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The bipartisan infrastructure bill advancing in Congress would provide tens of billions of dollars to help cities and states protect against the effects of climate change, the most in U.S. history. One of the biggest proponents of addressing climate “resilience” was Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, an oil- and gas-producing state experiencing a… Read More
State Senator Christine Cohen (D-12) and State Representative John-Michael Parker (D-101) welcomed a $770,000 state grant for Madison that will help the town replace the seawall at Garvan Point that helps prevent the beach and its facilities from being eroded by waves and storms. The state grant, for which Cohen and Parker advocated, was approved… Read More
Energy companies, many of them now bankrupt, have been allowed to abandon infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico without penalty A Houston-based energy company is asking a federal bankruptcy court for permission to walk away from its aging infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. Fieldwood Energy is attempting to shift responsibility for removing 1,715 wells,… Read More
The Senate Appropriations Committee released and approved a $53.6 billion fiscal 2022 Energy-Water spending bill that would make significant investments in renewable energy and water infrastructure improvements. Passing on a 25-5 vote, the legislation is the first spending bill to advance in the Senate this fiscal cycle. But headwinds from Republicans and a lack of… Read More
The Brunswick Commissioners extended the usual “not-in-my-backyard” thinking to “not-within-27-miles” Monday, voting to oppose construction of wind turbines within 24 nautical miles (about 27 miles) of the county’s shoreline. Although no wind-energy projects are planned for the area, the federal government has identified three Wind Energy Areas off the North Carolina coast as potential sites… Read More
About 87% of Nova Scotia’s coastline is in private hands A dispute over access to a beach in Cumberland County is headed to court, the latest in a series of coastal access fights in Nova Scotia that have come to a head in the past year. A group of community members is suing a property owner… Read More
The Federal Maritime Commission has launched an expedited inquiry into the timing and legal sufficiency of ocean carrier practices with respect to certain surcharges. Eight ocean carriers are being asked to provide the Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement (BoE) with details about congestion or related surcharges they have implemented or announced. BoE has given the ocean… Read More
The following is a contributed article by Dean Koujak, a director in Guidehouse’s Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure segment. This article reflects the views and opinions of the author and does not reflect the views and opinions of Guidehouse Inc. (“Guidehouse”) or any of its other independent experts, professionals or affiliated entities. Several Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states… Read More
Torstein Hagen’s Viking River Cruises looks to be moving right along with its plans to offer its first U.S. river cruises. They are set to start one year from now, in August 2022 utilizing a purpose built Jones Act vessel, the Viking Mississippi, currently under construction at an Edison Chouest Offshore group shipyard in Louisiana…. Read More
A third access point on and off the island has hit a roadblock. A proposed bridge connecting the Foley Beach Express to State Highway 180 East was put on hold Friday just as the project was to open to bids. Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said in a statement that he was approached several months… Read More
HARKER HEIGHTS — The Harker Heights City Council Tuesday gathered for a 9 a.m. tour of the Waste Water Treatment Plant at 430 Pecan Drive, just north of the city’s soccer complex. Mark Hyde, the director of plant services, led the tour accompanied by Billy Cude, the chief plant operator of the Waste Water Treatment… Read More
For generations, winter flounder was one of the most important fish in Rhode Island waters. Longtime recreational fisherman Rich Hittinger recalled taking his kids fishing in the 1980s, dropping anchor, letting their lines sink to the bottom, waiting about half an hour and then filling their fishing cooler with the oval-shaped, right-eyed flatfish. Now, four… Read More
PORTLAND — Seven out of 10 Oregonians are concerned about how the state’s groundwater and surface water are being managed. Most Oregonians say the answer to resolving water problems is increasing state subsidies for high-efficiency irrigation equipment. Those are two findings in a recent survey conducted by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, a Portland-based… Read More
For more than a decade, some of New York City’s most flood-prone areas from across the city witnessed spectacular development and demographic growth. That’s according to researchers at The New School, which tracked new construction and population changes in six flood-prone neighborhoods between 2007 and 2018. This explosion of growth has left many thousands of… Read More
Work got underway today on a $7.2 million dredging project to make it easier for vessels to navigate the Manasquan River, and one of the areas targeted is near Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant Borough. “It’s 2 feet right in front of my boat here, so hearing this marina is going to be dredged is music… Read More