Dan Haifley

1 week ago | lookout.co | Lookout Santa Cruz |Wallace Baine |Max Chun |Dan Haifley

Good morning! It’s May 8 — here’s what’s going on in your community today…Today will be warmer with periods of clouds and sunshine. The high will be 81 with a low of 50. Wear your sunblock — the UV Index is very high (10/11). Intermittent clouds now, changing to partly sunny at 10 a.m. Intermittent clouds Partly sunny ▼︎ road incidents   ▼︎ eventsRead on to see the details about each item…South Highway 1 in Capitola/Soquel is facing closures for roadway excavation.

1 week ago | lookout.co | Dan Haifley

Quick Take Ocean activist Dan Haifley says planned cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s budget would harm Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, fisheries management, scientific data collection and analysis and the National Weather Service, which saves lives and supports our economy. He urges readers to contact Congress to protest the cuts. Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers.

Jan 8, 2025 | santacruzsentinel.com | Katie Thompson |Dan Haifley

By Katie Thompson and Dan HaifleyPresident Joe Biden’s historic protection of more than 625 million acres of United States federal waters from new offshore oil development on Jan. 6 includes the West Coast and notably, California, which currently has 27 offshore platforms.

Dec 12, 2024 | santacruzsentinel.com | Dan Haifley

"Roughly 71% of our planet is covered by water, and 97% of that is an ocean wrapped around land masses that rise from the sea floor in the form of continents and island chains," writes Dan Haifley in a Guest Commentary. "Half the oxygen we breathe is produced by plant life within it, mostly phytoplankton at the base of the food web. It’s vast, complex, and is vulnerable to climate change, plastic pollution, nutrient-rich runoff and other threats." to continue reading this article.

Aug 13, 2024 | lookout.co | Dan Haifley

Quick Take Ocean activist Dan Haifley argues that Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary will help complete a zone of ocean protection along the California coast that stretches from Point Arena to the north to the Channel Islands to the south. The decision now rests with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Biden-Harris administration and Congress. Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers.