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The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, the old expression goes. That’s also the price of clean water. At least that’s the way it must seem to the people who have been fighting for decades to reduce the amount of water discharged from Lake Okeechobee into the St. Lucie River and the Indian River Lagoon. They’ve been carrying the… Read More
If you ask Mitch Silverstein how he became the San Diego manager of the Surfrider Foundation, he’ll tell you he’s “just a scrappy environmental activist” who was lucky to be hired. But it’s clear from his expertise and enthusiasm it wasn’t just luck. After graduating from Sonoma State University with a lot of debt and… Read More
Taking a fresh look at traditional, unsustainable coastal defence methods. A pioneering project discovers some inspiring concepts, including using biogenic reefs for ecosystem-based flood defence. Today’s challenges of erosion, flooding and storm surges are primary concerns for coastal communities around the world. Traditional coastal engineering solutions, such as concrete seawalls or rock breakwaters however, will… Read More
Interest is growing in mining the ocean for valuable metals. A new study helps gauge the extent of the impact. In certain parts of the deep ocean, scattered across the seafloor, lie baseball-sized rocks layered with minerals accumulated over millions of years. A region of the central Pacific, called the Clarion Clipperton Fracture Zone, is… Read More
Coastal landfills risk leaking long-banned toxic chemicals into the ocean. Five years ago, a killer whale called Lulu washed up on the shores of Scotland. She was thought to be over 20 years old, though autopsies revealed she had never had any offspring. Tissues recovered from Lulu suggested she was one of the most PCB-contaminated animals… Read More
U.S. authorities have yet to lay their hands on the alleged owner and operator of a tanker at the center of a sanctions busting scheme, but they have the ship. On Friday, a New York federal court today entered a judgment of forfeiture regarding the M/T Courageous, a 2,734-ton oil-products tanker said to have been… Read More
With the climate emergency creating dangerous weather across the nation, from historic droughts in the Southwest to a withering heat dome across the Midwest to an earlier heat dome in the Pacific Northwest, Congress is working on much-needed investments in climate resilience. Both the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and President Biden’s American Jobs Plan call for… Read More
Nearly 13 years since it was first proposed, the coastal barrier between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula is one milestone closer to reality with the creation of the Gulf Coast Protection District. During the 87th Texas Legislature that ended May 31, legislators passed Senate Bill 1160, filed by Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, and its House… Read More
PEPPER PIKE, Ohio — A big “thank you” to The Plain Dealer for challenging the community to create fresh, bold ideas for Cleveland’s future. We commend those involved in the “Vision for the Valley” plan and the Cleveland City Planning Commission for their role. As a nonprofit volunteer organization with a mission of making Cleveland… Read More
For five years, we have endured a silly dispute over the use of Hereford Inlet sand for beach replenishment and stabilization in Stone Harbor or over needed seawall work in North Wildwood. Prior to 2016, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took sand from Hereford Inlet for federally funded beach projects. Suddenly, in 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife argued that the 30-year-old Coastal Barrier… Read More
QUINCY — The state has awarded more than $7.8 million to South Shore municipalities in grants to address failing dams and coastal infrastructure, part of a larger $17 million that has been doled out statewide this year. “The Commonwealth’s cities and towns are seeing the impacts of climate change every day, and our administration is committed to… Read More
HYANNIS – Barnstable County has finished its 25th season of dredging with the completion of the outer channel of Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich. The county dredge program, started in 1995, has dredged over 2,338,676 cubic yards of sand from almost every channel and harbor on Cape Cod, said county officials. Officials also said that it… Read More
The price tag for the project on West Grand Terre Island is $102 million. Almost all of the funding comes from settlements from the BP oil spill. GRAND ISLE, La. — On Wednesday, we got a unique look at an effort that can help protect Louisiana from hurricanes and tropical storms. The coastal protection and… Read More
RESERVE, La. (AP) — Work has formally begun in Louisiana on a $760 million, three-parish levee project that was first proposed a half-century ago. State officials said 17.5 miles of levee and a mile of T-wall will protect 60,000 residents of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, and St. James Parishes. Gov. John Bel Edwards… Read More
Today, Gov. Edwards joined the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) along with federal, state, and local officials for a groundbreaking ceremony on the West Shore Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection system. The project will provide 100-year hurricane and storm surge protection to 60,000 Louisianans in St. Charles, St. James, and St. John the Baptist parishes…. Read More