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MOREHEAD CITY, Carteret County — For the second year in a row, the NOAA is predicting an above-average active hurricane season. The Crystal Coast just finished the nearly three-year $85 million beach restoration project from hurricane Florence in 2018, but now has its focus on the shore impacts for the year ahead. Although Claudette didn’t… Read More
WACOUTA, Minn. (KTTC) — Drought conditions across the region are leading to lower water levels on the Mississippi, which is leading to navigation problems for barges. The barges could run aground when encountering unexpected sandbars. Low water levels are especially problematic near Wacouta, where the river goes from being very narrow to very wide. Only… Read More
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Twelve years ago Louisiana finally accepted the truth about the mortal damage it had done to its vital bottom third and embarked on a 50-year, $50 billion master plan for coastal survival. That plan has evolved into one of the world’s most advanced science-based climate adaptation efforts, with a list of science and engineering firsts… Read More
In April 2020, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund et al., 140 S. Ct. 1462 (2000), vacating the Ninth Circuit’s decision. The appeals court had affirmed a district court’s finding of Clean Water Act (“CWA”) liability for the County’s alleged failure to obtain a discharge permit for… Read More
SARASOTA – Now a wide ribbon of Gulf-front sand, the recently renourished Lido Beach has earned national recognition as one of the country’s best restored beaches. Awarded by the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA), the recognition acknowledges beach restoration projects that successfully increase a shoreline’s resiliency against storm damage and flooding while preserving its… Read More
New operating plans for managing Lake Okeechobee would raise the lake at least 1.5 feet once the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes $1.8 billion in repairs to the aging Herbert Hoover Dike. The plans, previewed Thursday, all allow the 730-square-mile lake to jump over 17 feet or higher, drawing concerns about worsening the lake’s… Read More
Reversing a legacy of ditching and draining to reconnect the Pocomoke River to its floodplain wetlands. In late 2018, as a nine-mile stretch of river restoration neared completion, the first phase of the Pocomoke River Project became the largest of its kind in Maryland’s history. A new grant received by TNC will make this huge… Read More
Dane County on Thursday officially started the second phase of its multiyear, multimillion-dollar effort to alleviate flooding in the Yahara chain of lakes by continuing to suck muck out of the Yahara River. The second phase of the project focuses on an 11-mile stretch of the Yahara River from Lake Waubesa to Lower Mud Lake…. Read More
America’s clean-energy future is taking shape off the coast of Virginia Beach, and the Hampton Roads region can reap the rewards of the generational transformation that will come with the advancement of offshore wind. Dominion Energy is safely developing the largest offshore wind project in the Americas — the 2,640-megawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind —… Read More
A lot of digging out ahead for the Outer Banks A recently formed task force hopes to save the main highway on the Outer Banks from the ravages of storms, erosion and sea level rise. Federal, state and local agencies have formed the N.C. 12 task force, which will focus on protecting seven vulnerable spots… Read More
The U.S. has only 42 MW of offshore wind capacity now. The White House recently announced that the Departments of Interior, Energy, and Commerce had formed a shared goal to facilitate the deployment of 30 GW of offshore wind by 2030. This goal builds on President Biden’s Executive Order to the Secretary of the Interior… Read More
The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee today paved the way for the four dams clogging the Klamath River to be taken down, approving a transfer of the hydroelectric license from PacifiCorp to the nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corporation and the states of Oregon and California. “Since 2016, PacifiCorp, along with a coalition of state and federal… Read More
Brookhaven officials have formally agreed to take part in the $1.5 billion Fire Island to Montauk Point shoreline protection project, despite raising concerns about its potential impact on some homeowners. Town officials last week signed a Project Partnership Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers, which is planning to start construction next year. The plan,… Read More
RYE — Completion of a $4 million project to dredge Rye Harbor was celebrated Friday by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, and Judd Gregg, a Republican former U.S. senator for New Hampshire. The dredging was necessary to combat extreme shoaling that had rendered parts of the waterway difficult to navigate, according to Shaheen. Shaheen and Gregg, both also former governors… Read More