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BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force today unanimously approved the state’s first ever Climate Action Plan. Louisiana’s Plan contains a balanced set of recommendations to limit the severity of climate change while positioning the state to maintain its economic competitiveness in a low-carbon future. The science-based plan achieves the Governor’s goals of reaching… Read More
More than 70 coral colonies and numerous individual corals were moved out of the path of a US Army Corps of Engineers channel dredging project at Honolulu Harbor, days before the project was scheduled to commence. The DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources and a private contractor safely relocated the corals at a cost of $40,000…. Read More
A tug and barge chartered by the Navy’s Military Sealift Command ran aground at Deerfield Beach, Fla., February 3. The barge was carrying ordnance, fuel and other supplies for the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Cente (AUTEC), Bahamas, and, according to the Coast Guard, the Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Six (EODMU 6) will… Read More
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced that about $80 million will go toward various infrastructure projects aimed at addressing rising sea levels in South Florida. “This is really just the beginning. We’re going to be doing a lot more with what we have with Resilient Florida (a resiliency program), and in this legislative session I… Read More
The swimming season may start later than usual after the remnants of Hurricane Ida eroded the Fairfield beach last year. FAIRFIELD, CT — The swimming season at Lake Mohegan may start later than usual this year due to erosion caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, which blew through Fairfield last September, forcing swimming at… Read More
Ashlee Ellsworth Logistics Project Manager for The Ocean Cleanup As 2022 begins, it’s already been a whirlwind of activity within The Ocean Cleanup. Jenny (System 002) is continuing to do great things in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the plans for System 003 scale-up are well under way, and multiple rivers projects are finally getting… Read More
Working with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Greenup Industries, is stockpiling clay inside the Bonne Carre Spillway for use in levee construction projects. We have successfully stockpiled nearly 40,000 cubic yards of clay out of the 1,000,000 expected. We predict productivity will increase considerably as the weather grows warmer.” — Steve Keen, Construction Manager,… Read More
Hawaii’s most iconic beach is quickly becoming a poster child for why it’s so hard to adapt to a changing climate. HONOLULU — Waikiki might be one of the most famous beaches in the world, a synonym for surfing and sun-soaked vacations that draw millions of people annually. But for years, Honolulu and the State… Read More
Some lawmakers want to do more than simply codify the state’s resilience efforts. A bill to formalize the state’s lead agency and top official on sea-level rise has been overhauled into a broader effort to improve a 2021 law on environmental policy. During his first week in office in 2019, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an… Read More
A pair of recent polls suggest that a large majority of likely voters support breaching the Rodman Dam and restoring the natural flow of the Ocklawaha River, a tributary of the St. Johns River. The most recent poll, conducted by Jacksonville-based Barcelo & Co., found that 77% of likely voters in Putnam and Marion counties… Read More
Engineer Faith Alkhatib reports: “Data shows that we have lost 3.5 million cubic yards of sand since 1972. This isn’t something that just happened with Hurricane Matthew and recent nor’easters.” Flagler County will hold a workshop at 1 p.m. Feb. 7 (Monday) to update the Board of County Commissioners about the Beach Management Plan study that… Read More
The project involves dredging sand from an offshore borrow pit and then using it to build up a dune that would help protect the areas west of it from flooding. There are 141 pieces of property along a 2.6-mile stretch of beach slated for a $25-million beach renourishment project. Two property owners, who together own three properties,… Read More
BRACKLEY BEACH, P.E.I. — Coastal erosion is accelerating at a remarkable rate in the Prince Edward Island National Park, says a Parks Canada official. Two of the winter storms that hit the province in January destroyed about two metres (six-and-a-half feet) of the dune system in places. P.E.I. building breakwaters in effort to protect West… Read More
In January, SANDAG and Caltrans, in partnership with the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority, began work on the second phase of the San Dieguito Lagoon Wetland Restoration. As the lead agency, SANDAG will be planting native species and establishing the wetland habitat in a portion of the lagoon system referred to as “W-19”,… Read More
Lower Newport Bay’s main channel (the harbor) has not been dredged to its required 25-foot “design depth” since 1938. Our harbor is the primary economic, recreational and water quality resource asset in Newport Beach. We haven’t had the money or political will to dredge the harbor’s main channel to its federally required design depth, until… Read More