Coast & Ocean

See all our posts and activity about coastal and ocean issues.

Protecting California’s Coasts

2010 CA COASTAL COMMISSION CONSERVATION VOTING CHART

The California Coastal Commission (CCC) Conservation Voting Chart is a joint enterprise of the Sierra Club, League for Coastal Protection (LCP), Surfrider Foundation, California Coastkeeper Alliance, California Coastal Protection Network (CCPN) and Coastwalk California.

These voting charts have been prepared for the last 23 years. The CCC voting chart for 2010 examines 21 separate votes. Votes analyzed were selected in consultation with coastal conservation activists based on their likely impact on coastal resources and their potential to set important statewide precedent. The CCC reviews approximately 1000 projects each year and approves the vast majority of them. This voting chart is designed to highlight only the most important votes, where the environmental stakes are high, including several major issues of concern to the California environmental community. For example, this year’s chart includes the Carlsbad Poseidon desalination facility, several major enforcement actions as well as the controversial Malibu Lagoon restoration project.

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San Francisco Wetlands

CALIFORNIA COAST RESILIENT HABITATS CAMPAIGN

The California Coast is one of 10 ecosystems around the nation chosen by Sierra Club as part of its Resilient Habitats campaign to protect, connect and restore key habitats in the face of climate change impacts. The California Coast of one of 34 biodivresity hotspots in the world, and the only one in North America, so it is well worth preserving beyond our attachment to its senic coastlines and great beaches. Sierra Club California is conducting the California Coast Resilient Habitats Campaign. (learn more–>)