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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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrapping up Gasparilla Island Beach nourishment project Excavators were seen driving off island Thursday morning, June 20, as the beach renourishment program is wrapping up. The extra beach isn’t as obvious at the Historic District access points … but my, oh my, is it ever noticeable at the old fishing… Read More
Note: This essay is part of a Rutgers University project in which faculty experts weigh-in on how action driven by science, policy, engineering and planning could future-proof the Garden State. To read more about Rutgers’ work on this issue, visit impact.rutgers.edu/the-rising-tide. In New Jersey’s effort to adapt to rising sea levels, we are facing infrastructure… Read More
Coastal Property Guide advises against the use of hard rock to protect shoreline. This story is part of a CBC News series entitled In Our Backyard, which looks at the effects climate change is having in Canada, from extreme weather events to how it’s reshaping our economy. When the UPEI Climate Lab first started using… Read More
Building walls to hold off sea rise — for just the next 20 years — would cost South Carolina’s coastal and estuary communities nearly $20 billion. Charleston alone would face more than $1 billion in costs. Those are the jolting conclusions from a Center for Climate Integrity study released Thursday. Coastal communities around the country… Read More