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Arcadis today announced its partnership with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to launch a $53 million program designed to engage property owners across the city with resiliency measures that improve local and regional environmental health. Spanning all five boroughs and targeting properties over 50,000 square feet, the program will seek out… Read More
A lot of digging out ahead for the Outer Banks A recently formed task force hopes to save the main highway on the Outer Banks from the ravages of storms, erosion and sea level rise. Federal, state and local agencies have formed the N.C. 12 task force, which will focus on protecting seven vulnerable spots… Read More
Brookhaven officials have formally agreed to take part in the $1.5 billion Fire Island to Montauk Point shoreline protection project, despite raising concerns about its potential impact on some homeowners. Town officials last week signed a Project Partnership Agreement with the Army Corps of Engineers, which is planning to start construction next year. The plan,… Read More
Low water levels could affect navigation if rain stays away. Parched lawns and fields, drooping gardens and frequent grass fires aren’t the only visible evidence that much of Minnesota is in dire need of rain. Some of Minnesota’s rivers, particularly the Mississippi and St. Croix, are markedly low. Frequent visitors find their beaches expanding a… Read More
BOSTON HARBOR — Bill Golden has a dream that he says could save all the municipalities around Boston Harbor, including six South Shore communities, if a superstorm were to strike bringing with it catastrophic flooding. Golden, leading a media tour of the harbor to tout the plan, said tidal gates could save all the communities that touch the Boston… Read More
In the final instalment of the first series of the Commercial Marine Network’s Workboat 2050 decarbonisation webinars, our speakers were forging slightly different paths to the common goal of zero emission workboat operations. Over the duration of the 5 webinars, an audience of over 2000 registered in total, and our speakers covered a wide range… Read More
Officials split on whether ‘gray zone’ intimidation or rogue vessels MATSU, Taiwan — In the darkness, Chinese ships edge closer to Taiwan’s Matsu Islands, at times entering Taiwan-controlled waters. They are not military vessels, but huge sand dredgers that spend hours pumping up tons of sand from the ocean floor. There are so many lit… Read More
The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a proposed sale of over 7GW of offshore wind development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the New York Bight. The Bight is an area of shallow waters between Long Island and the New Jersey coast. It would be the… Read More
California is asking the appeals court to make the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers alter the way it dredges two crucial channels in the San Francisco Bay to comply with state water quality standards. SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A state’s power to regulate how the federal government maintains economically vital navigation channels is limited, a… Read More
Dredging in the St. Joseph Harbor is underway. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordered emergency dredging due to the water being as shallow as 13 feet in May, making it impossible for larger vessels to reach the inner harbor. Congressman Fred Upton says that put in jeopardy several construction projects in the region, including… Read More