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ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday announced the awarding of $30.9 million in grants to local communities to implement projects that will restore local waterways, increase climate resilience, and develop the next generation of environmental stewards. “We are pleased to support these innovative projects that will help us achieve our… Read More
The Dredge Liberty Island left for Norfolk on Tuesday evening for repairs and is expected to return to work on the Nags Head beach renourishment project Thursday morning. The beach widening has reached the area just north of Nags Head Town Hall near mile post 14, according to an email update from the town. While… Read More
Before Montauk became the major tourist destination it is today, it started as a small fishing village on the east end of Long Island. In 1938, a hurricane essentially turned the community into an island for several days. More than 100 homes were destroyed, the road was damaged and residents moved away. Now, some worry… Read More
LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (AP) — Indiana officials are allowing more time for environmental cleanup of the Ohio River site that they’ve targeted for a possible new shipping port. Gov. Eric Holcomb’s office says the state has extended until the end of this year its option to buy up to 725 acres near Lawrenceburg, just west of… Read More
EASTHAM — The selectmen of Eastham and Orleans have reached an agreement to move forward on dredging Nauset Estuary. Exactly where the shovels will dig and other issues are unresolved, but the boards, meeting June 24 at Eastham Public Library, saw the wisdom of letting the permitting process provide the information they’ll need to make… Read More
SARATOGA SPRINGS — The state Department of Environmental Conservation made it clear Tuesday that it believes fish in the Hudson River, below where dredging of PCBs occurred, will not recover without more cleanup. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not ready to agree. Fish have been a sticking point between the General Electric Co., the… Read More
America’s Great Flood of the last century was in 1927, immortalized by Randy Newman in song and by John Barry in his book on the transformative event in the Mississippi Delta. But we’re past that now: Baton Rouge has shattered the record for the longest duration that the Mississippi River has remained at flood stage,… Read More
Climate change is one of six key trends driving ASCE’s Future World Vision scenario-planning model. Already, right now, in the present world vision, climate change – specifically sea-level rise – is driving demand for flooding solutions in Southeast Florida. Civil engineers in the region, along with local governments and cooperative efforts like the Southeast Regional… Read More
Started in January 2015, the $973 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP) is on time and budget with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers overseeing the initiative that is deepening the federally-owned channel from 42 to 47 ft. at low tide (54 ft. at high tide) from Garden City Terminal (GCT) throughout the entrance channel… Read More
Article III of the Constitution states that the “judicial power shall extend . . . to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction.” In the Judiciary Act of 1789, Congress granted to the district courts exclusive original jurisdiction in civil cases in admiralty and maritime matters. THE DUTRA GROUP, PETITIONER v. CHRISTOPHER BATTERTON DCA Summary:… Read More
With competition in Texas and Oklahoma growing and taking more business, the frac sand industry in Wisconsin is struggling, and, Kent Syverson, says he believes the state’s frac sand boom is over, the StarTribune reports. Superior Silica Sands has idled three of its sand mines, and Hi-Crush is discontinuing production at its Augusta mine. According… Read More
New York – The Quogue Village Board voted down a proposal on Friday to form an erosion control taxing district that, if approved, would have funded a beach nourishment project to restore the eastern portion of the village’s public beach. The board agreed that while the beach nourishment project would have been effective in combating… Read More
New study says building defenses along Jersey Shore would cost billions and suggests the fossil-fuel industry should pay New Jersey would have to pay almost $25 billion to build almost 2,700 miles of seawalls to protect its coastal communities from anticipated sea-level rise by 2040, according to the latest study on the state’s vulnerability to… Read More
Syt. Augustine, Florida – Many residents want to understand what actual plans have been agreed to after years of struggling with different proposals to save our North Beaches, driven by the efforts of the South Ponte Vedra-Vilano Beach Preservation Association and other community organizations. Total cost of the initial beach restoration project is about $26.5… Read More
While the calculated economic costs to the entire nation is expected to peak at $416 billion, Florida’s regions are heavily represented in the report’s pages. MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – The provocatively titled report High Tide Tax was released Thursday by the Center for Climate Integrity and claims Florida will have to spend $74 billion in… Read More