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County Rejects Coastal Development Agreement For Santa Barbara Ranch
On November 3, 2009, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors revisited a controversial proposal to develop more than 70 estates at Naples on the Gaviota Coast, and voted to rescind a development agreement between the County and Santa Barbara Ranch interests. It was another positive step for a Board that has shown its commitment to preservation on the Gaviota Coast. EDC and our partners at the Surfrider Foundation and the Naples Coalition will continue to work with the County to achieve better protections for wildlife, open spaces, agriculural lands and recreation. Meanwhile, we are working on the lawsuit that was filed last year to overturn the Santa Barbara Ranch project approvals. |
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Venoco’s “Paredon Oil & Gas Development Initiative” On June 8 Ballot In Carpinteria
Measure J, the Paredon Oil & Gas Development Initiative, will be on the June 8, 2010, ballot in the City of Carpinteria, likely preceding a Court of Appeal ruling on the City's legal challenge to Venoco's initiative. Information about Measure J, including a report from the City of Carpinteria, is available at www.carpinteria.ca.us/communitydev/paredon%20initiative_info.shtml. Information about the Paredon project can be found here and at www.carpinteria.ca.us/communitydev/project_info.shtml. Voters in Carpinteria have formed a measure committee, with information at http://CitizensAgainstParedon.org. Read more about EDC's work in Carpinteria here. |
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Conservation Organizations Join Legal Effort to Protect Endangered Blue Whale
Recent Ship Strike Mortalities Again Demonstrate Consequences of
Government’s Decade-Long Delay in Implementing Blue Whale Recovery Plan
Friends of the Earth, Pacific Environment, and Center for Biological Diversity, national and international conservation organizations with a combined membership of more than 120,000 people, today joined a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) (submitted by Environmental Defense Center (“EDC”) in August) for the agency’s failure to implement the 1998 Blue Whale Recovery Plan. |
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The Future of Ventura County’s Ormond Beach Wetlands
The City of Oxnard is expected to take actions soon that will determine the future of the Ormond Beach wetlands. Click [Link text “here” OrmondBeach_Factsheet_9-09.pdf] for a quick overview about this relatively unknown coastal treasure in Ventura County, the efforts underway to protect and restore the area, and how you can get involved. |
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West Coast Sanctuary Advisory Councils Adopt EDC’s Report on Ocean Acidification
All five west coast Sanctuary Advisory Councils have endorsed the recommendations that the Environmental Defense Center included in our report on ocean acidification that was development for the Channel Islands Sanctuary. Read EDC's ocean acidification report here (PDF, 1.7MB). EDC continues to build public awareness and demand for action on ocean acidification, what many scientists consider the global warming of the oceans. |
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Goleta Beach Saved
On July 8, the Coastal Commission denied Santa Barbara County’s proposed goin project at Goleta Beach. EDC and its client, the Surfrider Foundation, led the opposition and were joined by the More Mesa Preservation Coalition, Santa Barbara Channelkeeper and Urban Creeks Council. The project would have required ongoing dredging of Goleta Beach, causing beach and park closures as well as air and water pollution. |
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