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NOAA announced on 9 November it is seeking public comment on the “first steps” of designating a new national marine sanctuary in a 7,000-square-mile area off the coast of the U.S. state of California. The new area would be adjacent to California’s San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, according to NOAA. “The designation of… Read More
Dominion Energy said that escalating materials and supply costs will jack up the price tag of its 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project by over 20% to $9.8 billion. The planned array of 176 Siemens Gamesa 14.7-megawatt turbines, planned to begin operation in 2026, is the largest U.S. offshore wind project now in development, and Dominion… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a virtual meeting Dec. 7 to consider the draft final report on the pipeline strike and subsequent explosion and fire aboard the dredging vessel Waymon Boyd in Texas last year. On Aug. 21, 2020, the Waymon Boyd struck a submerged 16″ hazardous liquid propane pipeline during dredging operations in Corpus… Read More
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio — City Council plans to move forward as early as next week on a proposed “resolution of concurrence” allowing for the removal of Horseshoe Lake dam, as recommended by the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD). The directive to the city law department came Monday (Nov. 8) during a follow-up meeting with… Read More
ST. JAMES — Years ago, the phrase “living shoreline” wasn’t well known in North Carolina outside of, say, the circles of coastal scientists and researchers. “I don’t recall that at the time we used the term ‘living shoreline’ as much as we do today,” chuckled Taylor Ryan of St. James in Brunswick County. He’s project… Read More
The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announced the return of its two offshore wind grant programs for Fiscal Year 2022 — the Maryland Offshore Wind Capital Expenditure Grant Program and the Maryland Offshore Wind Workforce Training Grant Program. These programs are designed to establish an offshore wind supply chain in Maryland by supporting local businesses —… Read More
Mayor Harris: Beardstown Marina Hits Snags Due to High Water, Permits but Several Pieces Still Moving Forward The Beardstown Marina project has hit a couple of snags over the last few months, but things are starting to turn around. Mayor Tim Harris says that the campground at the marina is hoping to open this coming… Read More
The breach, caused by the severe weather over the weekend, is causing those beachfront homes along A1A to be nearly surrounded by water. MARINELAND, Fla. — New photos and videos from the air show a bird’s-eye view of a breach in the sand dunes along the coast between Marineland and Matanzas Inlet in St. Johns… Read More
The First Nations and municipal leaders asking for a collaborative approach to develop a secondary channel dredging program for the lower Fraser River Local mayors and First Nations’ chiefs are once again urging the prime minister to take action on local channel dredging in the lower Fraser River. In a recent letter jointly signed by… Read More
There was a time when travelers in leisure boats might have flipped a coin before deciding whether to risk running aground in Georgia’s stretch of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) or bypassing the state via the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for maintaining a channel depth of at least 12 feet… Read More
While American ports are a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, outdated infrastructure and the COVID-19 pandemic have strained their capacity and jeopardized global supply chains. According to the 2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure Report issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), in 2018, America’s ports supported more than 30 million jobs and approximately… Read More
November 5, 2021 The Honorable Janet L. Yellen Secretary of the Treasury Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Madam Secretary: We write to express concern with the potential investment proposed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) to acquire 100% ownership of Ports America. Ports America is… Read More
Wisconsin sees a surge in barriers to slow lakefront erosion. But such structures are temporary and may harm downstream beaches. For the past few months the Peninsula Pulse has been working in support of the team at Wisconsin Watch on a series of articles examining how a climate “tug of war” is driving extreme shifts in Lake… Read More
One way or another, life just off the coast of California is about to change. Alla weinstein did not invent the floating wind turbine. This is something she wanted to make clear early in our Zoom call, as if she were worried I’d give her too much credit. “I don’t need to invent. There are… Read More
When Joe Biden became president in January of 2020, the Alliance for the Great Lakes made a list of five priorities they felt were needed for environmental investment programs in the Great Lakes. They are: *Prioritize Environmental Justice: Low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pollution. *Increase Drinking Water & Wastewater Infrastructure… Read More