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Engineering

CA - Where to Dump the Stuff We Dredge From the Bay? Federal Agencies are Going to Try Dumping it Nearer to the Shore, and Community Members are Invited to a Town Hall Discussion Thursday

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been hard at work in recent years looking for an eco-friendly and efficient way to get rid of the sand and silt that clogs the shipping channels and harbors of Humboldt Bay.

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Fisheries

CA - With whales in trouble, conservationists, fishers, and others team up to protect them

A California program aims to help the fishing industry and marine wildlife adjust to warming oceans.

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Science

CA - How a California wildfire created a buffet for marine microbes

Ash falls could boost nutrients in coastal ecosystems—for better or worse

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Property

CA - A New Way to Map Flood Risks in Los Angeles

Last winter’s big storms caused enough wind and water damage that they won’t soon be forgotten, and neighbors are still talking to various city officials about possible ways to prevent or at least reduce potential hazards for this year’s storm season.

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Engineering

CA - Biden requesting $310M to fix, expand wastewater treatment plant fouling San Diego’s South County

President Joe Biden is asking that lawmakers grant $310 million in emergency spending to fix the sewage pollution from Mexico that is wreaking havoc on South County communities.

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Advocacy

CA - Editorial | NOAA should create unbroken national marine sanctuaries off our coast

Public comment on the proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary ended this week. But the biggest question remains about this proposed sanctuary that would provide protection for coastal waters from our Monterey Bay sanctuary down to the Channel Islands.

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Engineering

CA - What Does 'Unavoidable' West Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Mean for the Bay Area?

Antarctic ice melt could drive sea level rise to concerning levels in the Bay Area

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Advocacy

CA - Chumash Heritage marine sanctuary would be a great asset | Guest Commentary

Thirty-one years ago, I helped lead the citizen campaign to establish Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to get permanent protection from offshore oil.

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Advocacy

CA - Retreating Shorelines: What California Can Teach Us

As climate change brings rising seas, more extreme storms, and increased flooding, coastal communities need to act—or risk disappearing, a new book says

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Advocacy

CA - Opinion: Here's one way to protect California's beaches from rising seas: Stop messing with them

Protecting our coasts from sea level rise is increasingly urgent, especially for densely populated coastal communities such as Southern California’s.

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Advocacy

CA - Book outlines better responses to our ‘vanishing coastline’

There is a new book that is the topic of a lot of discussion across the San Mateo County coast.

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Engineering

CA - California Mandates Coastal Cities Plan for Future Sea-Level Rise

For the first time in California history, all coastal cities, including those in the Bay Area, must plan for sea-level rise, a looming climate impact yet to be fully experienced.

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Energy

CA - California poised for big climate moves after Newsom backs new laws

The governor signed 75% of the major environmental bills that lawmakers sent to his desk. As for vetoes, Newsom cited enforcement, cost concerns.

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Engineering

CA - California Coastal Commission greenlights seawall repair with conditions

The California Coastal Commission has approved the repair permit for the seawall protecting homes along a stretch of Oceanside‘s beaches, but the permit comes with conditions.

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Science

CA - ‘Every square inch is covered in life’: the ageing oil rigs that became marine oases

Built decades ago, California’s offshore oil platforms are home to a huge diversity of marine life. Now a debate rages over their future

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Advocacy

CA - Environmentalists are turning a rugged stretch of California coast into a lab for conservation

In the spiritual tradition of the Chumash people, it's revered as the "Western Gate"—a portal through which the souls of the dead enter paradise.

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Waterways

CA - The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life

WEITCHPEC, Calif. — At first, the dead floated downstream a few at a time. Then they came by the hundreds, and then the thousands.

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Science

OR - Likely culprit found for recent gray whale die-off

Over the past four years, hundreds of gray whales have washed up dead on the beaches of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada, most of them skinny and malnourished – and scientists have been trying to figure out what’s causing the majestic animals to die en masse for so many years.

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Property

CA - The dueling environmental reports behind Del Mar’s proposed 259-unit Seaside Ridge housing project

Another proposed blufftop development in Del Mar, another set of dueling environmental reports from the applicant and an advocacy group opposed to large-scale projects on the site.

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Fisheries

With whales in trouble, conservationists, fishers, and others team up to protect them

A California program aims to help the fishing industry and marine wildlife adjust to warming oceans.

West Coast
Engineering

CA - Which way does beach sand flow? Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast

A renowned oceanographer who has studied the California coast for decades says new research challenges a well-established notion about how sand flows within the surf and long-shore currents that constantly shape the state's beaches.

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Fisheries

CA - Urchin harvesters tried to reduce protections for sea otters: Here's why it didn't work

Sea Otter Savvy monitors the animals in the Morro Bay Harbor, tracking their behavior and watching how they react to their environment. Sea otters remain a threatened species in California.

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Aquaculture

CA - Regional water board OKs Nordic Aquafarms permit

A permit for Nordic Aquafarms was unanimously approved by the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, with some amendments, in a meeting Thursday in Eureka.

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