After rejecting a controversial proposal in Huntington Beach, the state Coastal Commission greenlights another in Dana Point. While environmentalists raised concerns, the commission calls it a well-planned project.
California’s offshore oil rigs are covered in sea life from top to bottom. Some environmentalists argue that these rigs should be left in place once they are decommissioned, but creating a path to turn rigs into reefs has so far proven difficult.
Ryan Davis, creative director of Americas Green Corps, created the plan to reconfigure the decommissioned Platform Holly into the “Green Lighthouse” national monument back in December 2020