by Protect The Coast PNW | Apr 6, 2026 | Articles
BOEM is being merged with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) into a new agency called the Marine Minerals Administration (MMA). This move essentially undoes a major reform that followed the Deepwater Horizon disaster in 2010. At that time, the...
by Protect The Coast PNW | Mar 30, 2026 | Articles
A consequential debate is unfolding along the lower Columbia River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a new long-term plan to manage dredged sediment from the river’s navigation channel, potentially constructing large underwater containment structures in...
by Protect The Coast PNW | Mar 25, 2026 | Articles
Modified image from the report. The ocean is not an economic zone for human use; the ocean is home to marine life. A recent National Academies report examining offshore wind development along the U.S. West Coast raises serious concerns about the environmental...
by Protect The Coast PNW | Aug 30, 2025 | Articles
Don’t Let the Trump Administration Open the Deep Sea to Mining Your action is needed by September 5, 2025 Most of Earth remains unexplored. The deep sea—home to extraordinary creatures we are only just beginning to discover—may hold answers to questions about life...
by Protect The Coast PNW | Sep 11, 2024 | Articles, Public Comments
This is a public comment by Friends of Grays Harbor (FOGH), an organization based in Washington State, concerning proposed offshore wind energy development off the coast of Grays Harbor county, in Washington. This public comment is shared with permission. Click here...
by Protect The Coast PNW | Jun 14, 2024 | Articles, Public Comments
by Max Wilbert This piece is a public comment submitted (in modified form) to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and to the Oregon Coastal Management Program. The evidence does not show that public comments are effective at stopping industrial projects, but I find...
