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 [...]
Posted in California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Feasibility, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Marine Energy, Mendocino, News, Ocean Energy, Offshore Energy Plan, Offshore Renewable Energy, Pacific Ocean, Renewable Energy, Research, Tidal Energy, U.S., US Air Force, US Energy Policy, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, Wave Farm, tagged California, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, FERC, Fort Bragg, Humboldt, Mendocino, PG&E, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Air Force, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Trials, WaveConnect on December 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
DAVID R. BAKER, San Francisco Chronicle, December 12, 2009
The waves off of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast could one day generate electricity, if Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has its way.
The utility reported Friday that it has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to study the area’s potential for [...]
Posted in Blue Whales, Fort Bragg, Hydrographic Research, Mendocino, NOAA, News, Northern California, Ocean Conservancy, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whale, California, Fort Bragg, Fugro Pelagoes, Hydrographic Research, James Hailstones, Mendocino, NOAA, Ocean Protection Council, Pacific Star, U.S., Whale Death, Whale Sonar, Whale Spotters, Whale Strike on December 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
FRANK HARTZELL, Fort Bragg Advocate News, November 27, 2009
California’s regulatory system, designed to protect whales from science vessels will get some rethinking, following controversy over the October 19, 2009 death of a blue whale off Fort Bragg, a state official said.
The incident has highlighted an inconsistent and controversial regulatory system for which change was blocked [...]
Posted in Blue Whales, California, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Defense Center, Legal Issues, Mendocino, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Whale Death, Whales, tagged Blue Whale Recovery Plan, Blue Whales, Brian Segee, California, Endangered Species, Endangered Species Act, Environmental Defense Center, Legal Action, Mendocino, National Marine Fisheries Service, Pacific Ocean, U.S., Whale Death on November 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Marine Science Today, November 23, 2009
The National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency charged with the stewardship of the U.S.’s living marine resources, may be sued for failure to implement the 1998 Blue whale Recovery Plan. Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment and the Center of Biological Diversity have joined the notice of intent to sue [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, California, Kent State Massacre, Mendocino, National Guardsmen, News, Northern California, Ohio, President Obama, Student Protest, The Aftermath of Loss, U.S., tagged 1970, Alan Canfora, Allison Krause, Anti-war Protest, Arrest, Arthur Krause, Becoming Galvanized, Bob Johnson, California, Cannabis, Kent State, Kent State Massacre, Kent State Truth Tribunal, Laurel Krause, Loss, May 4th, Medical Marijuana, Mendocino, National Guard, Nixon, Northern California, Ohio, Ohio National Guard, PTSD, Sixties, The Aftermath of Loss, U.S., Vietnam War on September 6, 2009 | 2 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.
Here’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in California, California Energy Commission, DOE, Dept. of Energy, Economic Issues, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Energy Research, Event, Funding, News, Northern California, Obama, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Rooftop Solar, Small Solar, Small Wind, U.S., US Energy Policy, tagged AB 811, ARRA, Caifornia Energy Commission, California, Dept. of Energy, DOE, Economic Stimulus Plan, Electricity Generation, Funding, Mendocino, Northern California, Renewable Energy on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, April 26, 2009
The California Energy Commission is conducting a workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in Sacramento, to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provisions related to funding for energy projects.
The workshop will focus on Assembly Bill 811 (Levine, Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008) that finances the installation of energy efficiency improvements, [...]
Posted in California, Carbon Emissions, Economic Stimulus Plan, Energy Research, Fort Bragg, Funding, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, Southern California, Sustainable, U.S., tagged AB 811, California, Funding, Mendocino, Napa, Northern California, Renewable Energy, Sonoma, U.S. on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
JEFF QUACKENBUSH, North Bay Business Journal, October 6, 2008
Santa Rosa – Sonoma County governments have aggressive goals and strategies for curbing gases blamed for climate change, and they now have a new tool for enticing owners of existing commercial and residential structures into reducing emissions via energy-efficient upgrades.
