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Pascrell Seeks Help for Cresskill Resiliency after Tropical Storm Ida Congressman requests full funding from Army Corp of Engineers for Tenakill Brook restoration, flood prevention project PATERSON, NJ – U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) today requested full-fledged federal support for to study on how to protect Cresskill from future flood events after Tropical Storm… Read More
Project aims to improve the health of the lagoon and slow the natural erosion of the shoreline between Solana Beach and Encinitas A floating, diesel-powered dredge sucked sand out of the San Elijo Lagoon on Thursday — pumping the wet, gray material through a long plastic pipe onto Cardiff State Beach. Last week marked the… Read More
New York City is thinking big to protect Lower Manhattan from climate change. A new proposal from the city’s economic and climate leaders calls for a two-level, mile-long esplanade that would protect 140 acres of low-lying land in FiDi and the Seaport from rising seas and storm surges, the Commercial Observer reported. If built, the… Read More
Completion of Dredging at 20 Projects Across Eight Counties to Increase Resiliency and Sustain Recreation Phase III of Project Scheduled to Be Completed in 2022 Part of State’s $300 Million Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (‘REDI’) Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the completion of Phase II of New York State’s $15 million Regional Dredging Project…. Read More
NORTH WILDWOOD — On a weekday afternoon, a dog and its owner work their way through a steady December wind sweeping across the beach in the troublesome northeast corner of Five Mile Beach. The tide is out, so there is a wide, flat beach at Second Street and a narrow patch of sand at the… Read More
The new federal review of an area planned for wind energy eliminates spots closest to Brunswick County beaches and splits the remaining site into three pieces. The area considered for leasing – Wilmington East – starts about 15 nautical miles south of Bald Head Island. The new review incorporates information gleaned since the 2015 federal… Read More
The City of Lewes has hired former Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Shoreline and Waterway Management Administrator Tony Pratt to analyze and advocate on behalf of the city regarding chronic beach erosion issues. Pratt says the erosion problems can be traced back to the 1930s, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created… Read More
BATON ROUGE, LA – Today, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) released its 2021 Year in Review outlining the agency’s accomplishments in coastal protection and restoration. This past year saw the advancement of 110 coastal projects, including 47 projects in construction with a total value of $5.4 billion. “This year we completed 13 projects,… Read More
West Maui residents said they are pursuing legal action and other measures to halt a beach restoration plan at Kāʻanapali Beach that they say is riddled with negative environmental and cultural impacts. The state is proposing to bring to shore 50,000 cubic yards of sand, which will nearly double the width of Kāʻanapali Beach–from 41… Read More
(The Center Square) – When the legislature convenes next year, one of the budget priorities it is expected to address is record funding for environmental conservation projects, which have received a wide range of support from conservation and environmental groups. Florida continues to lead the U.S. as a tourist and recreational destination known for its… Read More
The $18 million project will expand the plant’s service capacity to meet community growth The Town of The Blue Mountains (TBM) has secured an engineering firm to move forward with its $18 million expansion of the Thornbury Wastewater Treatment Plant. IBI Group will be responsible for the design and construction of the equipment for the expansion,… Read More
Officials contained the spill on Friday but were still working to repair a sewer main that collapsed, leading to the release of untreated sewage into the Dominguez Channel. About eight and a half million gallons of untreated sewage have spilled into a flood-control waterway in Los Angeles County since Thursday afternoon, prompting at least five… Read More
Siemens Gamesa and Dominion Energy subsidiary Dominion Energy Virginia are taking the next steps forward with the delivery of offshore wind turbines at the 2.6 GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind commercial project. An agreement has been reached planning to use 176 units of the large SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine for an expected 10-year… Read More
CHARLES CITY, Va. — During his “Thank You, Virginia” tour, Gov. Ralph Northam announced earlier this week that his two-year budget proposal will provide historic funding for the Chesapeake Bay, clean water infrastructure and conserving the Commonwealth’s natural resources. With this proposal, the Commonwealth has dedicated more than $1 billion to restore the Chesapeake Bay… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and contractors have started a dredging project that will remove about 2.36 million cubic yards of material from the Cape Henry Federal Navigation Channel. According to an Army Corps news release, work for the $14.8 million contract began recently in the channel, which is… Read More