NORTHWEST INDIANA – Congressman Frank Mrvan (D-1) is seeking more than $42 million for northwest Indiana community projects. Our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana report the funding would be used for several projects focused on improving the Lake Michigan shoreline. The Times reports Mrvan requested $18.4 million to expand the capacity of the confined… Read More
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Governor Ron DeSantis announced that more than $111 million has been awarded to 22 communities through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida General Infrastructure Repair Program for communities impacted by Hurricane Michael. The program is designed to provide funding for local governments to strategically rebuild and harden infrastructure in… Read More
Weather delays and recent Grunion runs on Oceanside beaches have disrupted this year’s dredging plans. OCEANSIDE, CA — The City of Oceanside released a Harbor Dredging and Beach Sand Update on the progress of the Oceanside Harbor dredge that began on April 5th. As of May 5, Manson Construction has dredged 215,000 cubic yards of… Read More
West Cliff is one of the city’s most beloved places to walk, bike or drive, for young and old, and residents and visitors alike. But this iconic corridor has long been under threat from wave erosion. The city has now completed an exhaustive evaluation of the cliff erosion hot spots and problem areas and has… Read More
Join hosts Monica Pedersen and Mark Nilsson as they see carpenters’ roles in the future of our waterways and discover some awesome benefits offered by various unions. Source
Washington, D.C. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District (Corps) and the state of Maryland Department of Natural Resources have entered into an agreement allowing the Corps to use sand from the Outer Continental Shelf for scheduled beach nourishment as part of its Atlantic Coast of… Read More
Officials seek to conserve vast area of salt marsh as bulwark against storm surge, erosion, flooding Along the U.S. Southeast coast, communities and military installations face a common enemy—floods, erosion, and rising seas. In response, military and government leaders are looking to fight nature with nature. A group of regional government and military officials launched… Read More
After a slow start, the offshore wind industry in the United States is finally poised to take off. Just last month, the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalized its environmental analysis relating to the first proposed large-scale, commercial wind farm offshore the United States. This not only signaled that BOEM will… Read More
The company’s first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project of 460MWAC reaches commercial operation, making Ørsted the first developer to operate the full spectrum of new renewable technologies at utility scale in the US. Permian Energy Center in Andrews County, Texas. Ørsted has completed its Permian Energy Center project, a 460 MWAC hybrid solar and battery… Read More
The Ocean State’s famous shoreline is shrinking, putting vital infrastructure at risk and drowning essential ecosystems. If we don’t adapt, the future will be all wet. Text and video by FRANK CARINI/ecoRI News staff The most violent and destructive natural disaster in New England recorded history forever changed Rhode Island’s coastline. In the eight decades… Read More
We had some pretty hard storms here in South Jersey this winter. With summer less than a month away, various beach towns are starting to examine the damage in order to carry out any restoration projects that are necessary before the start of shoobie season. The towns with super wide beaches (looking at you, Wildwood),… Read More
Research Receives $2M from DOE to Make Wastewater Treatment Energy Neutral and Keep Billions of Pounds of Sludge Out of Landfills May 3, 2021 BY: Sharon Gaudin PHOTOGRAPHY: Matt Burgos A team of researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a nearly $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to create renewable… Read More
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Thursday it is about to open a 30-day public comment period for an offshore wind farm, Revolution Wind, planned for waters south of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. This comment period kicks off the environmental review of the project. If BOEM approves it, Revolution Wind would be allowed… Read More
Ten properties adjacent to bay team up to launch project Citing severe coastal erosion that puts public safety and infrastructure at risk, a group of Lahaina neighbors is proposing a multimillion dollar project that would gather offshore sand to expand Kahana Bay to about 65 feet — similar to its width nearly a half century… Read More
Newly elected senator says he is committed to keeping Port of Savannah at ‘top of the agenda’ U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) visited the Georgia Ports Authority for the first time on Tuesday, where he talked about the importance of securing funding to finish the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. The $973 million deepening is on schedule to… Read More