Coastal Issues

Protecting the assault of our pristine coastal areas from oil/gas, real estate developers and winery expansion.

State approves Malibu’s pesticide ban

“A staff report to the commission notes that 16 commercial vineyards would fall within the ban.”  State approves Malibu’s pesticide ban Balanced Reporting. Trusted Insights.Sunday, May 16, 2021 CLICK ON LINK FOR FULL STORY KEYWORDS  ANTICOAGULANT PROHIBITIONS   CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION   PESTICIDE BAN RODENTICIDES KILLING MOUNTAIN LIONS   SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGANIC MANDATES The city of Malibu has banned the use of all pesticides , …

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Coastal Commission votes for pesticide restriction in Malibu LCP

Will Sonoma County follow suit or cave to big ag? Coastal Commission votes for pesticide restriction in Malibu LCP A BIG WIN FOR MALIBU’S WILDLIFE, PEOPLE, CHILDREN, AND PETS The Coastal Commission took a giant step today, May 13, for the city of Malibu and coastal California. It voted to restrict pesticide use in Malibu …

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Coast Action Group on Pt Reyes: regulations for ranches must be enforced

This letter sent to Jarred Huffman and Marc Levine Ranches at Pt. Reyes National Seashore My preference is that the ranches should go. However, there are other issues related to the ranches (and cows) – if it is decided to let them remain – with their close to 6,000 cows. The issue is water quality …

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Time for renewable energy: ‘We don’t know when it will end’: 10 years after Fukushima

Over 1.2 million tons of radioactive cooling water from the Fukushima Nuclear Plant have been released in the Pacific Ocean since October 2020. ‘We don’t know when it will end’: 10 years after Fukushima | Earthquakes News | Al Jazeera Tens of thousands were evacuated after the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, and …

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Local Coastal Plan – Public Feedback Period

Economic Development Board Report (pre-pandemic) shows tourism is only 6.5% of our GDP. Our children can’t afford to live here, we need less tourism, more resident protections. Pesticides and vineyards have been permanently banned in California coastal communities due to environmental destruction. Let’s not let the wine industry destroy another area of our county. Planners …

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CALIFORNIA: Trump vetoes bipartisan driftnet fishing bill

“The impact of these drift nets is absolutely disastrous,” says Vanya Vulperhorst, campaign director of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing at Oceana Europe, a conservation non-profit that has investigated illegal drift net fishing across the Mediterranean. “They are indiscriminate in what they trap, and the result is that endangered and protected species are being killed …

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