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The City of Mobile recently began a seven-month effort to restore the historic stream channel of Three Mile Creek to the east of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bypassed this segment of Three Mile Creek with a straight channel in the early 1980s to control flooding in the… Read More
In a hearing on June 29, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant resolved disagreements between lawsuit plaintiffs and the State of California about how to fix the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project. The plaintiffs narrowly prevailed in their lawsuits when Chalfant ruled on May 17 that the… Read More
(Manchester, NH) – U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) released a new video today highlighting the safety and economic benefits of dredging infrastructure projects for New Hampshire waterways. For years, Shaheen has led action in the U.S. Senate to secure the authorization and federal funding for dredging projects in New Hampshire, which is the process of… Read More
The state of Louisiana has approved a 50-year plan for restoring and bolstering its coastal defenses as the state loses thousands of square miles of wetlands to the effects of storms and infrastructure like canals, levees, and dams. As David Kidd explains in Governing, “The loss of millions of acres of wetlands has left Louisiana… Read More
Over 2,000 square miles of land have been lost in the past 100 years due to natural and manmade causes. The state intends to spend $1 billion annually for the next several decades to protect what remains of its coastal areas Coastal Louisiana is disappearing at an alarming rate. Over 2,000 square miles of land… Read More
Black Hawk Lake ended its final season of dredging last week, removing about 750,000 cubic yards of material from the lake to improve the overall water quality. The dredging should also improve fish habitats and recreational opportunities, according to a press release from the Iowa Department of Natural resources. “Dredging will help manage aquatic vegetation… Read More
SOUTH HAVEN, MI — It was an unusual day at the beach. Beachgoers collided with a harbor dredging project in South Haven this weekend, where a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractor was piping sand from around the Lake Michigan pierheads onto the South Beach public area. King Company of Holland started dredging 57,300 cubic… Read More
Boca Raton, FL – The City of Boca Raton has been recognized with a Best Restored Beach Award from the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) for its recent multi-jurisdictional collaboration of the shoreline adjacent to, and south of, the City’s southernmost beach. The project successfully renourished beaches in the City of Boca Raton, the City of Deerfield… Read More
State and federal authorities, along with a nonprofit organization, partnered to develop a flooding study in 13 communities and the result was a “roadmap” of key areas that need to be addressed, along with a focus on what is working. The report was unveiled by the New Jersey Coastal Coalition. It detailed a study conducted… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced 24 projects receiving nearly $52 million in grant funding at an event in Oakland, Calif., along with U.S. Representative Barbara Lee and project grantees. The selected projects will help protect and restore wetlands and water quality, build climate change resilience, and increase environmental benefits with… Read More
Switzerland, a global commodities trading hub, decided Wednesday to push for a moratorium on commercial exploitation of the international seabed area, which has enormous mineral resources. Bern said deep-sea mining in the area “must be postponed” until protection from the “harmful effects” could be ensured. Switzerland will “support a moratorium on commercial exploitation of the area until there is… Read More
Hydraulic fracturing has transformed the shape of world energy markets, turning the US into the world’s top oil producer. But what is less well known, outside the energy industry, is that it did this largely without making any money. For most of the last 30 years, fracking companies have earned below their cost of capital…. Read More
The Galveston District US Army Corps of Engineers has provided a preliminary set of plans and specifications (For Information Only) for channel improvements in the Upper Reach of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas. Arc Surveying & Mapping, Inc. has imported the project core borings into an ArcGeoTwin 3D model providing a visual representation of… Read More
HOUSTON, June 30 (Reuters) – Cheniere Energy Inc’s Sabine Pass LNG export facility returned to full production this week after undergoing maintenance, data from Refinitiv showed. The increased production is expected to help third quarter exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) which fell in May to 7.66 million tonnes from a record 8.01 million… Read More
Fenwick Island officials are looking at more dredging – but this time for two boating channels in the Little Assawoman Bay to improve navigation and boater safety. The town has recently filed permit applications with DNREC and the Army Corps of Engineers. A public comment period is now open regarding the first application until July… Read More