Oil rig off Southern California coast catches fire, dozens of workers evacuated, officials say. www.latimes.com/california/s... Emerging story...

Not sure why those of us in CA are tolerating minority rule at the federal level by states that have less than 10% of our GDP.

This is a great story about dreaming big, perseverance, unlikely partners, and a perfect wave in the middle of no where. www.surfer.com/news/kelly-s...

Remember that company that Trump paid a billion dollars so that they *wouldn't* build offshore wind farms in the US? They're doing amazing shit over in Europe. Floating turbines are so cool!

BURGUM: Understand -- there are times in North Dakota when the wind does not blow and the sun doesn't shine KING: Of course. That's where batteries come in

Happy California Ocean Day to everyone except Donald Trump and his dirty oil enablers www.gov.ca.gov/2026/04/28/h...

We are using $2 Billion dollars in public funds (your tax dollars) to pay companies not to produce energy. Make it make sense??

by my tally we are now spending ~$2B to companies to NOT build more energy infrastructure. in the middle of an energy crisis

We are spending $2 Billion to walk away from offshore wind energy. apnews.com/article/trum...

California’s fight over pipeline tests state’s right to push back against Washington during war apnews.com/article/oil-...

When you peddle in conspiracy theories they eventually get turned back at you.

An oil company joins with the Trump administration to bully California over offshore drilling www.latimes.com/business/sto...

Western Red Rattlesnake on the trail in Laguna Beach. What a beauty! 🐍

We acknowledge that more than 90% of the heat from global warming has gone into the ocean but then act surprised when this happens.

We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.

Key words, “conceded defeat”

Even Trump’s bad policies can't stop renewables now. www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Found many dead Cormorants on Crystal Cove State Park beach in Southern CA today. Probably a dozen in a 2.5 mile stretch. Maybe marine heat wave or avian flu?? 🤷‍♂️ Anyone know why?

🇰🇭 Cambodia unveils statue for mine-sniffing hero rat Cambodia unveils a statue of the landmine-hunting rat, Magawa, the only rat ever awarded the PDSA Gold Medal for animal bravery.

Remember when Bill Clinton spoke to his AG for a few seconds privately, on the tarmac, and the US media, following the instructions of bad-faith wingnuts, made a huge multi-week scandal out of it?

BROOKLYN! There’s only a handful of tickets left to our climate comedy show. If you want to come laugh and dance with us, now’s your chance.✨ 🎟️ Grab your tickets before they’re gone! @brooklynbotanic.bsky.social www.bbg.org/visit/event/...

No big deal just a solar eclipse as seen from the moon streamed to us here on Earth by astronauts who are farther away from their home planet than any human has ever been

Just tried to buy LA28 Olympic tickets via the lottery. Surfing & Climbing unavailable 🤷‍♂️ Random Prelim waterpolo game $556 for 2 tickets. No thanks.

Speaking of energy prices… “In all 50 states, the cost of home-charging an EV is considerably cheaper than fueling a car with gasoline” — @climateconnections.bsky.social yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/04/what...

Very proud of the @surfrider Kauai folks who've been collecting 1000s of these traps. Source Identification of Multinational Abandoned, Lost, or Discarded Fishing Gear from the Eel and Hagfish Trap Fisheries throughout the North Pacific Ocean juniperpublishers.com/ofoaj/pdf/OF...

Drilling inevitably leads to spilling. This is what we want to avoid in California but the Trump Admin is doing everything they can to open our coasts to offshore drilling. www.latimes.com/world-nation...

Yesterday at the @surfrider.org all staff retreat we saw a 🐢 sea turtle 🦭 a seal lion 🦈 a juvenile great while shark breach 🐬🐬dolphins, and 🐋 a whale go by San Onofre State Beach. An incredible display of ocean wildlife right off shore. Definitely worth protecting! #theoceanneedsmorefriends

Interior secretary joins Chevron CEO onstage to disparage land conservation www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Trump Backs Calif. Offshore Oil Plan Amid Fuel Price Spike. Sable would produce 0.3% of the total annual production of the US. I don't think that will lower gas prices. www.ttnews.com/articles/tru...

When I was a kid growing up in coastal Southern California, my brother and I would lie in bed with asthmatic coughs on smoggy summer days. And we lived in a town where the air quality was better than most places.

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

Builders vs Behavioralists Two different world views, seemingly at odds. It explains a lot about how we see the world's problems. And more importantly how we respond to them. The reality is that we need both. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

This story cannot keep flying under the radar. A ProPublica investigation uncovered hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties between Trump officials and the industries they are supposed to regulate. That is not just a conflict of interest. It is corruption, plain and simple.

One of the many great things about driving an electric car is that I don’t even notice what the gas prices are anymore.

“If this biological pump didn’t exist, atmospheric CO₂ levels would be roughly twice those as they are at the moment. So the oceans are doing a pretty good job” #ClimateEmergency #Biodiversity www.bbc.com/news/article...

Great piece from AP - appreciate that it brings in the compounding climate risk in the region. apnews.com/article/iran...

Orange County communities and businesses have a lot to lose, including a thriving coastal economy, if the Trump admin opens the CA coast to offshore drilling. voiceofoc.org/2026/03/bixb...

The Trump administration did not receive a single bid for its offer of new offshore oil and gas exploration opportunities in Alaska’s Cook Inlet, dealing a blow to President Trump’s ‘drill, baby drill,’ agenda. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/c...

Off Cape Cod, an underwater forest of 4,000-year-old corals is at risk. Read more from Dr. Peter Auster and others on why marine monuments are necessary: "It’s not that we shouldn't fish anywhere. It's just that we shouldn't fish everywhere.” tinyurl.com/2nb3bbe8

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/c... Can Nations Agree How to Mine the Sea? This Is the Year, She Says. 🧪🦑🌎

Space X and the FAA is making our air space unsafe for planes. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

Why are we (CA & other blue states) subsidizing the country only to have our federal program funds cut on a partisan basis. Time to deduct it from “the rent” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/h...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Beach access is not to be messed with in California. Fortunately. www.msn.com/en-us/crime/...

A quick reminder of what #BigFebruary is about… Thanks to the magic of the cosmos, we start gaining daylight much faster in Feb than in Jan. Over 20 mins a week - setting us up for Spring. This chart is by @neilrkaye.bsky.social and is one of my all time favourites.

Nevermind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college: The Spy Novel History of the Caribbean Hard Choices ( famous legal class on ambiguity of some moral choices) Paleontology Modern Culture & Media

Historically @noaa.gov was a ocean and coastal science and management agency, but under this admin they have sadly turned into an ocean exploitation agency. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...

Bad polling = change in tone. Way to little. Way too late.