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With nearly $80,000 worth of state grant funding, the Sandwich Department of Natural Resources will begin climate resiliency projects in Sandwich Village as early as the end of September, director David J. DeConto said. The town’s main project includes looking at the inner Mill Creek area and stabilizing problem flooding areas from the fire station… Read More
Indian River and five other coastal Sussex County waterways are on DNREC schedule Several dredging projects are scheduled in eastern Sussex County over the next one to three years. They include Indian River in the Millsboro area and Indian River marina, late 2022 into 2023; Holt’s Landing State Park ramp, late 2022; Assawoman and loop… Read More
An area that includes Bluff Point, Haley Farm State Park and the University of Connecticut’s campus at Avery Point in Groton and spots along the lower Connecticut River, as well as surrounding waters, soon could become Connecticut’s first National Estuarine Research Reserve. The reserve would be a new addition to a nationwide network of estuarine research reserves that provide opportunities for… Read More
The 670,000 solar panel project is now complete, increasing Ørsted’s operational solar PV capacity to 647 MW and diversifying the company’s footprint through a new partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Ørsted continues to expand its solar footprint across the US and has completed the 227 MWAC Muscle Shoals solar PV project in Colbert County, Alabama. Located… Read More
Juneau, Alaska (KINY) – The Juneau assembly voted in favor of repealing a legally unenforceable ordinance regarding coastal protection regulations, which heavily relied on a repealed state law called the Alaska Costal Management Act. The Assembly heard numerous testimonies from the public asking them to retain the dysfunctional code, until the protections it included could… Read More
Chronic shoaling in Hatteras Inlet’s South Ferry Channel persists despite numerous dredging projects over the last five years, but now the Dare County Waterways Commission is facing a tough decision on how to proceed in the face of stubbornly intractable issues. Before the dredge Merritt’s scheduled return on Oct. 1, the panel has to decide… Read More
Five days after Hurricane Ida made landfall, leaving behind catastrophic flooding and significant damage in its path, U.S. Geological Survey scientists started quickly working a multi-week effort to capture high-water mark elevations in some of the most impacted areas. Teams from USGS water science centers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland are working together to preserve, document, and survey elevations of more than 200 combined high-water marks left from flooding caused by Ida’s heavy rains. “We are working with federal and state partners, along with… Read More
Hurricane Ida is expected to become one of the costliest tropical storm impacts ever to affect the mainland United States, according to insurance and reinsurance broker Aon. The industry has been absorbing the reality of hurricane Ida over the last week or so, as industry loss estimates steadily rose and the impacts of the north… Read More
Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA), a membership-based coalition of fishing industry associations and fishing companies, revealed that it has filed a Petition for Review in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the Secretary of the Interior’s approval the Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind energy project. The Vineyard Wind 1 project will be located approximately… Read More
Both because it wants to and because a federal court wants it done, the EPA will be working on a new Navigable Waters Protection Rule. Such work has gone on now for almost 50 years. The Clean Water Act of 1972 says adding pollutants or dredge or fill material into a “water of the United… Read More
As the extreme weather event and deadly flash-flooding in New York City underscored, we need to act with a sense of urgency to deal with our current climate reality and a significant expansion of offshore wind in New York and beyond should be a key ingredient in the recipe for success at mitigation and resilience… Read More
The Mississippi River, the second longest U.S. waterway, was temporarily shut to vessel traffic on Tuesday from mile 0 to mile 2 due to dredging operations, the New Orleans Board of Trade (NOBOT) said. The closure, expected to be lifted on Tuesday afternoon, it scheduled to be repeated on Sunday to finish the removal of… Read More
LANSING – Lansing Village Creek boat channel dredging will begin Sept. 15 and is expected to continue through Oct. 15. The boat ramp will remain open, but space will be limited. The navigation channel from the boat ramp to the main channel Mississippi River will be dredged hydraulically. Hydraulic dredge materials will be pumped into… Read More
As Miami-Dade County advances critical efforts to build a more resilient community and prepare for the impacts of sea level rise, the county plans to move forward with a locally preferred option for the Miami-Dade Back Bay Coastal Storm Risk Management Feasibility Study (the “Back Bay” study). Through the community feedback process over recent months,… Read More
A coalition of 152 companies and trade associations representing US importers, exporters, transportation providers and other supply chain stakeholders have submitted a letter of support to Congress endorsing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021. The bipartisan legislation was introduced last month by Congressmen John Garamendi and Dusty Johnson. The legislation would update the Shipping… Read More