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The beach, from the Dusit Thani Hotel through the Pattaya Police Station, is now impressively wide, even during high tide. Tourists spread out across the sandy expanse, relaxing on mats, sunbathing in chairs and enjoying family activities. From Soi 9 to Soi 12, heavy machinery and sweaty workers are expanding the beach from its paltry… Read More
The World Igbo Environment Foundation (WIEF) has called for the dredging of River Niger and de-silting of water bodies to solve the perennial problem of flooding in Nigeria. The foundation’s Executive Director, Dr Odili Ojukwu, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Awka. Ojukwu said that… Read More
The Beloe More recently joined its sister vessel Severnaya Dvina in the Port of Sabetta, northern Russia. The 2,000 m3 hopper dredger was delivered from stock to FSUE ROSMORPORT. The customised hopper dredger will perform maintenance duties and execute capital dredging in the newly created harbour. The Beloe More – meaning ‘White Sea’ in Russian… Read More
Oil and gas produced from federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico and on federal land in Louisiana in fiscal year 2018 will add $91 million to the budgets of the state and coastal parishes, the Interior Department announced recently, with much of the money dedicated to state coastal protection and restoration. The biggest chunk,… Read More
THE dredging of the Warri Port in Delta State, to seven metres draught, will be completed soon, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Managing Director, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has said. The low draught of the port, importers and clearing agents said, has made the Warri and Calabar ports unattractive for business. Ms Bala Usman assured… Read More
An Army Corps of Engineers study of plans to deepen the area around JaxPort’sBlount Island terminal finds the project would have no significant impact on the St. Johns River or nearby habitat. But the St. Johns Riverkeeper calls the Corps’ study incomplete, saying the project will have a substantial effect on wildlife and the environment…. Read More
Over several decades General Electric (GE) dumped an estimated 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into the Hudson River between 1947 and 1977. GE completed a $1.7 billion PCB dredging project in 2014 and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the midst of a five-year review to determine whether or not GE’s cleanup… Read More
A century’s worth of bad environmental practices by local industries is slated for dredging out of the “Old Channel” around Zug Island, in a more than $50-million federal project to improve long-standing pollution problems on the Rouge River. Arising from the murk with potentially health-harming, ecology-wrecking pollution will be eight or so cars, mysteriously sunk… Read More
As far as the Ganga is concerned, the Modi government has not been short on symbolism, funds, infrastructure, promises and periodic announcements. But does ‘Namami Gange’ suggest a positive intent to achieve nirmal (clean) Ganga, if not aviral (incessantly flowing) Ganga? The government is, in fact, doing a lot that adversely affects the river. These… Read More
The Town of Harwich is seeking a solution to an on-going erosion issue on the backside of the Red River Beach jetty. In the last several years, so-called “soft solutions” have been employed by the town to deal with erosion, however officials say with the end of the jetty slumping, vegetative dune eroding and a… Read More
On Wednesday morning, the National Energy Board will begin three weeks of hearings on the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline project. The review was ordered by the Federal Court of Appeal at the end of August. The court found that insufficient time had been spent reviewing potential marine impacts of the pipeline and of increased tanker… Read More
Mountain Lakes officials discuss plans to move the beach renovation project in house after bids for construction projects were rejected multiple times. Source: The Citizen
India’s longest waterway project, one terminal of which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week, was made possible only after a high-power Committee of Ministers and senior officials from multiple Ministries overruled the recommendations of experts appointed by the Environment Ministry. The latter had recommended public consultations and a full-fledged environment clearance,… Read More
Amex Resources Limited’s Mba Delta Ironsands Project facility at the Lautoka Port is expected to open in early 2019. The approval to dredge the navigational channel was finally given on Friday and work is expected to begin in the coming days. An Environment Impact Assessment report was done on the impact of dredging in the… Read More
The Smoky Hill River Renewal Project envisions a future where people can walk or ride bikes alongside a clear, flowing river, or row down the winding river through Salina in a canoe or kayak. Construction on phase one of the multiphase project isn’t scheduled to begin until 2020, but planning is already well underway. More… Read More