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As a powerful nor’easter slammed New Jersey with thick blankets of snow and ice earlier this week, the storm chewed through the state’s beaches and dunes. Hour after hour of coastal flooding caused widespread beach erosion documented in photos and videos posted on social media. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection spent recent days… Read More
Earlier today, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) urged Congress and the Biden Administration to provide emergency relief funding for the country’s maritime transportation system. Joining with thirty-five (35) other maritime industry groups, AAPA sent a letter to Congressional leaders and President Biden highlighting this critical need. (To view full letters: to Congress and… Read More
The operator of the Port of Baltimore’s container terminal plans to spend more than $166 million on upgrades as shipping rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic and the long-awaited Howard Street Tunnel project promises to potentially double the port’s container volume. Ports America Chesapeake, the New Jersey-based firm that operates the state-owned Seagirt Marine Terminal under… Read More
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana reports that 16 defendants have pleaded guilty in relation to a test score-fixing scheme at a United States Coast Guard exam center (see earlier story). United States District Judge Barry W. Ashe accepted the pleas on January 20, 27, and 28, 2021. Each of the… Read More
January 27, 2021 — The following was released by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance: The United States commercial fishing industry is united around the common goals of protecting our traditional fishing communities, maintaining domestic food security, and leading with evidence-based decision making during an era of rapidly changing ocean use. We are encouraged by the new… Read More
EMERALD ISLE — The contractor for coming the Emerald Isle beach nourishment project has been pushed back the start date again, this time to Saturday, Feb. 20. The original start date was sometime in the last week of January, but the contractor initially delayed to Friday, Feb. 12. Greg Rudolph, manager of the Carteret County… Read More
The Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration named eight new wetland and river restoration Priority Projects Wednesday. The new projects will restore wetlands and rivers to increase ecological resistance across the Commonwealth, benefit the economy and create new outdoor spaces for locals, according to a DER press release. New sites include the Upper Coonamessett River in… Read More
Erosion is threatening the area Nicole Crosby walked along the coastline near Mickler’s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach on Friday morning, as surfers crashed into waves and shorebirds scuttled along the sand. High tide had narrowed the strip of beachfront. Crosby, who has lived in the area for several years, said the beach is thinner… Read More
A long-term adaptive management plan is in the works for considering how to redesign, relocate or remove the park and its facilities The Santa Barbara County Parks Division shared its ideas for the future of Goleta Beach Park at a virtual workshop on Thursday night. County Parks is in the process of developing an adaptive… Read More
The Tuesday agenda for the Wahkiakum County Board of Commissioners was short on business items, but commissioners, staff and the public found plenty to discuss. Commissioners heard about drainage problems from a Risk Road resident; they heard reports that the US Army Corps of Engineers is asking certain Columbia River shoreline residents for letters of… Read More
NextDecade Corporation has announced that it has completed an evaluation of the Galveston Bay LNG site and determined that the site in Texas City is not suitable for development of an LNG facility and related infrastructure and utilities. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, has advised that a portion of the Galveston… Read More
The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are marking a milestone of environmental stewardship this month on the landmark restoration of Poplar Island near Talbot County. Simultaneously, the agencies are advancing plans for their next partnership using dredged materials to preserve and protect Maryland’s… Read More
The timing and magnitude of wind turbine installations in the United States are often driven by tax incentives. The U.S. production tax credit (PTC), a per-kilowatthour (kWh) credit for electricity generated by eligible renewable sources, was first enacted in 1992 and has been extended and modified in the years since. At the end of December… Read More
By Richard Balzano Congress recently made a major, if little noticed, new investment in American infrastructure. As part of the year-end budget deal, lawmakers released $10 billion that had been locked away in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to be used for its intended purpose: dredging U.S. harbors to keep our ports open and support… Read More
An astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) shot this photograph of a portion of Padre Island, a long barrier island along the southern Texas coast. Once an unbroken stretch of land, the island was separated into North and South Padre with the cutting of Mansfield Channel—first through private efforts in 1957, and then by… Read More