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“With respect to the August 21, 2020 incident, although certain news articles and other sources of information have reported that the Dredge Waymon L. Boyd struck a pipeline resulting in an explosion, Orion would like to emphasize that the actual cause of the pipeline explosion is yet to be determined and an investigation remains ongoing,… Read More
An erosion control project led by two universities and a climate adaptation group has won a “Restored Shore” award from a coastal protection organization. The project — called the Stratford Point Living Shoreline — is “an outstanding example of how to work with multiple partners and nature to solve some of our most difficult human-caused… Read More
The city’s historic bridge will close through mid October for a river dredging project that is expected to bring more tourism to the city. PETALUMA, CA — Petaluma’s historic D Street Bridge closed to all traffic at noon Sunday and will remain shut until Oct. 13. The bridge is closed for an ongoing a river… Read More
The Sabine Pass and Cameron LNG natural gas liquefaction and export terminals located in Louisiana were both affected by Hurricane Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in late August. Although both liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities survived the storm with minimal damage, damage to the electrical and marine infrastructure around the Cameron… Read More
ASHTABULA — The Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, is planning a ceremony to mark the signing of a project partnership agreement with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. The ceremony will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Ashtabula Port Authority public docks, 498-400 Morton Drive, across the street from Briquettes Smokehouse in the Ashtabula Harbor…. Read More
The Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District is requesting the state drop its environmental window for hopper dredging within the federally maintained channels at North Carolina’s ports. Eliminating the hopper dredging window would allow the Corps more flexibility to maintain the deep-draft channels and save millions of dollars, according to an environmental assessment, or EA,… Read More
The Department of Natural Resources and city of Portage started phase two of the canal restoration project this week. DNR contractors are preparing the site at the end of Mullett Street to continue dredging and remediation of the two-and-a-half mile canal next spring, said Portage Public Works Director Aaron Jahncke. Preparation for next year’s work… Read More
Dominion wind farm projected to create 1.1K+ jobs, generate $209M The offshore wind industry could create up to 5,200 jobs in Virginia (with a majority in Hampton Roads) and an estimated $740 million in total economic activity during the next several years, according to an economic impact analysis conducted by Henrico County-based Mangum Economics and… Read More
“Every year you don’t have offshore wind off New England’s shores, the gas industry is selling more gas to keep homes warm,” says the Rhode Island senator. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, has accused the Trump administration of “slow-walking” offshore wind approvals with an eye toward helping natural-gas suppliers. The U.S. offshore wind… Read More
Spotty Tracking, Confusing Language and Limited Public Outreach Hamper Water Contamination Monitoring WASHINGTON – Toxic algae and bacteria forced the closure of at least 116 U.S. beaches and triggered health warnings at 162 more this spring and summer, according to an investigation by the Environmental Working Group. From May 5 to September 10, health officials… Read More
The National Transportation Safety Board says the dredge Waymon L. Boyd struck a submerged liquid propane pipeline during dredging operations in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, causing the explosion that killed four people back in August. The details were released in the NTSB’s preliminary report on the incident. According to the NTSB, at about 8:05… Read More
PORT MANSFIELD — With the channel silting up at times to just three feet, there were times offshore fishing boats, commercial trawlers and sailboats here were pretty much trapped in harbor, unable to float over sandbars to reach the Gulf of Mexico. Although Hurricane Harvey passed to the north in 2017, the powerful storm caused… Read More
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – The Texas General Land Office recently awarded a $4.6 million grant to South Padre Island for beach renourishment. “The last time we had a beach renourishment on South Padre Island was 2016. When I say beach renourishment, I mean when sand was placed on the beach,” South Padre Island Mayor Patrick… Read More
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The Town Council recently approved a controversial plan to allow underwater blasting for a new shipping lane in the waters off Quonset Point. The Quonset Development Corporation’s channel project opens the way for barges to transport sections of nuclear-powered attack submarines between General Dynamics’ Electric Boat facilities in Groton, Conn., and… Read More
MILLER CITY (WSIL) — A legal fight is brewing in Alexander County over farmland near the Mississippi River. Residents in Miller City are fighting actions by the Army Corps of Engineers who are building a rock dyke structure across their property. The work is being done near the Len Small Levee. That levee breached in… Read More