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About 25%, or 1 in 4 units of critical infrastructure, such as police stations, airports and hospitals, are at risk of being rendered inoperable due to flooding, a comprehensive new report finds. The report points to climate change for heightening risks. Why it matters: The new national inventory of flood risk during the next thirty… Read More
Redeveloping and improving shoreline protection in urban areas is a significant infrastructure need in the United States. These areas are subject to continual damage due to storms, rising waters and the effects of climate change. Dianna Padilla, a professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolution at Stony Brook University, has received a National Science… Read More
The Aransas Terminal Company (ATC) says it has re-envisioned and relaunched its marine terminals at Harbor Island, Port Aransas,Texas, to serve the wind energy project cargo business and the offshore south Texas oil industry supply and service sector. While current wind component shipments through the port are destined for the onshore renewables sector, there is… Read More
Residents on the Multnomah Channel braved wet and windy conditions on Saturday, Sept. 18, for their 5th annual cleanup. Organizers said 25 intrepid volunteers paddled and barged through the rain and wind. Using four water bikes, a paddle board, three barges, and a skiff, they retrieved 2,740 pounds of trash, 13 tires, 20 full SOLVE… Read More
DEAL – A new coalition opposed to beach replenishment wants to use alternative methods to protect the shoreline instead of pumping millions of cubic yards of sand onto the beach. New sand, the coalition argues, does more to protect wealthy homeowners, damages the coastal ecology and ultimately washes back into the sea and has to be replaced. “Beach replenishment is not the… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — Atlantic Beach officials are seeking federal funds through a state-administrated program to improve local water quality. Town planning and zoning director Michelle Eitner informed the Atlantic Beach Town Council at its regular meeting Sept. 27 the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has approved the town’s watershed restoration and stormwater resilience plan. The… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — With a public comment deadline looming, Rockland residents will have an opportunity next week to learn more about a recently revised marina expansion project slated for the city’s harbor. The proposal from Safe Harbor Marinas — a national company that recently purchased a Rockland marina — is currently being reviewed by the Maine Bureau… Read More
Representatives from the Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission (CBC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gathered recently to discuss the impacts of climate change on the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake Bay watershed — stretching from Cooperstown, N.Y., to their meeting location at the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Va…. Read More
People who live on Grand Isle have endured decades of destruction, and they’ve always rebuilt. This time might be different. In the placid days leading up to Hurricane Ida, Charlie Walker, 55, was not afraid. The longtime resident of Grand Isle, the only inhabited barrier island on the Louisiana coast, was no stranger to storms…. Read More
Glass Half Full teams up with Tulane University to bolster glass recycling efforts When Tulane University alumni Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz opened Louisiana’s only glass recycling facility, they dreamed of using the crushed sand to help restore the state’s eroding coastline. But they hit a few snags. A lack of funding and need for regulatory approval of… Read More
Great day yesterday at Poplar! Port Exec Dir @WilliamPDoyle today welcomed @USACEHQ Lt. Gen Scott Spellmon and Col. Estee Pinchasin @USACEBaltimore . Gen. Spellmon’s visit was 1st to Poplar by a Commanding Gen. Appreciate our great partnership and working on Mid-Bay! #MDOTgreen
Haley Witten said she spends about half her weekends in Oak Island. Witten moved to Leland five years ago, partly to frequent Oak Island and other nearby beach towns. “It’s the best of all worlds really,” she said. “Its easy to just head to the beach whenever I have the time.” Soon, Oak Island visitors… Read More
Chicagoans were shocked last week to see a rust-colored substance from an Indiana water treatment plant ooze into Lake Michigan. But more dangerous and less publicized is the contamination that pours into Illinois waterways when farm chemicals — sometimes called nutrients — are washed off the land by heavy rains. Why it matters: Water polluted with… Read More
Day 1 of Seawork Connect’s virtual conference welcomed Neale Ryan, senior Programme Manager at Clean Maritime. It offers £10 million in funding for feasibility studies in maritime decarbonisation that lay the foundations for future activity. Another £10M has been allocated to more concrete projects, designs and developments to help the overarching aim to achieve net… Read More
Virginians are already seeing the impacts of climate change, from sea level rise along our coastlines to increased rainfall statewide. Without action, Virginians can expect $4.1 billion in annual losses to residential, commercial and public structures by 2080, with 171,000 acres of tidal marsh at risk of disappearing. To better understand this risk, EDF worked… Read More