And more of what's happening along the SoCal coast
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| $13 million in fines, compensation in oil spill case By Heather McRea | | This week in Coast Lines: The cost of last October’s oil spill in Orange County is mounting for the pipeline’s operator and subsidiaries as settlements are reached.
Plus, an Ocean Corps is proposed to help combat climate change effects and address coastal disasters, and a new ocean economy is emerging and educators are preparing.
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| | | Oil spill aftermath Amplify Energy Corp. and two subsidiaries will pay a $7.1 million criminal fine as well as $5.8 million in compensation, in the latest settlement announced. This settlement in the spill that dumped 25,000 gallons off the OC coast last year also comes with a guilty plea to one misdemeanor charge of negligently discharging oil. "We believe this resolution, which is subject to court review and approval, reflects the commitments we made immediately following the incident," Amplify’s President and CEO Martyn Willsher said in a released statement. "We are committed to safely operating in a way that ensures the protection of the environment and the surrounding communities." Read the story. |
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| An ocean workforce The idea is to take an already successful program, the California Conservation Corps, which pairs young adults in need of work training with jobs that help the environment and their local community, and spin off a variation that will focus on the health of the coastline. Creating an Ocean Corps would train a workforce for the state that would be prepared to respond to emergencies, like another oil spill or coastal disaster, while in the meantime work on solutions to beach erosion and such. "There’s so many issues arising," said Orange County Conservation Corps CEO Katharyn Muniz. "This is such an important time for all of us to work on climate action, personally in our own behaviors, but (also) to develop a workforce specifically geared toward restoration and protection of our coastline." But are state leaders on board? Read the story. |
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| | | The blue economy A growing ocean economy will create more than 126,000 directly related jobs in Los Angeles County, paying a combined $37.7 billion in wages by 2030, the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation projects. But is the local workforce prepared for those jobs? “That is a staggering number, and we want to position our students for the first opportunities that exist in one of the world’s fastest-growing business sectors,” Santa Monica College Superintendent, President Kathryn E. Jeffery said. Read the story. |
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| What else?
Long Beach yachtsman and innovator Norman “Pete” Ives has died.
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Another settlement was announced this week in the OC oil spill, though final details are still pending.
Read the story. A paddle-out memorial planned for Hap Jacobs in Hermosa Beach will honor the surfing great. Read the story. |
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| | | In the ocean
Dozens of the world’s best skimboarders competed in “The Vic” over the weekend at Aliso Beach. In its 45th year, the Vic West, sponsored by Victoria Skimboard, was the fourth stop of the United Skim Tour. Skimboarders from Mexico won the men’s and women’s titles.
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