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OCEAN — The North Carolina Coastal Federation says it has completed several large-scale living shoreline projects in partnership with local officials in Carteret and Pamlico counties. The nonprofit federation said it had partnered with Carteret Community College, Carteret County, the towns of Oriental and Pine Knoll Shores, as well as with community volunteers, students and… Read More
Low water levels could affect navigation if rain stays away. Parched lawns and fields, drooping gardens and frequent grass fires aren’t the only visible evidence that much of Minnesota is in dire need of rain. Some of Minnesota’s rivers, particularly the Mississippi and St. Croix, are markedly low. Frequent visitors find their beaches expanding a… Read More
When former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh took the stage at a 2017 ribbon-cutting in the Seaport District, he spoke with pride of a neighborhood “hitting its stride.” He spoke of new retail, housing, entertainment venues, and green space. He spoke of job creation and “smart growth.” He spoke of an area that represents “our future… Read More
BOSTON HARBOR — Bill Golden has a dream that he says could save all the municipalities around Boston Harbor, including six South Shore communities, if a superstorm were to strike bringing with it catastrophic flooding. Golden, leading a media tour of the harbor to tout the plan, said tidal gates could save all the communities that touch the Boston… Read More
Residents are split on how to spend a proposed extra penny bed tax. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — Tourism is the big industry in St. Johns County. It brings in lots of people and lots of dollars. So a proposal at the county level to add a penny to the so-called bed tax got lots… Read More
A Lake Country resident who wants to see safe passage for boaters between Kalamalka and Wood Lakes is frustrated the process to get approvals to dredge a canal connecting the two lakes has taken years. Andrew Spear started a campaign two years ago to dredge the Oyama Canal, a passage connecting the two lakes, since… Read More
Apni Party on Tuesday expressed serious concern over the dismal results of work done under Flood Management Programme in Kashmir division thereby putting a question mark on the efficiency and integrity of the executing agency and the concerned administrative department. A spokesman of the Party said that after the 2014 deluge a single private company… Read More
In the final instalment of the first series of the Commercial Marine Network’s Workboat 2050 decarbonisation webinars, our speakers were forging slightly different paths to the common goal of zero emission workboat operations. Over the duration of the 5 webinars, an audience of over 2000 registered in total, and our speakers covered a wide range… Read More
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — Governor Ralph Northam today announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia Offshore Wind project will be among the first in the nation to use a new federal permitting process designed to accelerate offshore wind development in the United States. This comes as the Bureau of Offshore Energy Management (BOEM) and the North… Read More
Lawmakers are poised to decide the fate of a massive project to protect the coast around Houston from rising sea levels. When Hurricane Ike made landfall in 2008, Bill Merrell took shelter on the second floor of a historic brick building in downtown Galveston, Texas, along with his wife, their daughter, their grandson, and two… Read More
The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a proposed sale of over 7GW of offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight. The Bight is an area of shallow waters between Long Island and the New Jersey coast. It would be the… Read More
A project to dredge Absecon Creek has begun, the state Department of Environmental Protection announced Monday. The work is part of a $6.3 million project to restore navigation to Absecon Creek after storms, most notably Superstorm Sandy in 2014, caused large amounts of sediment to settle in the channel making it unsafe for boaters at… Read More
Port Huron City Manager James Freed said he is aware boaters are unhappy with the current condition of the Black River Canal and further dredging is slated for this week. Freed said the city had to acquire a permit from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy and notify a contractor to get the work… Read More
The haves get more, the have-nots pay for that more is the story of water access in Anne Arundel County. The only funding for new public water access in County Executive Steuart Pittman’s proposed fiscal 2022 budget is $75,000 for a feasibility study of Valentine Creek Park. That’s not crumbs, that’s dust. To add insult… Read More
Land-making is part of Boston’s identity: one-sixth of the city is built on ground that was once underwater. And now our history is coming back to haunt us. By building on low-lying land, the city created its own future floodplain. Many of the areas most vulnerable to flooding and storm surges due to sea level… Read More