Monthly Archives: July 2011

The Noyo News is pleased to announce that court and filing fees have been met for an appeal on the MLPA “Initiative’s” absurd  Motion to Quash.  The matter will be now be heard at the U.S. District Court of Appeals in San … Continue reading →

“How is it that the MLPA doesn’t protect the ocean from big oil, wave energy projects, water pollution, military testing and all of the people who want to mess up the ocean, the people with big money,” Colegrove emphasized. “Now … Continue reading →

By Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips In 2009, a U.N. joint commission estimated that 6.4 million metric tons of plastic waste currently pollutes the oceans. The U.N. also estimates that 5 million pieces of plastic enter the oceans each … Continue reading →

The local Ocean Protection Coalition has been one of the many groups and individuals who have worked over the past few decades to keep oil/gas drilling, industrialization and pollution away from our shores. Recently, the chairwoman of the OPC was … Continue reading →

Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of NOAA, responds to questions on the controversial “catch shares” program, a program to privatize ocean resources, in Ukiah in December 2010. Photo by Dan Bacher. . Annual … Continue reading →

By Dan Bacher State officials and proponents of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative have continually claimed in press releases and testimony before the Fish and Game Commission that the initiative is “science-based.” However, the claims that that … Continue reading →