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Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Mongabay.com and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans and surrounding areas in the U.S. state of Louisiana Aug. 29, serving as a grim reminder of the power of coastal storms… Read More
On the southern end of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes National Park has seen the water levels rise five feet since 2014, hastened by human-made structures and an increase in storms brought on by climate change. Higher water marks mean more erosion to the sand dunes that have run through the area for thousands of years…. Read More
CEPD This week, fill and dredging began for the beach renourishment program. The island’s beach renourishment project kicked off this week with the placement of the first sand. Captiva Erosion Prevention District reported the beach fill operation would begin on Sept. 1. Then, the following day, the district received a report that first dredged sandy… Read More
A once-brushed-over provision of the project is now putting the Sand Key Beach Renourishment Project in doubt. INDIAN ROCKS BEACH —Joanne “Cookie” Kennedy left her hair salon, walked across Gulf Boulevard and onto the Indian Rocks Beach shoreline. She stopped before the sand and pointed to an inner portion of the dune, parallel to the… Read More
SOUTH WALTON, Fla. (WMBB) — The Panhandle didn’t get the brunt of Hurricane Ida’s rains and winds, but Walton got some of her effects following powerful storms. The surf from Ida eroded the beaches, which were already depleted by the last three hurricane seasons. Along Blue Mountain Beach access, waves hit above 6 feet along… Read More
Phase III of the project is currently underway and scheduled to be complete well ahead of the November 2022 deadline. This is the final phase of the project and includes rock removal through blasting and hydraulic backhoe dredging which will provide navigational improvements to the Boston Harbor Navigation Project. “The Harbor Deepening Project is integral to… Read More
During a recent meeting with chemical distributors, Federal Maritime Commissioner Carl W. Bentzel heard concerns about systemic reductions for hazardous materials transportation via ocean. The distributors source chemical products from manufacturers overseas and sell them to U.S. customers in industries that use these chemicals to produce a wide range of goods critical to the economy… Read More
If even half of the funding and policy changes in the pursuit of resiliency, flood mitigation and land conservation make it through the budget process, it would be far and away the biggest effort in the state’s history to meet the challenge of a changing climate. This year, there is broad consensus across party lines… Read More
(Sep. 2, 2021) The Conservation Commission voted 5-1 Thursday afternoon to issue an enforcement order to the Sconset Beach Preservation Fund, requiring it to remove its hard-armored erosion-control project from the base of Sankaty Bluff. The vote came just over two months after its initial decision in late June to order removal of the geotextile… Read More
The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has opened the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic in New Orleans and key ports throughout Southeast Louisiana, following Hurricane Ida. After the successful removal of several power lines obstructing the waterway due to a downed transmission tower near mile marker 106.5 and a survey… Read More
Coastal authority weighs repairs in advance of seeking federal money Preliminary assessments of Hurricane Ida‘s damage to Louisiana coastal projects range from “a complete wreck” to “pretty much intact.” The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority has been taking stock of the damage in advance of seeking grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency for repairs to… Read More
The island’s beach renourishment project kicked off this week with the placement of the first sand. The Captiva Erosion Prevention District reported that the beach fill operation was set to commence on Sept. 1, then followed up the next day with a report that the first dredged sand had hit the shoreline. “Over the past… Read More
While climate change did not create damaging weather and wildfires, it has demonstrably made them more extreme and punishing. There is a credible foreboding among many Floridians as we continue through the 2021 hurricane season. Since 1851, 120 hurricanes — more than 41% of the hurricanes that have hit the U.S. — made some sort… Read More
PORT ONTARIO — As part of its $15 million Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative Regional Dredging Project, the state removed approximately 3,600 cubic yards of sediment from the Salmon River navigation channel between Aug. 9 and 16. The dredging was undertaken using a long reach excavator on a barge, supported by dump scows and a… Read More
In the wake of the deadly fire on the dive boat Conception, safety compliance checks are being conducted underway on smaller, U.S. inspected passenger vessels operating off the California coast. The checks are part of an Eleventh Coast Guard District initiative to improve safety by ensuring continued regulatory compliance while vessels are conducting operations with… Read More