

Rolling Back Ocean Protections Our executive director’s lates op-ed in the LA Times observes: The Trump administration is pursuing an aggressive shift in U.S. ocean policy, prioritizing oil and gas extraction while moving to roll back offshore wind, coastal protections and marine conservation. The administration has committed billions in taxpayer money to persuade companies to…

Floating Nuclear Power Heads Offshore Our director, David Helvarg, is reporting on the U.S. exploration of offshore nuclear energy through new partnerships between federal agencies and private companies. Advances in small modular reactors have renewed interest in floating nuclear power plants that could supply electricity to ports, coastal infrastructure, and even commercial ships. A New…

On the latest episode of Rising Tide, hosts David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols-Goldstein sit down with Angelo Villagomez, Senior Ocean Fellow at the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C. — a man who has spent his career turning conviction into policy at the edges of the map. A longtime activist and advocate for community…

Our 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…

In the latest episode of Rising Tide: The Ocean Podcast, David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols Goldstein speak with longtime ocean activist and former guest Richard Charter about the Trump administration’s punitive effort to open the entire California coastline to offshore oil drilling. It has been several years since their last conversation with Charter, who has…
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