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The North Carolina Environmental Management Commission is set to review next month the draft amendment to the Coastal Habitat Protection Plan, which is revised every five years to reflect changes in the status of habitat protection in the state. Committee meetings begin at 9 a.m. Sept. 8 for the Air Quality Committee, Groundwater and Waste Management Committee and Water Quality… Read More
While the good news coming out of New Orleans this morning was that electricity has been restored to limited areas of the city, overflight photos and media reports from the areas hit by Hurricane Ida make it plain that recovery will take quite some time yet. Its impacts will also be felt beyond Louisiana and… Read More
Maryland’s Agreement with Exelon Will Bring Even Greater Results in Eel Passage and Increased Numbers of Water-filtering Mussels The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) and Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announce that more than half a million eels have passed from below the Conowingo Dam to be placed in the river above this… Read More
A proposal to protect coastal Miami-Dade from hurricanes by running a tall concrete wall though Biscayne Bay and waterfront neighborhoods is — unsurprisingly — dead. The county on Monday formally rejected the plan, part of an instantly controversial $4.6 billion proposal from the Army Corps of Engineers that also included elevating thousands of private homes,… Read More
The Lower Colorado River Authority is taking public comments on a proposed dredging ordinance for the Highland Lakes through Friday, Sept. 24. People can submit comments online or during a Wednesday, Sept. 15, public meeting, which is 6-8 p.m. in Building A at the LCRA’s Dalchau Service Center, 3505 Montopolis Drive in Austin. Those who… Read More
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