Bragg, California on the Mendocino Coast, March 29, 2008 from 11-NOON
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium March
THE FACTS:
PG&E’s Wave Energy Preliminary Permit was Approved & Issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on March 13, 2008.
FERC DENIED The City of Fort Bragg, FISH and the County of Mendocino Motions to Intervene in Mendocino’s Wave [...]
Mendocino Wave Energy Moratorium Flyer – Join Us
Posted in California, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, FERC, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Mendocino Moratorium, Moratorium, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wave Energy Proposals Alarm Locals
Posted in California, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, Mendocino, News, Oregon, Rhode Island, Sea Turbine, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Moratorium, tagged California, Elizabeth Mitchell, FERC, FERC License, Fort Bragg, Missouri, PG&E, Richard Charter, Wave Energy, Yukon on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor, March 4, 2008
Fort Bragg, Calif. – From roadless villages in Alaska to remote bends in the Mississippi River, developers are staking claim to thousands of miles of America’s oceans and rivers to test devices that use waves and currents to produce electric power.
Their experiments are launching a [...]
Fort Bragg City Council Discusses Capping G-P Mill Dioxins
Posted in California, Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mill Site Clean Up, tagged Fort Bragg, G-P Mill Site, Georgia Pacific, Koch Industries on February 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
TONY REED, The Fort Bragg Advocate News, February 27, 2008
The Fort Bragg City Council, also convened as the Redevelopment Agency Monday, heard and commented on some interesting information regarding the possibility of burying contaminated soil on the Georgia Pacific mill site.
Few were present at the regular Town Hall meeting, to hear City environmental consultant Glenn [...]
Hydrokinetic Permits Abound Despite Objections
Posted in Alaska, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Oregon, Tidal Stream, Wave Energy, tagged California, EPRI, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Permit, Wave Energy on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, RenewableEnergyWorld.com, February 27, 2008
The nation’s first hydrokinetic pilot project proposal has come in an unexpected place — the Yukon River.
When the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proposed a special expedited pilot license last summer, it recieved significant support from industry developers for the idea of a license that would allow devices to get [...]
City of Fort Bragg, CA General Plan for the Mill Site
Posted in Fort Bragg, Mendocino, Mill Site Clean Up, tagged California, Fort Bragg, G-P Mill Site, General Plan, Georgia Pacific, Koch Industries, Specific Plan on February 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Policy LU-5.1 Changes in Industrial Land Use: Require that a General Plan amendments and rezoning of lands which are designated Timber Resources Industrial be subject to a specific plan process.
Program LU-5.1.1: In order for General Plan amendments and rezoning of lands designated Timber Resources Industrial be considered, a specific plan shall be prepared which addresses, [...]
What This Is About
Posted in California, Clean Technology, Cleantech, Fort Bragg, Instruct, Issue, Mendocino, Mill Site Clean Up, Wave Energy, tagged California, Clean Energy Technology Development, Cleantech, Fort Bragg, G-P Mill Site, Georgia Pacific, Koch Industries, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
MendoCoastCurrent tracks the world of Clean Energy technology, research, development, news and funding.
As the Mendocino coast may become home to Wave Energy development, MendoCoastCurrent focuses on informing and exploring our role as stewards of the awesome Mendocino coastal ecosystem.
It is MendoCoastCurrent’s vision to develop a Clean Energy campus (wind, solar, biofuels, wave, desalination, etc.) for [...]
Agencies Demand FERC Slow Down on Wave Energy
Posted in FERC, Fort Bragg, Issue, Mendocino, Wave Energy, tagged California, FERC, Fort Bragg on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
By FRANK HARTZELL of the Fort Bragg Advocate-News
If the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s new plan for faster wave energy permits was a play on Old Broadway, it would have been closed down by the critics on opening night. The critics in this case are the states of California, Oregon and Washington, several fellow federal agencies, [...]
File Your Comment on Mendocino Wave Energy Development at FERC
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Fort Bragg, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Comments, FERC License, FERC Preliminary Permit, Fishermen, Fort Bragg, Green Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, North Coast, Northern California, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please Take Action By MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009 before 2:00 pm!
MendoCoastCurrent, January 29, 2009
Just a couple of weeks ago, Ann Miles, Director of Hydropower Licensing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission visited the Mendocino coast. The centerpiece of her presentation on January 13, 2009 at Fort Bragg Town Hall was to explain the FERC Hydokinetic [...]
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