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On Monday, a Federal judge ruled to prevent managers of Monterey public lands from selling permits to drill for natural gas using a technique known as “fracking”. The technique of hydraulic fracturing has seen a lot of controversy in the media over the past several years. While many see the practice as a source of [...]
Sea otters, when viewed from afar, can seem like adorable, fun-loving mammals. But as one unlucky sea lion discovered last week, they can actually be quite aggressive and even dangerous. There have been several cases reported in which otters attack peoples pets. Others have even been known to attack people on occasion. While sea otters [...]
On March 9th, the California Coastal Commission voted to reject the U.S. Navy’s request for increased use of sonar and underwater explosives for training due to uncertain threats to marine mammals. Before the meeting, Commission members suggested methods of mitigating harms to marine wildlife during current training exercises, such as making certain areas off-limits. Alex [...]
A 2006 study conducted by the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment concluded that an average of 6 million gallons of oil is carried into the ocean from our roads each year. To provide a frame of reference, this is over a hundred times more oil that was spilled in the [...]
Hugh Bowman is a rural soybean farmer from Indiana, though one wouldn’t know it from the looks of his living room. His house is littered with piles of legal research; all meant ot aid his ongoing struggle against agricultural biotech giant Monsanto. On February 19th, the Supreme Court heard the case, whose outcome could have [...]
Are you tired of eating genetically modified produce from the grocery store? Maybe you’ve already started a garden in your backyard to combat the GMOs. But then the hassle of weeding, watering, and fertilizing your plants can become arduous; a garden is a huge investment of time, money, and labor. That’s why local entrepreneur Pierre [...]
Due to a weather hiccup, Shell Oil has inadvertently reawakened the Arctic deap-sea drilling debate. Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, the Obama Administration issued a six-month moratorium preventing any new offshore drilling. The moratorium has since been lifted and oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to return to pre-spill [...]
In an effort to mitigate the rapid destruction of coral reefs around the world, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has proposed to add 66 species of coral to the endangered species list. There are 19 threats to coral reef die-offs as listed by the NOAA, but one of the greatest threats by far [...]
The polar bear is the largest living land carnivore. It is at the top of its food chain and has no natural predators. It primarily inhabits the Arctic Circle, regularly hunting seals from the edges of sea ice. Polar bear populations are estimated to be between 20-25,000 individuals. However that figure seems likely to change [...]
Hundreds of what appear to be Humboldt squid washed up on Seacliff beach early Sunday morning. This event is not unprecedented; several beaches along the west coast have experienced the same phenomenon in recent years. Humboldt squid populations used to frequent locations off the coast of Mexico until very recently. The first sightings of [...]
In an article we posted in October we outlined Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E’s) plan to apply for permits in order to conduct seismic testing off the coast of San Luis Obispo. The proposal was scheduled to take place over the course of the next 3 years and the tests would have passed through a [...]
We posted an article about an iPad app that allows users to access Stanford’s shark tracking data a few months ago. While this tool is cool, it is a novelty and it can’t be relied on outside the tracking zones of Stanford’s monitoring buoys. The truth is, there is no foolproof method of knowing when [...]
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