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President Trump Rolls Out New Missile Defense Plan

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An SM-3 Block 1B interceptor is launched from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a Missile Defense Agency test and successfully intercepted a complex short-range ballistic missile target off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. DoD

President Donald Trump said his expanded, space-based missile defense program’s goal is to detect and destroy any incoming missile fired by “hostile powers or by mistake” at the United States or its allies.

Speaking at the Pentagon...

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/17/president-trump-rolls-new-missile-defense-plan

El proyecto de ley de agua de lastre espera la firma del presidente Trump

La Ley de Autorización de la Guardia Costera de 2018, S. 140, aprobó la Cámara de Representantes y se dirige al escritorio del presidente para su firma. Además de las medidas relacionadas con las operaciones de la Guardia Costera, contiene la Ley de Descarga Incidental de Embarcaciones (VIDA), que anticipará las leyes estatales sobre la gestión del agua de lastre y pondrá a la Agencia de Protección Ambiental a cargo de las regulaciones de agua de lastre de los EE. UU. La Guardia Costera de los...

https://fullavantenews.com/el-proyecto-de-ley-de-agua-de-lastre-de-los-estados-unidos-espera-la-firma-del-presidente/?lang=es

Oregon governor issues executive order to block offshore drilling

Four platforms off the coast of California. BOEM photo

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order last week blocking offshore oil drilling off the Oregon coast, including the outer continental shelf (OCS), by preventing the development of any infrastructure in the state that would support such activity.

The order says that all 363 miles of the state’s coastline is accessible to the public and that the land and water along the coast represents tremendous economical and recreational benefits to the people of the state of Oregon.

“Offshore oil and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/oregon-governor-issues-executive-order-to-block-offshore-drilling/

Trump administration may struggle to obstruct IMO 2020

The International Maritime Organization is much like the large commercial ships it regulates in one respect: while slow to get moving in the first place, it can be difficult to stop once its inertia has been overcome.

This is the problem the US delegation at the UN body may face at a key meeting being held October 22-26, if it seeks to put obstacles in the way of tighter marine fuel sulfur emission limits.

The IMO’s global sulfur cap is due to drop from 3.5% to 0.5% at the start of 2020, with...

http://blogs.platts.com/2018/10/19/trump-administration-may-struggle-to-obstruct-imo-2020/

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