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BARDSTOWN, Ky. (WDRB) — Nelson County residents who live near Sympson Lake say it needs some attention to prevent it from drying up for the rest of the season. The lake is a major source of water for the area; recreational activities like fishing and boating come second. Still, on any given day you’ll find numerous people fishing… Read More
Combatting the effects of climate change in a cost-effective, fiscally responsible way requires innovative thinking and careful consideration of the challenge at hand. Elected officials in Anne Arundel County and the City of Annapolis have proposed a solution that fits this framework — a local resilience authority, a tool designed to reduce burdens on taxpayers… Read More
PINE KNOLL SHORES – About 3,000 salt marsh sea grass plugs were planted recently as part of a large-scale living shoreline project in Bogue Sound by town hall. The project was one of a handful focused on coastal restoration and living shorelines tackled through a partnership between Conservation Corps North Carolina – the first of… Read More
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a Democrat, submitted a request for the city of Shakopee to receive nearly $10 million to stabilize the area’s riverbank. Over the past few years, city officials and experts on the Minnesota River have been concerned that if the riverbank in Shakopee isn’t stabilized soon, a rising river could erode the… Read More
This Memorial Day weekend, thousands of families and visitors will enjoy our beautiful Orange County beaches. They’ll walk the pier and surf at Huntington Beach, build a bonfire in Newport Beach and enjoy sand volleyball in Seal Beach. More than 50 million people visited Orange County in 2018, bringing in $13 billion in revenue. We… Read More
Here’s another sign that the Biden administration is all on board with tougher shipping decarbonization goals. The governments of the United States, Denmark and Norway, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, today announced that they will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of… Read More
Ørsted and Eversource have reached an agreement to charter Dominion Energy’s Charybdis, the first Jones Act-qualified offshore wind turbine installation vessel, for the construction of two offshore wind farms in the Northeast. Currently under construction at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard, Charybdis is expected to be sea ready by late 2023, and will first be deployed… Read More
Over the four-month period of 2021, Marine Recruiting Agency trained 680 specialists for the stevedoring and road-building industries, 25% more than in the same period of the previous year. Under the programmes of basic professional education, MRA trained 524 people (+27%) including 105 people trained trained in the framework of MRA cooperation with the Employment… Read More
Ortley Beach, just one week after undergoing a maintenance project to return sand to the oceanfront and repair beach entrances, had its beachfront battered by a storm over the course of Memorial Day Weekend. Officials are now pledging to rebuild the beach, again, as the height of the summer season approaches. The storm brought… Read More
Merger of three units will strengthen interdisciplinary research, expand curricular offerings, and promote experiential learning opportunities for Carolina students. The departments of geological sciences and marine sciences, together with the UNC Institute of Marine Sciences, will merge into a single academic unit within the College of Arts & Sciences on July 1, becoming the new… Read More
Departments of the Interior, Defense and the State of California agree to accelerate wind energy offshore the central and northern coasts of California WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl, and California Governor Gavin Newsom today announced an agreement to… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The monumental task of hand-planting 400,000 to 500,000 pieces of vegetation on newly created dunes on Emerald Isle beaches wrapped up Friday, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. “They did a phenomenal job, finished in 20 days, planting along 6.4 miles of beach,” said Carteret County Shore Protection Office Manager Greg… Read More
Assembly approves AB 72 to speed regulatory approval for coastal adaptation projects With bipartisan support in the Legislature, AB 72 – The 2021 Coastal Adaptation Permitting Act – passed out of the Assembly. AB 72, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris, will rationalize the regulatory approval process for critical coastal adaptation projects. Scientists have identified promising… Read More
AVALON – At a May 26 meeting, Avalon officials provided Borough Council with an update on the litigation overthe use of Herford Inlet sand for federal beach nourishment projects. In 2016, a hydraulic beach replenishment project, by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was unable to use sand from the inlet due to controversial interpretation of the Coastal Barrier Resources… Read More
Annual dredging completed as beaches south of Oceanside Pier still in need of sand replenishment. OCEANSIDE, CA — The City Of Oceanside Harbor and Beaches Division released the final update for the 2021 Oceanside Harbor Dredge. The US Army Corps of Engineers annually dredges the mouth of the Oceanside Harbor for safe navigation of vessels…. Read More