Navigating the Ocean's Energy Frontier: BOEM's Science-Driven Stewardship with Dr. Rodney Cluck

November 8, 2023

A look at BOWM's scientific process.

In this rerun, join hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham for a deep dive with Dr. Rodney Cluck, the Division Chief of Environmental Sciences at BOEM — the agency that shapes the energy landscape on the American Shoreline. With a shift in tides towards offshore wind energy, Dr. Cluck sheds light on BOEM's evolving mission, detailing the crucial role scientific research plays in guiding responsible offshore development. Discover the intersection of environmental stewardship and the burgeoning ocean economy as BOEM charts a course through the offshore wind surge. Tune in to uncover the scientific currents propelling the future of our nation's energy, right here on ASPN.

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Peter Ravella & Tyler Buckingham

Peter and Tyler joined forces in 2015 and from the first meeting began discussing a project that would become Coastal News Today and the American Shoreline Podcast Network. At the time, Peter and Tyler were coastal consultants for Pete’s firm, PAR Consulting, LLC. In that role, they worked with coastal communities in Texas, Florida, and North Carolina, engaged in grant writing, coastal project development, shoreline erosion and land use planning, permitting, and financial planning for communities undertaking big beach restoration projects. Between and among their consulting tasks, they kept talking and kept building the idea of CNT & ASPN. In almost every arena they worked, public engagement played a central role. They spent thousands of hours talking with coastal stakeholders, like business owners, hotel operators, condo managers, watermen, property owners, enviros, surfers, and fishermen. They dived deep into the value, meaning, and responsibility for the American shoreline, segment-by-segment. Common threads emerged, themes were revealed, differences uncovered. There was a big conversation going on along the American shoreline! But, no place to have it. That's where CNT and ASPN were born.