Several North Bay local governments have put in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in News, tagged California, Mendocino, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Obama, President-elect Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, January 17, 2009
Today at the Citizen’s Briefing Book at President-elect Barack Obama’s change.gov site, I shared this:
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in California, Dept. of Energy, Electricity Generation, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Mendocino, News, Northern California, Ocean Energy, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wave Farm, tagged California, DOE, FERC, FERC Intervener, FERC Preliminary Permit, Green Wave, GreenWave, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, Northern California, Pelamis, PG&E, Tony Strickland, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wave Farm on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Excerpts from FRANK HARTZELL’s article at the Mendocino Beacon, December 11, 2008
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in California, Mendocino, News, tagged California, Mendocino, Mendocino County, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfire, Mendocino Winegrowers, Northern California, Smoke-tainted wines on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
KEVIN McCALLUM, The Press Democrat, September 19, 2008
Three months after smoke from wildfires carpeted California’s vineyards, some winemakers in the thick of harvest are reporting grapes giving off unusual odors that may be signs of smoke taint.
Smoke from wildfires makes the sun look red as it sets over a vineyard off Geysers Road in June.
While [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Posted in California, Dept. of the Interior, Environmental Issues, FERC, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, News, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, tagged FERC, Fishermen, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MMS, MMS Lease Program, NEPA, PG&E, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
JOHN DRISCOLL, The Times-Standard, July 24, 2008
The Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has cleared another hurdle toward developing wave energy projects off the Humboldt and Mendocino county coasts.
Recently the U.S. Minerals Management Service announced that it would go forward with analyzing limited leases for alternative energy projects on the outer continental shelf. It follows a [...]
Posted in California, Delaware, Environmental Issues, Florida, Fort Bragg, Georgia, Humboldt, Hydrokinetic Energy, Issue, MMS, Mendocino, New Jersey, News, OCS, U.S., US Energy Policy, Wave Energy, Wind Energy, tagged California, Delaware, Dept. of the Interior, EPAct, Florida, Georgia, Humboldt, Mendocino, Mendocino Wave Energy, MendoCoastCurrent, MMS, MMS Lease Program, MMS Nomination, NEPA, New Jersey, OCS, U.S., Wave Energy, Wave Energy Blogger, Wind Energy on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 8, 2008
Act Now! Related ‘MMS Rulemaking’ Public Review & Comments Accepted Thru September 8, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC – The Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced today that it is proceeding with the consultation and analyses necessary to move toward the issuance of limited leases under its interim policy for authorizing alternative energy data collection [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., tagged 100% Containment, California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Thanks to Firefighters, Wave Energy Blogger, Wildfires on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 19, 2008, 6:30 pm
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 54,817 acres
Containment: 100% contained
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 1 residence and 1 outbuilding
Injuries: 47
Evacuations: All Evacuations have been lifted
Road Closures: All roads are currently open
Evacuation Centers: All Evacuation [...]
Posted in California, Issue, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged Air Pollution, California, California Forest Service, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Wildfires, Natural Burns, Northern California, Prescribed Burns, Reintroducing Fire, Smoke, Smoke Forecasts, Wildfires on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
CHRIS BOWMAN, Sacramento Bee, July 18, 2008
If every cloud has a silver lining, what good can be said of the big brown dome of wildfire smoke that capped much of California these past few weeks? Plenty, say ecologists who study the effects of fire on the landscape.
