As we are closing in on the Outer Continental Shelf leasing program comment period, it appears as if the oilmen are running into a few snags. The first, of course, was Secretary Ryan Zinke’s arbitrary (and out-of-process) exemption of Florida…
Rallies and demonstrations are a part of the conservation landscape we typically leave to advocacy groups more honed to these activities. But as we are now in extraordinary times – when science is relegated to an “opinion” and lying is…
Any US Citizen living within driving distance of the coast is likely aware of the fact that Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI) is proposing that 90% of the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) be…
It’s hard to determine from where I sit where we’ll end up after the current aggressive disruption of our Federal Government, but it is quite clear that we have had a coup – by an industry that has lots of…
We are in the midst of a public comment period for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) proposal to hand over the entire US Outer Continental Shelf to the oilmen. Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) a managing…
As anticipated, Department of Interior’s capo Ryan Zinke announced yesterday that they plan on opening up the entire US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) to Oil and Gas leasing. This is despite hundreds of thousands of voices speaking up against this…
I’ve just returned from a week-long conference of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in New Orleans. The Acoustical Society has a very broad remit, serving all professionals and academics working with sound and acoustics. This intersects the fields of…
A bit over a month ago one of our supporters offered to sponsor a fundraising event for OCR, which became “Artists Prayer Flags – Offerings for the Ocean.” I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it sounded fun and gave…
The word “Noise” resides in an etymological basket along with the words “annoyance” and “obnoxious.” “Noise” is thought to have been derived from the Latin “noxia’ (to hurt or damage), and Middle English “nausea” (to quarrel). Although some etymologies reach…