Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 25 November 2024

China activates largest offshore floating solar installation – 1GW installation offshore of Dongying in Shandong Province consists of 2,934 platforms on large-scale steel truss foundations

·?????? https://cleantechnica.com/2024/11/16/china-activates-worlds-largest-offshore-floating-solar-installation/

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Shipping trade rebounding following record drought impacts on Panama Canal

·?????? https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/12/panama-canal-cargo-container-trade-rebound-record-drought.html

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California Coastal Commission ruling to limit SpaceX launches to get critical military capability into orbit threatens national defense

·?????? https://spacenews.com/the-california-coastal-commissions-ruling-to-limit-spacex-launches-threatens-national-defense/

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California Coastal Commission approves massive $175M seawall in attempt to protect Ocean Beach wastewater treatment plant and sewage tunnel from erosion – 3,000 ft long, up to 120 ft wide & 35 ft deep

·?????? https://abc7news.com/post/california-coastal-commission-approves-massive-seawall-protect-san-francisco-ocean-beach-wastewater-treatment-plant/15546694/

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California Coastal Commission issues cease & desist order for Santa Barbara County oil pipeline work installing safety valves

·?????? https://www.noozhawk.com/coastal-commission-issues-cease-and-desist-order-for-sable-pipeline-work/

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Confederated Siletz Tribes regain 27-acres of ancestral coastal territory in Oregon lost under 1855 Treaty and establishment of the Siletz Reservation by President Franklin Pierce

·?????? https://www.klcc.org/politics-government/2024-11-18/roughly-170-years-later-siletz-tribe-regains-part-of-its-coastal-territory

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Coastal Inundation Zones dataviewer may aid planners – flood hazard areas, tsunami hazard & hurricanes

·?????? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/nov24/coastal-inundation-zones-dataviewer.html

·?????? Data Viewer:? https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/46504e6040554627bb7e48323055c949/page/Page/

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Opponents argue that state & federal agencies violated Endangered Species Act when approving Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion in Louisiana – PFAS forever chemical hazardous to listed species & human health

·?????? https://www.fox8live.com/2024/11/13/opponents-louisianas-largest-coastal-project-insist-state-violated-endangered-species-act/

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Update:? 20,000 tonne load of contaminated Russian fertilizer dumped off the coast of Norfolk, UK – ammonium nitrate highly soluble in seawater – ammonia damages nervous systems & nitrates can cause eutrophication

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/explosive-contaminated-russian-fertiliser-dumped-off-norfolk-coast/ar-AA1uj9mC

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Offshore wind installations struggle with project cancellations, broken turbines & abandoned lease sales – not a bad thing since such projects were highly subsidized by government & taxpayer dollars

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/turbines-in-trouble-offshore-energy-woes-threaten-a-pollution-free-future/ar-AA1ujAHy

Beliefs mean totoaba worth exorbitant prices on black market & struggles to protect these fish from extinction

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-totoaba-the-world-s-most-expensive-fish/ar-AA1srlUg

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US District Judge dismissed lawsuit contending authorities allowed feral horses on Cumberland Island to suffer but nudged federal & state agencies to listen to substance of the complaints

·?????? https://thecurrentga.org/2024/11/18/judge-dismisses-cumberland-horses-lawsuit/

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Impact of Suez Canal on world shipping routes

·?????? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-the-groundbreaking-suez-canal-forever-transformed-the-worlds-shipping-routes-180985273/

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NASA collaborative global sea level change website offers “insight” and forecasts – claims sea level is rising globally due to man-made global warming

·?????? https://scitechdaily.com/will-your-coastline-survive-nasas-global-insights-on-sea-level-rise/

·?????? Website:? https://earth.gov/sealevel

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Carcass of young fin whale washed up on beach near Anchorage, Alaska – endangered species

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/crowd-forms-on-alaskan-beach-after-giant-whale-carcass-washes-ashore/ar-AA1unV0M??

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Biden proposed $100 Billion disaster relief package includes and additional $310 Million (in addition to $400 M already allocated) to upgrade South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant in Mexico that dumps sewage and millions of gallons of untreated wastewater from Tijuana into Tijuana River & Pacific Ocean

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/president-biden-requests-another-310-million-for-tijuana-sewage-crisis/ar-AA1uoxEC

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Feasibility study to assess proposals for underwater tunnel connecting Matanuska-Susitna Valley & Anchorage, Alaska

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/alaska-announces-1m-study-into-new-underwater-tunnel/ar-AA1umM5Q

·?????? https://www.roadsbridges.com/construction-planning/news/55243578/alaska-transportation-department-to-study-feasibility-of-knik-arm-tunnel

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Call for more involvement by Indigenous Tribes in Everglades restoration

·?????? https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20112024/florida-indigenous-tribe-everglades-restoration/

·?????? https://www.nationalacademies.org/news/2024/10/tenth-biennial-review-highlights-historic-level-of-everglades-restoration-progress-identifies-areas-for-continued-improvement

·?????? Link to Report:? https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27875/progress-toward-restoring-the-everglades-the-tenth-biennial-review-2024

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Sunflower sea stars are functionally extinct in California – being raised in lab in Trinidad

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/functionally-extinct-in-california-six-sunflower-sea-stars-now-being-raised-in-trinidad-lab/ar-AA1ujL6o

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Update:? Congressional investigation into FEMA calling Trump supporters “domestic terrorists” and discriminating against them following Hurricanes Helene & Milton

·?????? https://amgreatness.com/2024/11/19/whistleblower-claim-hurricane-victim-in-georgia-told-to-remove-trump-yard-signs-because-fema-officials-consider-trumpers-domestic-terrorists/

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Saltwater intrusion into groundwater affecting coastal areas of Nassau County, New York – Phase 1 of assessment

·?????? https://www.eastendbeacon.com/mapping-the-sustainability-of-long-islands-groundwater/

·?????? Mapping viewer:? https://ny.water.usgs.gov/maps/lisustainabilityphase1viewer/

·?????? https://www.usgs.gov/centers/new-york-water-science-center/science/groundwater-sustainability-long-island-aquifer-system

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US Army COE issues permit to install first onshore wave energy system at Port of Los Angeles

·?????? https://electrek.co/2024/11/18/us-first-onshore-wave-energy-project-gets-the-green-light/

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Plans revealed for 445-km interoceanic canal across Nicaragua to rival Panama Canal

·?????? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/nicaragua-unveils-new-canal-route-in-bid-to-rival-panama/ar-AA1urKRA

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Disruption of 2 submarine internet cables in Baltic Sea prompt warnings of “hybrid warfare”

·?????? https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/europe/undersea-cable-disrupted-germany-finland-intl/index.html

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