California’s Coastal Protections Are Facing a Federal Challenge. Here’s What Could Change

California’s Coastal Protections Are Facing a Federal Challenge. Here’s What Could Change

The Donald Trump administration’s decision to initiate a review of California’s Coastal Management Program is putting a decades-old federal-state partnership under scrutiny, with the review examining issues ranging from offshore […] The post California’s Coastal Protections Are Facing a Federal Challenge. Here’s What Could Change appeared first on edhat.

Who Controls the California Coast? SpaceX, Oil & Coastal Power

From rocket ships to oil rigs—how twisted does a tale have to be to connect the two? In this exploration, it will all come together, like a hospital gown.  SpaceX, proposed oil rigs and the Commerce Department’s review of California’s coastal-management program are all pieces in the fight over who controls the California coast. Washington […]

California Coastal Protections Face Federal Challenge

Richard Stockton traces how SpaceX launches, a new federal review of California’s coastal program and possible offshore oil leasing have converged into a larger fight over who controls California’s coast.