While the siege of lightning-sparked fires continues to inundate [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged 100% Containment, California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wave Energy Blogger, Wildfires, Wildfires Contained on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 18, 2008, 7:00 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: 53,300
Containment: 100% contained
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 1 residence and 1 outbuilding
Injuries: 46
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted
Road Closures: All roads are currently open
Evacuation Centers: All Evacuation Centers have [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfire, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 17, 2008, 6:30 am
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 53,300
Containment: 95% contained
Expected Containment: July 17, 2008
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 1 Residence and 1 Outbuilding
Injuries: 45
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted
Road Closures: All roads are currently [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfire, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 15, 2008, 10:30 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: 53,300
Containment: 90% contained
Expected Containment: July 16, 2008
Structures Threatened: No current threat
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 43
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All Evacuations have been lifted
At 10 a.m. on 7/13 the evacuation warning for the community [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent: July 14, 2008, 6:00 pm
Date/Time Started: June 20, 2008, 6:00 pm
Administrative Unit: CAL FIRE Mendocino Unit
County: Mendocino County
Location: Throughout Mendocino County
Acres Burned: 53,300
Containment: 85% contained
Expected Containment: July 16, 2008
Structures Threatened: 30 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 43
Fatalities: 1
Evacuations: All evacuations have been lifted
At 6 p.m. on 7/14 the following evacuation warnings have been [...]
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 [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 11, 2008, 7:00 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: 52,290
Containment: 65% contained
Structures Threatened: 335 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 38 minor injuries
Fatalities: 1
Evacuation “Warnings” remain in effect for:
Community of Rockport
Red Mountain Road – From the intersection of Red Mountain Road and Bell [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, Northern California, Wildfires on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
BEN BROWN, The Daily Journal, July 9, 2008
Among the 18 aircraft currently being used to fight fires in Mendocino County are two Blackhawk helicopters on loan from the military.
Cal Fire spokeswoman Tracy Boudreaux said the two helicopters have been outfitted with buckets and are being used like any other helitack helicopter for water drops and [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, Mendocino Coast Current, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, MendoCoastCurrent, Northern California, Wildfires on July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MendoCoastCurrent, July 9, 2008, 7:00 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: 51,200
Containment: 60% contained
Structures Threatened: 335 residences
Structures Destroyed: 2 residences
Injuries: 34 minor injuries
Fatalities: 1
Evacuation Centers: All Evacuation Centers have been placed on standby
Evacuation “Warnings” remain in effect for:
Community of Rockport
Red Mountain Road [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Heat Wave, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, Northern California, Wildfires on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PAUL PAYNE, The Press Democrat, July 8, 2008
An army of firefighters in Mendocino County today continued their almost 3-week-old battle and braced for expected extreme temperatures.
“Our biggest concern now is the heat,” said Frank Kemper, a Cal Fire spokesman.
Temperatures in the Ukiah Valley are projected to reach 113 degrees, part of a heat wave sweeping [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, Northern California, Operation Lightning Strike, Wildfires on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bay City News Service, July 7, 2008
More than 200 California National Guard Soldiers from Operation Lightning Strike were deployed to Mendocino County to assist firefighting efforts on Monday morning, July 7, 2008.
The soldiers completed a four-day firefighter training course which mimics Cal Fire’s basic firefighter training course for new recruits.
This is the first time since [...]
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 [...]
Posted in California, Event, FEMA, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, FEMA, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Wildfires, Northern California, Wildfires on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ROB ROGERS, Redding.com, July 6, 2008
As of July 4, 2008, the north state’s firefighting effort has gone federal.
“When we moved in here three or four days ago, nothing was here,” said Frank Salomon, a public information officer for the Phoenix Fire Department.
Salomon and 11 of his colleagues from the Arizona capital are housed in the [...]
Posted in California, Event, Mendocino, News, U.S., tagged California, California Wildfires, Mendocino, Mendocino Lightning Complex, Mendocino Parade, Mendocino Wildfires, Motherbear, Northern California, Wildfires on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MARILYN MOTHERBEAR SCOTT, The Ukiah Daily, July 6, 2008
Note: Marylyn Motherbear Scott, whose family home on Greenfield Ranch has been threatened by the Mendocino Lightning Complex fires, shared her family’s fire experiences with Daily Journal readers as she writes about her visit to the fire scene and more.
On July 3, 2008, the silence is palpable. [...]
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 [...]
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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