Trump Victory Is a ‘Gut Punch’ to U.S. Climate Action – Scientific American
President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts..
Trump Wins, Planet Loses – Grist Magazine
With control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans are poised to upend U.S. climate policy…
Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Immigration to Education – Scientific American
The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could set the climate agenda, reshape public education and shift the dynamics of global science collaboration…
Explainer: Five ways a Trump presidency would be disastrous for the climate – the Guardian
Second Trump term would restore climate denialism to an Oval Office efficiently dismantling protections…
Environmental Policy Disaster: The Supreme Court Takes Sweeping Control – Kim Steinhardt | Op-Ed
A recent, controversial Supreme Court decision sets off alarm bells for anyone interested in the emerging policies, programs, and plans intended to address the pressing problems of climate change and sea level rise, as well as other governmental action across a wide swath of American life…
Elections and Oceans – Gary Griggs | Op-Ed
While I typically try to inform rather than advocate in my columns, in the United States, we are currently about two weeks from what may be the most consequential election of our lives, and the outcome of our collective voting will have major impacts on all of us and the oceans in the years ahead…
San Clemente’s ‘sand czar’ looks to turn back the tide of coastal erosion – the Los Angeles Times
Before becoming San Clemente’s new coastal administrator last year, the beach has always held a nostalgic place in Leslea Meyerhoff’s heart. “Some of my earliest memories are walking the beach in Santa Monica with my grandma,” she said. “I also recall fond times boogie boarding, collecting seashells or just enjoying a stroll at the beach.”..
Prolonged S.F. shipyard cleanup moves into final phase focused on offshore ‘toxic hot spot’ – the San Francisco Chronicle
An environmental cleanup that, for more than two decades, has sought to cleanse San Francisco’s former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard of its alarming history of radioactive and industrial pollution is on the verge of entering its final phase — underwater….
California kelp – Oceanographic
Off Monterey, the Edges of Earth expedition team falls in love with the vibrant, dense kelp forests of the region….