The ocean plays a major role in the survival of our planet for well-known reasons, such as the ability to slow global warming by trapping harmful carbon compounds or the ability to release vast quantities of oxygen.  But if the …

BY ZARINA KHAIRZADA SAN PEDRO PUBLISHED 11:31 AM ET JUN. 25, 2020 UPDATED 11:51 AM ET JUN. 25, 2020   PORT OF LOS ANGELES – Calm waters near the docks at the Port of Los Angeles have become a gateway for startups like Rustom Jehangir’s Blue …

By Michaela Johnson Climate change has been a hot topic over the past decade. Many scientific groups and activists have made projections for climate change in the future. One of these projections is that by 2030 the global temperature will …

Palos Verdes Pulse Slightly less than a decade ago, Geraldine Knatz, former Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, asked Leonard Aube, former Executive Director of the Annenberg Foundation, to evaluate and seed fund a proposal of moving the …

There are many organizations fighting for a better earth and a better future.  One of these is the Center for the Blue Economy at Middlebury Institute.  Their mission is to promote a sustainable, resilient ocean and coastal economy (the “Blue …