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Thirty leaders in the shipping sectors – including cargo owners, ship operators, ports, bunkering companies, and equipment manufacturers – signed a Joint Commitment, organized by the UN High Level Champions and RMI, today at COP28 to enable the use of renewable hydrogen-derived shipping fuel this decade to meet maritime industry decarbonization targets. The Commitment includes important… Read More
Oak Island residents took advantage of the opportunity to speak their minds regarding the inaugural paid parking program at a Nov. 28 town council meeting. People expressed overall support for the program while suggesting a variety of tweaks they feel would benefit the local public. The number of season permits issued, whether decals should stay,… Read More
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the federal-state Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) partnership, is soliciting proposals through the Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund to restore water quality and habitats of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributary rivers and streams. NFWF is soliciting proposals under the Innovative… Read More
Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods on Saturday rejected the International Energy Agency’s recent claim that using wide-scale carbon capture to fight climate change was an implausible “illusion,” saying the same could be said about electric vehicles and solar energy. “There is no solution set out there today that is at the scale to solve the… Read More
State regulators Tuesday approved a plan by Duke Energy Florida that includes collecting $91.9 million from customers in 2024 to cover costs related to Hurricane Idalia. The plan, approved unanimously by the Florida Public Service Commission, will take effect in January. To help cushion the blow to customers’ monthly bills, Duke also will spread out… Read More
UPPER TOWNSHIP — Pumping has begun to add sand to beaches in the south end of Ocean City, part of a $33.7 million federal contract, but about a mile and a half south, things are looking desperate in the north end of the Strathmere section of Upper Township. Where there had been steep cliffs eroded… Read More
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Sen. Bill Cassidy says millions of dollars from the federal infrastructure law recently flowed to the state and some of it will help the fight against coastal erosion. The Louisiana Republican helped craft the bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure package. “Last week, Louisiana received a total of $13.7 million in funding from… Read More
Seagrass meadows play an invaluable role as critical ecosystems that contribute significantly to marine biodiversity, carbon sequestration and coastal protection. In recent years, the importance of these underwater habitats has gained widespread recognition, and they have been increasingly studied and documented in ocean scientific research. Nevertheless, observation and monitoring remain significantly challenging and cost-intensive endeavours…. Read More
MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (WBTW) — A $6.5 million dredging project is underway in Murrells Inlet. The project stems from President Joe Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure law and will be completed by the Charleston District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The most recent cycle of maintenance was in 2017. More than 500,000 cubic yards of… Read More
The dredging industry is demonstrating significant interest in cutting-edge technology and its potential to enhance performance through increased efficiency and enhanced data collection capabilities. The desire for new and better technology is partly driven by increasing demands being placed on the dredging industry. Many projects require much longer pumping distances than in the past. There… Read More
The spigot is on, spitting sand dredged up from the ocean floor out through large pipes onto the Surfside beach where trucks then spread out the grains, growing the shrinking shoreline. After years of waiting, some Orange County beaches are about to get much sandier. Heavy machinery and equipment set up on the beach at… Read More
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) along with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) recently approved $144 million to support coastal resilience projects in 31states and U.S. territories. A total of 109 grants were awarded and will generate more than $97 million in matching funds with an expected conservation impact of $242 million…. Read More
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. – The latest leg of Pinellas County’s emergency beach restoration project is underway. Crews have placed 245,000 tons of sand across beaches since September after Hurricane Idalia destroyed most of the dunes in Pinellas County. The project in Madeira Beach started on November 29. “We’ve lost a lot of the dunes along the entire beach,” Dr…. Read More
Material dredged from waterways on the Intracoastal Waterway side of Topsail Beach is sprayed onto the town’s beach after being piped over. Topsail Beach’s nourishment project includes two dredges dredging sand from several creeks and inlets, including the approaches to New Topsail Inlet. The town’s nourishment project is projected to add up to 160 feet… Read More
As temperatures dip and the days grow shorter, most beaches in Southeastern North Carolina are largely abandoned to migrating birds and a few hardy locals dressed for the season as winter grips the coast. But not all, because the cooler weather and miles of largely tourist-free coastline is also a sign for heavy machinery and… Read More