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Municipal Resilience Program helps cities and towns deal with coastal erosion and rising waters Shortly after he was named Rhode Island’s first chief resiliency officer, in mid-September 2017, Shaun O’Rourke was handed a monumental task: write a state resiliency plan to deal with the climate crisis by July 1, 2018. The plan was to include… Read More
Following last week’s Senate approval of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, Louisiana will get $5.9 billion over five years to build roads and bridges, which, according to Senator Bill Cassidy, is about $1.2 billion more than expected. Several provisions included in the bill will benefit Louisiana directly, including $3.5 billion that will go toward… Read More
It’s possible to be optimistic about the ocean’s health without also being naïve. Marine fisheries are reasonably well-managed, protected areas are expanding and we’re getting better at coastal restoration. It’s important to share these successes, scientists say, to avoid paralysing feelings of hopelessness. Yes, we’ve got an ocean of bad news. Climate change is warming… Read More
Orange County Parks announced the closure of 1,000 Steps Beach stairs through Wednesday. LAGUNA BEACH, CA — Orange County Parks announced the closure of the 12-flight stair access to 1,000 Steps Beach this week. The stair access would be closed until Wednesday, according to an OC Parks spokesperson. “The closure is necessary to repair multiple… Read More
OCEANSIDE — The City of Oceanside is installing several groins and a sand bypass system as part of a newly approved pilot project meant to improve the city’s disappearing beaches. During a special workshop on Aug. 11, the Oceanside City Council voted 4-1 to approve the pilot project as recommended by the Beach Sand Replenishment… Read More
PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Commission received an update about Mountwood Park from officials during a meeting on Thursday morning. According to Wood County Parks Director Jeremy Cross, one of the main projects has been trying to dredge Mountwood Park’s lake marina area due to shallow water up six or eight inches. Although the lake… Read More
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ed Markey (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today announced the Offshore Wind American Manufacturing Act, which would drive domestic manufacturing and offshore wind deployment. Offshore wind bill The offshore wind supply chain currently exists mainly in Europe, China, and South Korea. With the growing number of offshore wind leases… Read More
At one time, offshore service vessels were the bread and butter work of many U.S. Gulf Coast shipbuilders. Those days are long gone and, with them, a few shipyards. The big hope for a revival of offshore vessel construction, of course, lies in offshore wind. Right now, we are beginning to see the first few… Read More
Census data shows Americans are moving out of locales most insulated from climate change and into the most climate-threatened regions. The results could be disastrous in the near future. Science has provided America with a decent idea of which areas of our country will be most devastated by climate change, and which areas will be most insulated… Read More
Authorizations to build Texas LNG export terminals, pipelines not vacated FERC told failed analysis of projects’ impacts on environmental justice communities FERC chairman Glick says body has ‘obligation’ to analyze impacts of greenhouse gas emissions (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) must further analyze the… Read More
Plans to salvage the eroding Capistrano Beach could have a rocky start. OC Parks is proposing cobblestone buffers that could be topped with sand dunes and vegetation to salvage what’s left of the battered Dana Point beach. The county agency, which manages the 1,500-foot-long shoreline wedged between Doheny State Beach to the north and a… Read More
Rowers and paddlers are increasingly worried about the rising Schuylkill Riverbed between Boathouse Row and Strawberry Mansion Bridge. But work to dredge the river has been at a standstill since late last year, with no progress in sight. Source
CAPE CARTERET — Boaters in Cape Carteret should soon have easier and safer access to the deep waters of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Bogue Sound. Town Commissioner Steve Martin, speaking during the board of commissioners’ monthly meeting Monday in town hall and virtually on GoToMeeting, said the project to dredge the channel that leads… Read More
As the seas continue to rise, North Carolina’s beaches are expected to face more erosion challenges. But can the state afford to keep pumping sand onto them? Last month, North Topsail Beach made a decision that could have major ramifications for the coastal community’s future. The Onslow County town decided to opt out of a proposed… Read More
(Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) At the end of July, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced that it will conduct an environmental review of a wind farm proposed for the waters off of Kitty Hawk. The 30-day public comment period connected to that review began on Aug. 1. Avangrid — which won the… Read More