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The Business Network for Offshore Wind today published its Offshore Wind Policy Brief: The U.S. Opportunity in Floating Offshore Wind. The brief comes on the heels of the Biden administration’s recent announcement that the Department of Interior and the Department of Defense have reached an agreement to advance areas off California’s northern and central coasts… Read More
President Biden has ended negotiations with Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Republicans over infrastructure legislation, telling Capito Tuesday that the latest GOP offer didn’t “meet the essential needs of our country” to fix roads and bridges, prepare the nation for a future reliant on clean energy and create jobs, according to White House press secretary… Read More
The U.S. Department of the Interior today announced its intent to assess potential opportunities to advance clean energy development on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The department says this “significant milestone is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to create thousands of jobs through the deployment of 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore… Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y — A project intended to protect the South Shore’s coastal communities is finally set to get underway in the fall after years of delays. Funding was approved for the project, known as “Living Breakwaters,” and state-run construction was meant to have begun in 2018, according to a 2017 report from the Advance/SILive.com,… Read More
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing approximately $6 million to rebuild M-185 on Mackinac Island, addressing high-water and wave erosion damage on the shoreline. Roughly 4 mi. of the highway around the island — the only state highway in Michigan that does not regularly allow automobile traffic —sustained ongoing damage that escalated in… Read More
A sea wall is at its greatest strength on the day it’s installed, says Rachel Gwin. In comparison, natural living shorelines “grow stronger with time,” said Gwin, who is the restoration coordinator for the Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance of Northwest Florida State College. “They’re low maintenance and not very costly to repair.” The nonprofit, Santa Rosa… Read More
An estimated 355,000 Bay Area residents live within a 100-year flood plain that includes 800 miles of roads and highways Five years ago Bay Area voters wisely approved Measure AA, a nine-county, 20-year, $12 per parcel annual tax to restore San Francisco Bay and guard against the threat of rising sea levels due to global… Read More
After low river levels made getting boats into the Alabama River during Memorial Day weekend difficult, residents took to social media to fight for the city of Selma to make dredging at Selma Marina a higher priority. Posts on Facebook this week urged the city to spend the $7,500 allocated last summer for silt removal… Read More
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Fred Upton is calling on key committee leaders in Congress to support President Joe Biden’s proposed budget request to fund the dredging of Holland Harbor and others in Michigan. Upton, R-St. Joseph, sent a letter June 4 to the leaders on the House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies… Read More
A presentation titled, ‘The Dangers of Lost Shipping Containers to small vessels and recreational sailors’, was given in a workshop on Lost Containers by World Sailing at European Maritime Day on May 20, 2021. The presentation was delivered on behalf of World Sailing by Sir Alan Massey, a Vice Admiral Royal Navy and former CEO… Read More
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — One year after Virginia adopted its Clean Economy Act, workforce development and new jobs in clean energy are booming in the state, as its economy expands into renewable-energy industries. Shawn Avery, president and CEO of the Hampton Roads Workforce Council, said wind power, especially, has taken off in the Virginia Beach… Read More
As people gathered across the country to celebrate Memorial Day, local river enthusiast Jerry Hatfield read a social media post from a friend bemoaning the fact that the Selma Marina was unfit for boaters on one of the biggest boating and recreational days of the year. “There is just no excuse for it,” Hatfield said…. Read More
A trio of panel discussions at the 2021 Inland Marine Expo offered an in-depth look at the future of towing vessel propulsion, design and construction. Leaders from throughout the maritime industry came together to discuss forward-leaning propulsion designs, like LNG, hydrogen fuel cells and electrification; the implementation of EPA Tier 4 engine regulations on the… Read More
If there’s one thing most Louisianans agree on, it is this: the value and necessity of restoring and protecting our coast. For decades, we’ve taught our schoolchildren about the dire land loss crisis we face as a state. And for the first time, our coastal program is making major, tangible progress in our fight to… Read More
EUREKA, Calif. — The California Assembly voted on Thursday to pass AB 525, legislation that would direct state agencies to plan for the development of utility-scale offshore wind energy. Last week’s vote came on the heels of an agreement between California and the federal government to open up state coastal waters to offshore wind development… Read More