Officials in Louisiana unveiled the latest version of the state’s 50-year, $50 billion plan to restore its degraded coast and enhance hurricane protection on Friday afternoon, kicking off what will be a months-long approval process. By law, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority must update its coastal master plan every six years and let the latest science… Read More
The world’s first hotels within a Saudi Arabia gigaproject will open in just a few months. Both IHG and Marriott International will open properties along the Red Sea Project – Six Senses Southern Dunes from IHG – and Nujuma, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve and St. Regis The Red Sea from Marriott. The three hotels’ upcoming openings… Read More
When a tropical storm flows into Northeast Florida, higher tides push the Matanzas River into the roads, homes and businesses of historic St. Augustine. The result is costly damage to centuries-old homes and tourist attractions, plus infrastructure that all must be dried out and repaired, only to flood again in the next big storm or… Read More
Congress and President Joe Biden signed off on major bills last month giving the go-ahead to two big projects for salmon that swim and spawn in the Green / Duwamish River. The major of the two is the 2022 Water Resources and Development Act (WRDA), part of the $858 billion National Defense Authorization Act, which… Read More
The Commission of the Port of Seattle made history today with the elevation of Commission President Sam Cho, the first Commission President of color and the youngest Commission President in the Port’s 111 year history. Furthermore, the Port also made history with the elevation of the first female Vice President of Asian descent, with the… Read More
A growing option for Mexican truckers hauling to the U.S. parts assembled in Juarez factories, the Santa Teresa port of entry is reporting record volumes of traffic. More than 160,000 commercial trucks came over the border at Santa Teresa last year and early indications point to 2023 being another record-breaking year, said Tony Hall, the… Read More
A contractor for the city of Paducah is making preparations to dredge the 8-acre deposit of sediment in the Ohio River downstream of the Paducah Transient Boat Dock. Dredge America, Inc. will store equipment and supplies at the boat launch on Burnett Street until the first week of March when the dredging will begin on the… Read More
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration has encouraged the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (Port of Corpus Christi) to submit a full application for its Horizons Clean Hydrogen Hub (HCH2) through the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs Program. The Port of Corpus Christi, as a landlord port authority and the owner of… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced that seven projects received Coastal Zone Grants totaling more than $280,077. The grants, which are aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Erie Coastal Zone, will be used toward projects that will benefit this critical habitat and ecosystem. Coastal zones are the area where land meets the coast… Read More
The Fort Worth District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host a public scoping meeting at 4 p.m., January 19, at Comanche County Courthouse – Comanche County Courtroom, 101 W. Central Ave., Comanche, Texas 76442 to provide information and receive public input on the Proctor Lake Draft Master Plan and Shoreline Management Plan revisions and… Read More