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The following is a contributed article by Dean Koujak, a director in Guidehouse’s Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure segment. This article reflects the views and opinions of the author and does not reflect the views and opinions of Guidehouse Inc. (“Guidehouse”) or any of its other independent experts, professionals or affiliated entities. Several Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states… Read More
Torstein Hagen’s Viking River Cruises looks to be moving right along with its plans to offer its first U.S. river cruises. They are set to start one year from now, in August 2022 utilizing a purpose built Jones Act vessel, the Viking Mississippi, currently under construction at an Edison Chouest Offshore group shipyard in Louisiana…. Read More
A third access point on and off the island has hit a roadblock. A proposed bridge connecting the Foley Beach Express to State Highway 180 East was put on hold Friday just as the project was to open to bids. Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon said in a statement that he was approached several months… Read More
HARKER HEIGHTS — The Harker Heights City Council Tuesday gathered for a 9 a.m. tour of the Waste Water Treatment Plant at 430 Pecan Drive, just north of the city’s soccer complex. Mark Hyde, the director of plant services, led the tour accompanied by Billy Cude, the chief plant operator of the Waste Water Treatment… Read More
For generations, winter flounder was one of the most important fish in Rhode Island waters. Longtime recreational fisherman Rich Hittinger recalled taking his kids fishing in the 1980s, dropping anchor, letting their lines sink to the bottom, waiting about half an hour and then filling their fishing cooler with the oval-shaped, right-eyed flatfish. Now, four… Read More
PORTLAND — Seven out of 10 Oregonians are concerned about how the state’s groundwater and surface water are being managed. Most Oregonians say the answer to resolving water problems is increasing state subsidies for high-efficiency irrigation equipment. Those are two findings in a recent survey conducted by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, a Portland-based… Read More
For more than a decade, some of New York City’s most flood-prone areas from across the city witnessed spectacular development and demographic growth. That’s according to researchers at The New School, which tracked new construction and population changes in six flood-prone neighborhoods between 2007 and 2018. This explosion of growth has left many thousands of… Read More
Work got underway today on a $7.2 million dredging project to make it easier for vessels to navigate the Manasquan River, and one of the areas targeted is near Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant Borough. “It’s 2 feet right in front of my boat here, so hearing this marina is going to be dredged is music… Read More
(Chesapeake Beach, MD)– The Town of Chesapeake Beach announces that work is starting on the repair to the retaining wall that borders the sidewalk of 17th Street and B streetleading to the Boardwalk. After repairs to the retaining wall are complete, the Town plans to initiate a beautification project at the location in coordination with the… Read More
This story originally appeared in The Nation and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid… Read More
Coastal restoration experts say the lieutenant governor is spreading misinformation Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser has again raised objections to a $1.4 billion coastal restoration project that Louisiana’s state government has said for years is key to combating the state’s land loss. “I just can’t understand why more people are not outraged,” Nungesser, a Republican, said… Read More
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