With the Bush Administration, the Mendocino coast fell under the crosshairs of a renewed bid for offshore oil drilling. Now Barack Obama would like to tap into the north coast’s raw wind and wave energy. There is an article about it in Sunday's Press Democrat.
For those with high speed internet, there will be a live webcast of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s final public meeting on the future of offshore energy development beginning at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 16.
