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Leading offshore wind developer Ørsted said that the construction of several U.S. projects is now highly likely to be pushed back due to delays in the permitting procedures. Ørsted’s CEO Henrik Poulsen said that the company is still waiting for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to decide on the preferred wind farm layout… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice reports that four individuals have been charged for their roles in a conspiracy to sell phony U.S. Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials in Norfolk, Va. According to allegations in an unsealed indictment, Lamont Godfrey, 42, of Portsmouth, Va., Eugene Johnson, 45, of Norfolk, Va., Shunmanique Willis, 43, of Texas, and… Read More
Several coastal communities have been awarded a total of $11.5 million in grants for projects related to Hurricane Florence damage. The state Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Resources, or DWR, announced the recipients Thursday for the awards through Coastal Storm Damage Mitigation Fund for beach nourishment, dune restoration and other projects to remediate… Read More
The U.S. state of Rhode Island is planning to issue a competitive request for proposals (RFP) to procure up to 600 MW of new offshore wind energy. A draft RFP will be filed with state regulators this fall, and if approved, a final request is expected to be issued to the marketplace in early-2021. Any… Read More
The former landfill has now been restored to its natural beauty, and part of the restoration was done using once-toxic soil from the Buffalo River. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Industry in Western New York has historically been both boon and bane. In the case of the environment, it has been mostly the latter, causing damage throughout… Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing year-round maintenance hopper dredging and bed levelingfor the Wilmington and Morehead City harbors and the Division of Coastal Management is accepting comments on the proposal until Nov. 25. Related: Corps Asks State to Eliminate Dredge Window DCM, under the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, gave notice… Read More
Reprinted from the Carteret County News-Times Work is under way on a $1.7 million shoreline restoration project at Carteret Community College. “TA Loving has begun staging and removing the old rubble from the shoreline,” College Vice President of Operations and Facilities Steve Sparks said during the Oct. 13 meeting of the college’s board of trustees…. Read More
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. scoops material from the bottom of the St. Johns River and dumps it onto a barge that will take it out to an off-shore ocean site. Great Lakes Dredge won a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract that will bring 47-foot depth to the Blount Island terminal by the… Read More
Despite the intrusion of recent storms and never-ending challanges from a Siesta Key organization, the beach building on south Lido Key is nearly complete and soon two groins will be constructed on the south end of the island to help retain the sand. Due to high seas followed by mechanical repairs, Rockbridge, the Lido Beach… Read More
Brevard County’s environmental officials are proposing a $2.26 million project to shore up the south beaches dunes area, parts of which were damaged by high winds and waves in September. The money would come from reserves in the Space Coast Office of Tourism’s beach improvement fund, which is funded by the county’s 5% tourist development… Read More
SLAUGHTER BEACH — As cleanup to a widespread oil spill continued Monday, officials urged the public not to handle any affected material or try to assist wildlife along the Delaware coastline. The Delaware Department of Environmental Control said about 55 tons of oiled debris had been removed from beaches as of Sunday afternoon in a… Read More
TONEY RIVER, N.S. — Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants to use a Toney River property to dispose of dredge material and is looking for public input as part of the approval process. The Toney River property is located along the Sunrise Trail in Pictou County (PID #65210932). The plan would include construction of an access… Read More
MOREHEAD CITY — Work is under way on a $1.7 million shoreline restoration project at Carteret Community College. “TA Loving has begun staging and removing the old rubble from the shoreline,” CCC Vice President of Operations and Facilities Steve Sparks said during the Oct. 13 meeting of the college’s board of trustees. “The seal locations… Read More
Water could once again flow down the Arroyo Colorado like it’s supposed to following the approval of an aggressive flood control dredging project. The International Boundary and Water Commission has decided to move forward with a long-awaited plan to dredge a 9-mile section of the arroyo through Harlingen and to significantly cut back the vegetation… Read More
JAMESTOWN, R.I. — An exclusive summer enclave is struggling with growth. The small, rocky cove known as The Dumplings is across Narragansett Bay from downtown Newport on Conanicut Island. The idyllic harbor community gets its name from the glacial dumpling-like rocks protruding close to shore. The iconic Clingstone mansion stands atop one of the larger… Read More