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NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council will hold hybrid in-person/virtual Advisory Panel and Committee meetings in Hawaii, American Samoa, and Guam on Sept. 3-7.  Offshore energy updates for the Western Pacific, Hawaii, and Guam are included on the agenda for meetings of the Fishing Industry Advisory Committee, [...]

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced its decision to publish a Call for Information and Nominations tomorrow for a second regional offshore wind energy sale in an area comprised of ~13.5 million acres in the Central Atlantic off the coasts of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Public input [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it will hold a series of public hearings and listening sessions regarding its proposal to list ten species of giant clams found in the western Pacific as endangered (5)) and threatened (5) under the Endangered Species Act.  Comments on the proposed rule are due by Wednesday, Oct. [...]

The State Department on Tuesday announced that it will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4 in preparation for the 10th session of the International Maritime Organization’s Subcommittee on Carriage of Cargoes and Containers, to be held in London on Sept. 16-20. Agenda items to be considered at the IMO meeting include development of [...]

The U.S State Department today announced an open call for nominations by Monday, Sept. 16 of U.S. scientists to serve as coordinating lead authors, lead authors, and review editors for the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities, which will be undertaken by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change during the 7th Assessment Report cycle. [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that it is seeking information by Thursday, Oct. 3 on issues related to the planning and development of electric transmission facilities to service offshore wind power generating stations on the U.S. West Coast.  In doing so, DOE noted its goal to understand transmission siting constraints offshore and onshore, [...]

The Interior Department today announced the issuance of the nation’s first gloating offshore wind research lease for an area covering ~15,000 acres of federal waters off Maine.  The project could deploy up to 12 floating offshore wind turbines that generate up to 144 megawatts of energy. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland called the announcement “yet another [...]

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council today announced a proposed ~$7.6 million Texas Commission on Environmental Quality subaward to The Nature Conservancy to purchase habitat conservation easements on properties within the Goliad Refugio Prairie in Texas, as well as a $3 million Texas Commission on Environmental Quality subaward to Armand Bayou Nature Center to acquire and preserve [...]

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries today announced (1) its decision to suspend for two years the application of special use permit requirements for the continued presence of commercial submarine cables in any new sanctuaries designated after Aug. 16, 2024; and (2) its request for public comments by Monday, Sept. 30 on the use of the [...]

NOAA today announced that the agency’s Science Advisory Board will hold a public virtual meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11.  Agenda items will address items including the Board’s Consent Calendar and review of the Cooperative Institute for Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Systems Report, as well as a public comment session.