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No, Trump won’t be able to drill off California’s coast
Read more: No, Trump won’t be able to drill off California’s coastOur director argues that despite the Trump administration’s recent proposal to open federal waters off California’s 1,100-mile coastline to new oil and gas drilling, it’s highly unlikely that offshore oil rigs will actually be built there. California hasn’t seen new offshore oil lease sales in federal waters since 1984, and longstanding legal protections — including…
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Will California’s marine mammal conservation success come undone?
Read more: Will California’s marine mammal conservation success come undone?Dramatic Comebacks & Current Scope of Biodiversity Thanks to landmark protections like the Marine Mammal Protection Act (1972) and the Endangered Species Act (1973), many of California’s marine mammals have staged impressive recoveries over the past 50 years. Species such as California sea lions, northern elephant seals, harbor seals, whales, dolphins, porpoises, and southern sea…
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Triage and Transformation Strategies for the Climate Emergency
Read more: Triage and Transformation Strategies for the Climate EmergencyIn 2004, I contributed to Feeling the Heat, a book in which nine journalists traveled the world to report on the impacts of climate change. My chapters covered Australia, Florida, Fiji, and Antarctica. Today, you no longer have to travel to cover climate catastrophes because they’re regularly coming to a neighborhood near you. Despite a few outspoken…
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Writers for the Sea Book Club: Rockaway
Read more: Writers for the Sea Book Club: RockawayBlue Frontier’s Writers for the Sea Book Club for ‘Rockaway: Surfing Headlong Into a New Life’ by Diane Cardwell. The inspirational story of one woman learning to surf and creating a new life in gritty, eccentric Rockaway Beach, NY. Natasha Benjamin and Diane Cardwell discuss our relationship to the ocean, learning to surf, and the…
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Blue New Deal Launched
Read more: Blue New Deal LaunchedJuly 13, 2020 – The Center for the Blue Economy and Blue Frontier just issued a unique, comprehensive, Ocean Climate Action Plan (OCAP)—the Blue New Deal—offering a cure for the battered post-pandemic economy and solutions for the climate emergency. Many of these recommendations appear in the new Democratic climate plan, however, OCAP adds additional and practical solution-oriented…
How To Listen
You can listen to our podcast on a variety of platforms including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Android, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Blubrry, Podchaser, Gaana, the Podcast Index, and Deezer.
Additionally, our podcast is broadcast on several radio stations:
- KGUA Radio – Public Media for the Mendonoma Coast
- KWMR – Point Reyes West Marin Community Radio
- KGNU & KGNU-FM – Denver & Boulder Community Radio Stations
- KKRN – Round Mountain California Listener Supported Radio
- G-TOWN RADIO – Germantown Community Radio, Philadelphia.
- KAKU – The Voice of Maui
- KQUA – Roseburg’s Community Radio Station
- KXCR – Community Radio Florence
- KEPW – Peaceworks Community Radio
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Each episode navigates insightful discussions on marine life, and the critical issues affecting our seas. Informative, educational and humorous, it’s a valuable resource for anyone passionate about understanding and preserving our ocean world!
