As the state slowly opens up, we hear the elevated noise of our society in the ambience. Savor the quietude we have and remember it. We could wake up to a calmer, quieter world.
A rainy day like no other – The sounds around us
Author: mstocker
Earth Day at 50 – Evolution is a state of mind
Who would have imagined that we would be in these circumstances 50 years after the first Earth Day? We all thought the ceremonial designation of a day to honor the Earth was advanced specifically to avoid this grim horizon –…
Ten years after Deepwater Horizon – a transformation?
Today, as we commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon blow-out, oil prices have hit an all-time low. West Texas Crude hit $1 a barrel today. This is in an industry where they need to get $35 a barrel…
A filthy hydrocarbon that just won’t die
The comment period for a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dredging project in the San Francisco Bay was just extended until April 21. We submitted our comments last Friday, and I’ll let them stand. The proposed plan is to deepen the…
A rainy day like no other
I hope you are all staying well, and adjusting to all of the social distancing recommendations from health professionals. All without going “cabin crazy.” It occurred to us that you might want to dig into some sound activities in…
The Trojan Horse in the proposed NEPA Revisions
This is when it occurred to me that EO 13807 was a Trojan Horse… This was the bill that would lock us into fossil-fueled transportation for the next 30 years while privatizing our roads, bridges, waterways, and freeway rest areas.
Proposed Revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act
This last month has been a study in maintaining magnanimity for me, as I have been reviewing the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA has been called the “Magna Carta”…
What lies ahead
In these last months of the current administration, they are hell-bent on destroying all regulations that constrain extraction industries – which is why we need to show up!
Report from 178th Acoustics Society Meeting
I hardly got my feet on the ground from our Alaska project before heading to San Diego, the land of calm seas and Scripps Institute of Oceanography. The incentive was the 178th meeting of the Acoustical Society, along with the…
Ruminations on Thanksgiving
….I’m late in delivering our Thanksgiving message because we’ve been provided with amazing opportunities that have taken up our bandwidth.