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The highest and most fertile land in coastal Louisiana is along the Mississippi River and former delta channels such as Bayou Lafourche, Bayou Terrebonne and the Atchafalaya River, where annual flooding has left nutrient-rich sand and silt deposits, building land. The land slowly slopes toward the surrounding marshes, where less silt and sand has been… Read More
The recent Lido Beach renourishment is not eroding the Siesta Key shoreline says the US Army Corps of Engineers following analysis of the shoreline, erosion and wave activity. In its first report since its contractor completed the Lido Key Beach renourishment last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the effect on Siesta Key… Read More
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Thursday it was taking its first steps to disburse more than $2.3 billion for carbon capture technology included in Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which the president signed in November, for carbon capture technology. Carbon dioxide emissions are a result of burning fossil fuels and are a primary cause of anthropogenic climate… Read More
Tybee Island is close to securing federal dollars for future beach renourishment projects. The Tybee Island Storm Risk Management Act, which extends the federal funding contract for another 50 years, passed a key Senate committee, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, with bipartisan support on Wednesday. The legislation is part of the larger Water Resources… Read More
The Biden administration has committed to create 30GW of electricity via US offshore wind by 2030, the US Department of Interior is expecting to offer up to seven additional offshore wind lease sales in federal waters by 2035 and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has been actively pursuing these policy ambitions – for… Read More
The Department of State is taking additional actions to hold accountable those engaged in human rights abuses, to impose severe costs on the Government of the Russian Federation (GoR), and to degrade the Kremlin’s ability to support Putin’s unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine and fund its war of aggression. Visa Restrictions Today, the Department… Read More
More than 2,200 dams built upstream from homes or communities are in poor condition across the U.S., likely endangering lives if they were to fail, according to an Associated Press analysis. The number of high-hazard dams in need of repairs is up substantially from a similar AP review conducted just three years ago. There are several… Read More
The annual Oceanside harbor dredging for 2022 is well underway and the city has released several progress updates. 2022 Dredge Updates 5/2/22: Manson Construction has been pumping sand south of the pier for several days. As of Tuesday, May 3, approximately 133,000 cubic yards of sand has been deposited on City beaches. Several additional safety measures,… Read More
The recent Lido Beach renourishment is not eroding the Siesta Key shoreline says the US Army Corps of Engineers following analysis of the shoreline, erosion and wave activity. In its first report since its contractor completed the Lido Key Beach renourishment last year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the effect on Siesta Key… Read More
It’s the only protective infrastructure standing between Bakersfield and what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers calls the “probable maximum flood.” The possibly of such a cataclysmic event — a torrent of water overwhelming Isabella Dam with the potential to inundate much of Bakersfield and surrounding roads, industry and farmland — is considered exceedingly small,… Read More
The Federal Maritime Commission is upping its scrutiny of the three alliances that dominate global container shipping The alliances (2M, OCEAN, and THE) and each of their member companies will now be required to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information, providing the FMC with uniform data to use in assessing ocean carrier behavior and marketplace competitiveness. The… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Contractors for the state have begun pumping mud from a dredge two miles into Lake Borne onto the shoreline near Shell Beach in St. Bernard Parish, a $61 million project which ranks as Louisiana’s largest marsh creation yet. In recent weeks, they have piled material onto four-foot high, circular-shaped dikes to… Read More
Property owners within the Smith Mountain Project lake boundaries have a few more weeks where they will be unable to dredge the depth of their lakefronts, as the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources conducts its annual prohibition of local dredging between Feb. 15 and June 15. But by the time summer arrives, residents will once… Read More
Coastal restoration efforts are underway across the state as recipients of the Michigan Coastal Management Program grants begin work locally. Funding comes from the Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. Seventeen awards totalling more than $1.1 million will fund projects and initiatives to protect, preserve and enhance the state’s coastal resources. “In Michigan we… Read More
Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, touted as the city’s “crown jewel”, has had its ups and downs in recent years, with some businesses moving away from the tourist area. At the same time, attractions such as the National Aquarium, Maryland Science Center, and the historic ships homeported in Baltimore remain popular. The Maryland state delegation from Baltimore… Read More