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Besides the climate law, Biden-Harris are seeking to spend billions in projects approved under the infrastructure law and the CHIPS Act. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is shelling out billions of dollars for clean energy and approving major offshore wind projects as officials race to secure major climate initiatives before President Joe Biden’s term comes to an end. Biden… Read More
Brevard County coast faces beach erosion from storm, officials assess damage Source
As climate change accelerates, its impacts on coastal cities like Santa Cruz are becoming more immediate and severe. Erosion and flooding are no longer distant threats — they are happening now. Our coastline is increasingly vulnerable. We’ve seen firsthand the destructive power of erosion, flooding and rising sea levels. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce… Read More
Dare County Manager Bobby Outten announced that the county’s dredging permits have been officially reinstated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), on Friday, October 18, allowing the Miss Katie’s dredging operations to resume immediately. The Miss Katie is currently scheduled to resume dredging operations on Saturday, October 19, 2024. The permits were initially suspended on September 18 due to… Read More
LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources announced public access to Hudson Lake in La Porte County will be disrupted from mid-October through the end of the year due to a dredging project. DNR officials say the work is aimed at improving boating access. The work is funded by the DNR’s… Read More
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) – For the third year in a row, the Mississippi River levels are low. That means the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will need to continue dredging the river to keep traffic moving. A spokesman for the U-S Army Corps of Engineers said dredging along the Mississippi began last summer, with… Read More
LAKE CHARLES, La. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority held a Groundbreaking Ceremony to celebrate the start of the Southwest Coastal Louisiana Project. This project will deliver a non-structural approach to providing a 1-percent level of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, primarily through a combination of… Read More
San Clemente has finished a sand replenishment project at North Beach, a months-long effort to help widen a stretch of eroded coastline. The project, which kicked off in late July, delivered 37,000 cubic yards of sand from the Santa Ana River, with truckloads hauling the material in and spreading it out on the north end of… Read More
Barnstable County Dredge, NTM #1 Cotuit Channel, October 11, 2024 Mobilizing continued this week for the Cotuit dredging project with the towing of 3,500′ of pipe from Harwich (in addition to +7,000′ of pipe already in place). More than 10,000′ of pipe will be used for this project. The long length of pipe is required as… Read More
The Senate Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works heard an update last week on the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project that could be scaled down or delayed. The proposed $2.9 billion project is designed to send land-building sediment from the Mississippi River to Louisiana’s shrinking wetlands along the coast. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says the diversion… Read More
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana voters will have to decide how the state allocates money for coastal restoration on the Nov. 5 ballot. The amendment, called the Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Amendment, would require federal funding the state receives from offshore energy production to go toward the Coastal… Read More
Our subsidiary, Healy Tibbitts Builders, is hard at work on the USACE Honolulu District’s maintenance dredging project at Honolulu Harbor, located on the southern coast of Oahu. Honolulu Harbor is the principal seaport of the state of Hawaii, and this project will ensure that commercial and recreational vessels can navigate the waterway, which is vital… Read More
Houses have historically been a key driver of middle-class wealth creation — but when some or all of your house gets destroyed in a flood, it feels less like an asset and more like a liability. That’s a scenario of concern to millions of Americans this hurricane season. Why it matters: Only a tiny proportion of… Read More
In the first nine months of 2024, reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery fell to the lowest levels since 1994, according to the latest report by the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). Despite the lowest reported incidents in three decades, IMB and its Piracy Reporting Centre warns that crew safety remains at risk. IMB… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — After a busy hurricane season causing a lot of destruction, Ducks Unlimited is raising money and awareness for the need to protect the coast. “Louisiana loses a football field, piece size, piece of property every 100 minutes,” said Zac Brown, the Louisiana regional director of Ducks Unlimited. “So 25 to 35 square… Read More