Troubling news for the U.S. tourism industry arrived this week in the form of a new report filed by the United States Geological Survey on the Historical Shoreline Change in the Hawaiian Islands. The report monitors shoreline changes on Kauai, Oahu, and Maui, Hawaii’s three most densely populated islands, over the last century. In this [...]
Archive for the ‘Oceans’ Category
29 Mar
All of the Above? NRDC Wants None of It
Quick on the heels of an upbeat Department of the Interior Press Release came an equal-and-opposite reaction from the National Resources Defense Council. The commentary focused on a recently released Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement from DOI’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management that evaluates potential significant environmental effects of multiple geological and geophysical “G&G” activities in [...]
14 Jun
National Ocean Council’s Actions, Jackson
What has two categories, nine priority objectives, and aims to address some of the most pressing challenges facing our oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes? The National Ocean Council’s Strategic Action Plan, of course! On June 2nd, the Council released an introduction to, and content outlines for, the nine priority objectives that make up the Strategic [...]
