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A massive coastal restoration project in Louisiana could test whether new wetlands can be created faster than they’re disappearing under waves and rising seas. The $1.5 billion project would redirect more than 12% of the Mississippi River’s flow into Barataria Bay, a nearly 600,000-acre expanse of degraded marsh that’s drowning in salt water. The proposed… Read More
Washington, D.C.—A House subcommittee hearing on innovation and investment in water resources infrastructure turned into a course on the importance of annual dredging at the nation’s ports and what to do with the mountains of material produced by that activity. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water… Read More
Contractor will grade area of recent bluff collapse DEL MAR — All coastal rail service will be suspended Sunday and again March 20 and 21 for work on the recent Del Mar bluff collapse and for other previously planned projects. Beach access will be limited between Del Mar and Torrey Pines State Beach and, depending… Read More
In the midst a detailed, fact-filled draft letter to the US Army Corps from the Sandwich board of selectmen, one sentence dramatically underscored the town’s urgent need for federal help. “Over the last month, four private homes on Spring Hill Beach have toppled onto the beach and been destroyed as drastic erosion continues to place… Read More
DredgeWire exclusive “Further to our Featured Americas story from last week (Watermaster), DredgeWire has learned that Watermaster won this order in a tender issued by the New York State Canal Corporation in 2020. That tender specifically provided that joint ventures or subcontracts or coproduction agreements would be allowed, facilitating the participation of foreign technology companies… Read More
A newly formed coalition made up of businesses and trade associations are pledging their support for two bills that would “responsibly regulate” commerce and seaports. The Keep Florida’s Economy Sailing coalition launched on Wednesday, throwing its weight behind two bills in the Florida legislature that would protect maritime commerce. Members of the group say they seek… Read More
People gave Outten their own ideas about who should pay to protect their town: the federal government. The state government. The rest of the county. Tourists. People who rent to tourists. The view for many seemed to be, anyone but them. Written by Christopher Flavelle Bobby Outten, a county manager in the Outer Banks, delivered… Read More
A green hydrogen hub is being planned in the Scottish Highlands that will produce, store and distribute hydrogen to the region, Scotland, other parts of the UK and Europe. The Port of Cromarty Firth is one of the partners involved in the North of Scotland Hydrogen Programme that aims to develop a hub in the… Read More
NORTH WILDWOOD – For the eighth consecutive year, sand is being harvested from the wide beaches of Wildwood and transported by large haulers to North Wildwood, in a desperate attempt to save the city’s north end beaches. Without an approved hydraulic dredge project and no federal or state funding for beach replenishment, Mayor Patrick Rosenello has long expressed frustration with the financial burden the city has been faced with due to large shore… Read More
Moving quickly on the Biden administration’s renewable energy agenda, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed its environmental review of the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind plan, clearing the path for the first truly commercial-scale U.S. offshore wind project. “The United States is poised to become a global clean energy leader,” said Laura Daniel Davis, a deputy… Read More
Grain dust emissions a concern at 248-acre west bank site A Louisiana company wants to build a 36-silo grain terminal on the west bank of St. John the Baptist Parish, bringing more jobs and air pollution to the Mississippi River corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Greenfield Louisiana LLC of Baton Rouge says the 248-acre… Read More
Most Louisianans can recite our state’s land loss statistics as quickly as they can recall their home addresses — “a football field of land lost every 100 minutes.” And while outsiders may think it strange, this ominous figure has become an increasingly ordinary dinner table discussion. So much so that some have become desensitized to… Read More
TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) – With big ships heading into the Savannah ports, and that only expected to continue, Tybee Island is launching a study to measure the impact it has on things like increasing erosion rates. In the next couple of weeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will deploy sensors at North Beach… Read More
Rodney Barreto caved. Good. Under pressure, the state’s top wildlife conservation official abandoned his wildly inappropriate and highly destructive plan to fill, dredge and develop 19 acres of beautifully untouched, mostly submerged land at Singer Island on the Lake Worth Lagoon. On Thursday, under a wave of criticism, the chairman of the Florida Fish and… Read More