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The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands has canceled a proposal to dredge Utah Lake and create thousands of acres of human-made islands, a controversial project aimed at improving the health of the lake that was met with strong opposition from environmental groups. The division, which had been reviewing an application from Lake Restoration Solutions… Read More
After Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, under the Bush administration, was heavily criticized for its inadequate response to the deadly natural disaster in the majority-Black city. The Category 5 hurricane killed more than 1,500 people, 51 percent of whom were Black, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The controversy… Read More
The Carteret County Beach Commission voted unanimously Monday afternoon to ask county commissioners to fund additional annual Bogue Banks beach survey work to measure the volume of sand in oceanfront dunes and to determine the location of vegetation lines. The board met in the Emerald Isle Board of Commissioners’ meeting room and online via GoToMeeting…. Read More
10 years after Sandy, NYC preps for future storms Story No.: apus158819 Restrictions: Duration:00:03:14:10 Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS Dateline: 4 November 2012 – 19 October 2022 – New York Date: 10/25/2022 04:01 AM RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS New York – 18 October 2022 ANNOTATION: 10 years after Sandy, NYC preps for future storms 1. U.S. Army Corps of… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing a dredging operation to assist with vessels traveling down the low Mississippi River. They are temporarily closing navigation near Rosedale through October 29. While it’s closed, the corps will work to clear the channel. Additional closures may be needed to complete the work depending on the dredge… Read More
Crowley has signed an agreement with the Port of Humboldt Bay in Eureka, Calif., to exclusively negotiate to be the developer and operator of a terminal to serve as California’s first hub to serve offshore wind energy installations. Through Crowley’s Wind Services group, the company will enter into negotiations with the port to lease and serve as the… Read More
The resort town regraded dunes last week and plans to start building a bulkhead, bringing to a head an issue dating to Superstorm Sandy 10 years ago. North Wildwood’s iconic wide, sandy beaches were hit double barrel earlier this month by the remnants of Hurricane Ian followed by a nor’easter that ground the New Jersey… Read More
More than 5,300 football fields’ worth of wetlands will help buffer Louisiana from storm surge Keeping two New Orleans lakes separated. Filling in the “Golden Triangle.” And the biggest marsh restoration project ever attempted by the state. Those are among the projects under construction and on track to build nearly 11 square miles of new… Read More
The bipartisan leaders of two key House panels have written Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas expressing their concern over his approvals of recent Jones Act waivers. The letter, which concludes with some tough questions, was signed by House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and by… Read More
In a departure from the R&D-only framework of its previous carbon charge plan, the International Chamber of Shipping is back with a revised proposal for an IMO “fund-and-reward” program that would charge a fee on carbon and pay shipowners who reduce emissions. The payment for shipowners would be based on CO2 emissions prevented, and it would… Read More
Numerous marine groups are organizing a whole-of-industry response to a proposed federal rule that would require East Coast boats as small as 35 feet to cruise no faster than 10 knots in widespread speed-restriction zones. “We’re ramping up and activating the industry to respond to this threat. It’s unprecedented. It’s massive regulatory overreach. It’s a… Read More
Seldom do we have an opportunity to stop an environmental crisis before it begins. This is one of those opportunities. The mining industry is on the brink of excavating the deep ocean, creating a new environmental disaster with irreversible consequences for our ocean and climate. We urgently need a deep-sea mining moratorium to thoughtfully assess… Read More
The state and several parishes have signed off on a long-delayed $100 million settlement with one of several oil and gas companies accused in court of damaging Louisiana’s coast. Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and its subsidiaries agreed to the settlement in 2019, but payment of the funds was stalled by some of the parishes that stood to gain… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, in coordination with the County of Ventura, is performing maintenance dredging near the entrance of Channel Islands Harbor. Manson Construction of Seattle, the Corps’ contractor, is completing the work. Dredging began at the end of September and is expected to be completed at the end of… Read More
County officials closed Bathtub Beach indefinitely Monday. High tides and heavy surf barraged Bathtub Beach and caused significant changes to the shoreline, according to a county news release. The parking lot gates are closed and the beach will not have lifeguards during its closure, said Martha Ann Kneiss, county spokesperson. But people have trespassed in the… Read More