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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (“Great Lakes” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the United States, announced today the receipt of several dredging awards totaling $177 million. The awarded work includes: Orange Beach, Gulf State Park, Gulf Shores Engineered Beach Renourishment Project (Coastal Protection, Alabama, $32.8 million) Fire Island Inlet to… Read More
This year is already the worst year on record for billion-dollar climate disasters in the U.S., a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said, as experts warn that extreme events are likely to become more frequent and intense unless drastic action is taken to curb human-driven climate change. KEY FACTS There have been 23… Read More
Due to climate change, glaciers are melting rapidly due to the warming global temperature, which is causing the sea levels to rise further, leading to the severity and frequency of coastal flooding. Irrespective of the moderate carbon emission scenario, 100-year floods will occur globally in coastal regions. These types of floods can hit the same areas numerous… Read More
WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior today announced that more than $50.6 million in funding has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, providing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its partners the ability to help conserve, restore or enhance more than 106,600 acres of wetlands and associated upland habitats for waterfowl, shorebirds… Read More
San Diego County’s seashores want pricey, sustained replenishment efforts to stay the extensive, sandy vacationer points of interest they’ve been for thus lengthy, a brand new regional examine exhibits. Shorelines in south Oceanside, south Carlsbad, Leucadia and Coronado are shrinking quick, in line with the 2023 “State of the Coast” report launched Thursday by the San… Read More
Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) called on the Biden Administration to commit to never using a recently finalized waiver on shipyard grants and to help ensure American companies and workers are benefitting from taxpayer-funded shipbuilding. The waiver could undercut Baldwin’s Buy America policies that are currently in place and allow the government to buy foreign companies’… Read More
A port of the Schuylkill River Trail in Manayunk is closed through the year due to Philadelphia Water Department work. According to the water department, the trail is closed to all pedestrians and bikers through the end of 2023 as work on the Flat Rock Dam Betterment Project continues. The affected portion is alongside the… Read More
Fox 4’s Bella Line learns more about the process of beach renourishment in Collier County nearly one year after Ian. Source
By a vote of 4-1, the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday, Sept. 5, approved measures necessary to advance a planned beach renourishment along the entire length of Ponte Vedra Beach. Commissioner Krista Joseph was the lone dissenting vote. Joseph had proposed that property owners along the entire 8.9-mile stretch be assessed… Read More
After a long delay due to a variety of factors, including weather, mechanical issues and habitat protection restrictions, dredging is finally underway in the approach channel to Popponesset Bay. Leverman Chris Armstrong helps operate the Barnstable County dredge Cod Fish II on Tuesday. The dredge swings back and forth to dredge the channel in an… Read More
US-based engineering and construction heavyweight, Bechtel, has commenced preliminary construction activities on the first phase of Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG export initiative in Texas, a project estimated to be worth around $13 billion. Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, gave the green light for the first phase of the export project on March 20, after… Read More
Funding will support projects to prepare the county and city for sea level rise, increased flooding, heat waves and other extreme weather events Annapolis, MD (September 15, 2023) Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman and City of Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley today announced the Resilience Authority secured nearly $20 million in federal, state and local funding to protect… Read More
Pressure is building among Pinellas County leaders to shore up beaches heavily eroded by Hurricane Idalia. Officials said an emergency plan is now in the works. “It is the worst erosion that I’ve seen along this coast over the past 20-some years,” said USF professor Ping Wang. “I wouldn’t say shocked, but depressed. Depressed is… Read More
It’s been nearly a year since Hurricane Ian, quickly followed by Nicole, did so much damage in Volusia County. Along the coast, the worst of the damage was in Daytona Beach Shores and communities south of it. “A great, great improvement from where we are,” Daytona Beach Shores Mayor Nancy Miller said. Miller regularly brings… Read More
The San Mateo County Harbor District cleared a significant permitting hurdle last week after the California Coastal Commission approved a Coastal Development Permit for Pillar Point Harbor’s sand dredging and eelgrass replacement effort. For several years, the district has been entrenched in plans to dredge up to 100,000 cubic yards of sand from the inner… Read More