Senate Democrats yesterday released nine fiscal 2022 spending bills with significant proposed increases for environment and public land priorities. Lawmakers are now focused on what can make it into law so they can avoid a shutdown in December. The bills emerged after Senate Democratic and Republican appropriators failed to reach a deal on overall fiscal… Read More
Addressing an audience of offshore wind industry stakeholders last week, Jennifer Carpenter, president and CEO of the American Waterways Operators (AWO), said that the U.S domestic maritime industry is “ready, willing, and able” to partner with offshore wind developers to build and operate vessels to support all phases of the offshore wind project lifecycle. Speaking… Read More
Those who traveled Seawall Boulevard west of 61st Street in August saw a huge pipe on the beach spewing upward a slurry of water and sand. And if they stopped and watched long enough, they saw the water drain off while the sand was spread about with heavy machinery. This most recent effort to restore… Read More
October 18 (Renewables Now) – Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) said today it has been selected as the preferred turbine supplier for the Empire Wind 1 and Empire Wind 2 offshore wind projects, totalling 2.1 GW, in New York. Under the preferred supplier agreement with Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture… Read More
$2.5 Million Park Improvement Project Will Mitigate Future Flooding; Addition of Upgrades to Popular Recreation Area Will Benefit Residents and Visitors to Region Project Grant Awarded through State’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Total $300 Million for Shoreline Communities Includes $15 Million for Regional Dredging, $30 Million for Private Businesses, and $20 Million for Homeowner Assistance… Read More
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University has received a $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to assess the risks offshore wind energy development along the East Coast may pose to birds, bats and marine mammals. The funding will support the work of a consortium of researchers from 15 institutions. What they learn… Read More
(The Center Square) – New Hampshire is getting a $300,000 federal grant to help harden its coastal infrastructure against the impacts of climate change. The federal funds, awarded to the state Department of Environmental Services, will be used to create a new state program aimed at strengthening climate resilience in coastal communities by supporting a… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — Emerald Isle commissioners voted 5-0 Tuesday night to spend up to $250,000 to plant 300,000 pieces of vegetation to help stabilize dunes created in recent beach nourishment projects. The contract went to Aquatic Plants of Florida, the low bidder. The board of commissioners’ regular session was held in its meeting room off… Read More
SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — North Carolina’s Congressional delegation has announced a partial solution in the quest to reclaim missing beach renourishment money. The path forward places Carolina and Kure beaches on track toward timely completion of the projects, but leaves Wrightsville Beach with many hurdles still to clear. Government actors at all levels have been in… Read More
Southport looks to the state legislature for financial support as storms and boat wakes continue to batter its eroded shoreline SOUTHPORT | Robert Smith has been coming to the public fishing pier that extends like a finger from the Southport waterfront out into the busy Cape Fear River since he was a much younger man. Over… Read More
Over the past 20 years, rainfall, flooding and sea level have increased across Maryland, according to data collected from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. From 2000 to 2020, precipitation in Maryland increased by 2.63 inches per decade, according to NOAA. The administration also found the Northeast Atlantic region saw 100 to 150 percent more… Read More
Work to last through October Sun Valley Company will begin dredging the north end of Sun Valley Lake today, Monday, Oct. 18, according to Sun Valley City Clerk Nancy Flannigan. “Due to an accumulation of sediment and silt, the lake has become unusable for the resort’s summer paddle boating activities,” Flannigan stated. “The dredging is routine maintenance… Read More
Like with spouses, some people lay their eyes on a stretch of beach and are never the same again. Fortunately for the dunes along the shoreline of Tybee Island, Georgia, they caught the eye of a rich banker with a green heart of gold, who is paying a king’s ransom to create a storm-resistant living… Read More
The project is now in design phase with construction to begin in 2023 with an $18 million budget. If a tourist or local wants to catch a fishing charter, dinner cruise or other waterborne excursion on Clearwater Beach, they ultimately will find themselves strolling the slips at the city’s beach marina. The marina has helped… Read More
The Rosedale Beach boat ramp and parking lot on Indian River Bay will temporarily close for ramp repairs beginning Thursday, Oct. 21, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today. The project will include a concrete patch to repair a large crack that runs along the center of the boat ramp. Project… Read More