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DEAL – A new coalition opposed to beach replenishment wants to use alternative methods to protect the shoreline instead of pumping millions of cubic yards of sand onto the beach. New sand, the coalition argues, does more to protect wealthy homeowners, damages the coastal ecology and ultimately washes back into the sea and has to be replaced. “Beach replenishment is not the… Read More
ATLANTIC BEACH — Atlantic Beach officials are seeking federal funds through a state-administrated program to improve local water quality. Town planning and zoning director Michelle Eitner informed the Atlantic Beach Town Council at its regular meeting Sept. 27 the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality has approved the town’s watershed restoration and stormwater resilience plan. The… Read More
ROCKLAND, Maine — With a public comment deadline looming, Rockland residents will have an opportunity next week to learn more about a recently revised marina expansion project slated for the city’s harbor. The proposal from Safe Harbor Marinas — a national company that recently purchased a Rockland marina — is currently being reviewed by the Maine Bureau… Read More
Representatives from the Chesapeake Bay watershed states, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission (CBC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gathered recently to discuss the impacts of climate change on the 64,000-square-mile Chesapeake Bay watershed — stretching from Cooperstown, N.Y., to their meeting location at the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach, Va…. Read More
People who live on Grand Isle have endured decades of destruction, and they’ve always rebuilt. This time might be different. In the placid days leading up to Hurricane Ida, Charlie Walker, 55, was not afraid. The longtime resident of Grand Isle, the only inhabited barrier island on the Louisiana coast, was no stranger to storms…. Read More
Glass Half Full teams up with Tulane University to bolster glass recycling efforts When Tulane University alumni Franziska Trautmann and Max Steitz opened Louisiana’s only glass recycling facility, they dreamed of using the crushed sand to help restore the state’s eroding coastline. But they hit a few snags. A lack of funding and need for regulatory approval of… Read More
Great day yesterday at Poplar! Port Exec Dir @WilliamPDoyle today welcomed @USACEHQ Lt. Gen Scott Spellmon and Col. Estee Pinchasin @USACEBaltimore . Gen. Spellmon’s visit was 1st to Poplar by a Commanding Gen. Appreciate our great partnership and working on Mid-Bay! #MDOTgreen
Haley Witten said she spends about half her weekends in Oak Island. Witten moved to Leland five years ago, partly to frequent Oak Island and other nearby beach towns. “It’s the best of all worlds really,” she said. “Its easy to just head to the beach whenever I have the time.” Soon, Oak Island visitors… Read More
Chicagoans were shocked last week to see a rust-colored substance from an Indiana water treatment plant ooze into Lake Michigan. But more dangerous and less publicized is the contamination that pours into Illinois waterways when farm chemicals — sometimes called nutrients — are washed off the land by heavy rains. Why it matters: Water polluted with… Read More
Day 1 of Seawork Connect’s virtual conference welcomed Neale Ryan, senior Programme Manager at Clean Maritime. It offers £10 million in funding for feasibility studies in maritime decarbonisation that lay the foundations for future activity. Another £10M has been allocated to more concrete projects, designs and developments to help the overarching aim to achieve net… Read More
Virginians are already seeing the impacts of climate change, from sea level rise along our coastlines to increased rainfall statewide. Without action, Virginians can expect $4.1 billion in annual losses to residential, commercial and public structures by 2080, with 171,000 acres of tidal marsh at risk of disappearing. To better understand this risk, EDF worked… Read More
The Orange County coastline has become the latest casualty of the nation’s unhealthy dependence on oil. In one of the biggest California spills in decades, a pipeline connected to an offshoot oil platform off the coast of Huntington Beach released at least 126,000 gallons of crude over the weekend. By Sunday morning, the smell of… Read More
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has awarded US$10 537 000 in grant funding to support safety and health training, and other programmes. MSHA awarded grants to 46 states, the Navajo Nation and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Grantees will use the funds to provide miners with federally… Read More
Just before noon on August 29, Hurricane Ida crashed ashore at Port Fourchon, La. Its 150 mph winds made it the fifth-strongest storm to hit the U.S. on record—and after causing devastation across Louisiana and Mississippi, it went on across the country to cause lethal flooding in the Northeast. At the time of this writing,… Read More
In many communities, water spills onto streets at high tide. The problem is getting more common as sea levels rise. In many coastal towns, water spills onto streets and sidewalks during high tide – even on sunny days. This flooding is often called “nuisance” flooding, but it’s more serious than that name implies. “While it… Read More