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The Biden administration is scrapping planned auctions of drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet — a move that deepens uncertainty over the future of the US government’s offshore oil leasing program. The Interior Department said in an emailed statement it “will not move forward” with two Gulf lease auctions that… Read More
The CREST Center for Geospatial and Environmental Informatics, Modeling, and Simulation was established in December with a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. “The whole idea is resiliency,” said center principal investigator Dr. Lea-Der Chen, a professor and associate dean of engineering and computing sciences in the College of Science and Technology. “What… Read More
A $22.5 million investment in conservation assistance will soon help USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service better respond to the high demand for services from Chesapeake Bay area farmers and offer new and targeted program signups to get more water quality practices on the ground. Offered through the new Chesapeake Bay States’ Partnerships Initiative, the funding… Read More
Coastal Dredging LLC of Sneads Ferry began work Monday to dredge the channel to and from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission boat launching facility east of the Emerald Isle Town Hall off Highway 58. According to town officials, the work is expected to last about 10 days. The contractor will try to keep the boat… Read More
City-contracted crews will position fencing and close Dog Beach for maintenance to repair stonework and protect against future erosion beginning the week of May 9, 2022. The closure will extend into the water approximately 1/3 the width of the river adjacent to Dog Beach. The portion of the river adjacent to Lions Club Tube Rental,… Read More
Some 2 million years ago, the receding glaciers of the Pleistocene epoch gave Long Island’s South Shore its sandy beaches. Fast-forward to 2022, and the winter’s nor’easter storms gave way. Source
The dredging of Brainerd Lake has been officially completed after a switch in construction firms and delays from weather slowed the project. After two years, the project was completed the week of May 7. According to Township Administrator Denise Marabello, fishing has already begun again and canoeing is once again permitted on the lake. “The… Read More
Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced that up to $684.3 million is now available for Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) grants, to be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that improve the safety, efficiency, and reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port. This… Read More
First the good news, then the bad. That’s the main take away from marine insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE’s Safety & Shipping Review 2022. The good news is that though 54 large ships were reported total losses last year, that compared with 65 a year earlier and continued a positive trend that has seen… Read More
What’s with the wind lately, huh? The weather’s been not so great to New Jersey lately. Gnarly would be a good word to describe the rain and wind the Garden State has been experiencing over the last few days. Whether or not your town saw any, there was definitely some damage left behind. Plenty of… Read More
Any day now, a dredging company is expected to begin a multimillion-dollar restoration of the Weeki Wachee River after intensifying public use in recent years has eroded the river banks, denuded sand bars and made the river more shallow and wide. Last month, the river’s most vocal advocate filed a formal complaint with the Florida… Read More
Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State Parks Division has worked diligently since Hurricane Sally on a multi-month effort to secure federal and state environmental and construction permits, engineered designs, FEMA approval and selection of a contractor in support of the repairs to the pier at Gulf… Read More
The Department of the Treasury’s OFAC updates information about 70 ships The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued Russia-related licenses that include individuals, shipping companies and exact vessels. Among them 70 Russia-related vessels and the following maritime sector-related entities, shipping companies: MARINE TRANS SHIPPING LLC, TRANSMORFLOT LLC, JOINT STOCK… Read More
On a cool March afternoon, Janie Baldi stands on her 2nd floor porch and peaks over rooftops to gaze at the ocean disappearing into the horizon. She proudly shares that her house was recently remodeled, complete with new blue and white exterior paint. Baldi and her husband built their house in Buxton in 1987 and… Read More
The currently projected range of sea level rise “will transform East Hampton into a series of islands with permanent submergence of low-lying areas as early as 2070.” That is the ominous conclusion that leads a draft of the town’s Coastal Assessment and Resiliency Plan, issued last week. The long-term effects of climate change will increase… Read More