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Agriculture is a key contributor to the algae mats that plague Lake Erie. With so many fertilizers entering the lake, could sediment from the lake floor be used to grow crops instead? In 2014, a Lake Erie algal bloom sent a cloud of toxins into Toledo, Ohio’s water supply, forcing the city to shut down… Read More
Salvage Team removed a small dredge that had sunk inside a marina in coastal South Carolina last week. Divers from Salmons Dredging attached rigging to the dredge and our Stevens Clyde 32 lifted the dredge and placed it onto a barge for transport to a shipyard for repairs. #salvage #salmonsdredging #ablebodymarinesurveyors #stevensclyde32 #getyourprojectunderway
Financial regulators worldwide are grappling with the impact of climate change and the increasing risk it presents for financial systems, while climate scientists call for rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to prevent a climate disaster. At the same time, U.S. insurers remain highly exposed to fossil fuel-dependent industries like oil, gas, coal and utilities,… Read More
On enormous video screens over a stage, surf crashed, and wind turbines rotated to music on a rock-volume soundtrack. Liz Burdock, president and CEO of the Business Network for Offshore Wind, strode onto the stage, and spoke of the budding industry’s big moment. “In the U.S., we only have eight years to reach the Biden… Read More
ATLANTIC CITY — Ørsted, developer of the Ocean Wind project, the state’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm, is seeking environmental permits to build an operations and maintenance facility in Atlantic City’s inlet area. The project is slated for 701 N. Delaware Ave. The company is seeking a state Coastal Area Facilities Review Act permit to… Read More
2021 may well be the year when the words “infrastructure” and “resiliency” enter the public lexicon like never before. But it is not the words alone that have created a new energy and optimism among environmentalists, civil engineers, academics, and city planners in the 17 communities considered coastal New Hampshire. It’s the prospect of an… Read More
HOLDEN BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – Dredging is finally underway in Lockwood Folly Inlet, an area fishermen, rescuers and recreational boaters alike have been eagerly awaiting the much needed maintenance. The area between Oak Island and Holden Beach had gotten so shallow that boats were in danger of crashing and flipping over. The inlet was just… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — In 2005, when Emerald Isle and the state of North Carolina paid $11.4 million to relocate Bogue Inlet channel farther from the rapidly eroding western tip of Bogue Banks, experts thought they might need repeat the process in 15 years. Sixteen years later, Carteret County Shore Protection office manager Greg Rudolph says… Read More
City to tackle urgent environmental and equity concerns with new approach to waterfront development. Mayor Kim Janey today announced the withdrawal of the Downtown Waterfront District Municipal Harbor Plan, which included development standards for two key parcels: the Harbor Garage site, where a new structure up to 600 feet tall and with 50 percent of… Read More
(CNN)–Storm surge and strong winds from Hurricane Ida stopped the flow of the Mississippi River near New Orleans on Sunday and actually caused it to reverse — something the US Geological Survey says is “extremely uncommon.” Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, early Sunday afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with winds… Read More
MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — It’s a story we’ve followed for nearly a year now. Sand continuing to deposit inside the John’s Pass channel, eliminating waterfront property, and overtaking boat docks in one of the top tourist destinations on Florida’s west coast. Now a study, aimed at finding out where the sand is coming from, and… Read More
The historic oyster fleet of Bivalve, located at the mouth of Cumberland County’s Maurice River, is one step closer to gaining better protection from the onslaught of rising water and eroding marshland. Last year, a team led by the Highlands-based American Littoral Society was awarded $4.8 million in federal funds for the planning of a… Read More
In one of his first acts in the White House, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to have the United States rejoin the Paris climate agreement. It signaled an important step in the country recommitting to action to tackle climate change after the Trump administration withdrew the United States from the accord and worked to… Read More
Ten billion dollars in funding to restore beach dunes and dune grass, salt marshes and estuaries, oyster and coral reefs may seem unrelated to the rebuilding of America’s crumbling roads, bridges and sewer plants. But restoring and expanding natural coastal barriers — or living infrastructure — is actually a practical cost-effective way of reducing the… Read More
While the Offshore Marine Services Association (OMSA) has recently chartered in its own vessel to patrol for Jones Act violations, it seems that it did not have to put to sea to document its first allegation of a violation made under its Jones Act Enforcer program. It only had to check out some social media… Read More