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EcoNews Report: Trump's attack on the California coast

Oil platform near Huntington Beach | from Wikimedia Commons
Garth Weals
Oil platform near Huntington Beach | from Wikimedia Commons

The Trump Administration is targeting California’s coast, pushing for oil, gas and even SpaceX developments. In a seeming attempt to strip California’s power to blcok these type of developments of its coast, NOAA has announced a new review of the California Coastal Management Program.

Jen Savage of the Surfrider Foundation joins the program to talk about these and other threats from the Trump Administration to the California coast.

In addition to being a host on EcoNews Report, Scott Greacen is also Executive Director of Friends of the Eel River. Scott is a graduate of Reed College and Lewis and Clark Law School, and a member of the California bar. He has been active in the environmental movement since 1989.
Jennifer Kalt is the Director of Humboldt Baykeeper, which works to safeguard coastal resources for the health, enjoyment, and economic strength of the Humboldt Bay community. The Baykeeper edition of the Northcoast Environmental Center's EcoNews Report airs on the third Thursday of the month, and features interviews of the many fascinating people involved in Humboldt Bay issues. For more info, visit humboldtbaykeeper.org.
Tom Wheeler is the Program Director and Staff Attorney at the Environmental Protection Information Center. Tom graduated from the University of Washington School of Law with a concentration in Environmental Law. When he’s not nerding out over the Endangered Species Act (his all-time favorite law), Tom is probably plunking the banjo, playing ping-pong with his wife, Jenna, or petting his cats, Fatty and Trim. Tom can be reached at tom@wildcalifornia.org.