Coastal Zone Management Bulletin Board – 2 September 2024
Elaine Hanford
Retired Professional Geologist & Environmental Scientist; Consultant & Freelance Technical Editor; Consultant Family History e-Search
Yet another strategy for Lake Okeechobee to address water & flood control issues – described as a “cultural shift on the part of the US Army COE”
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$113M Project to replace sinking Tidal Basin in Washington DC – up to 5 foot of settlement (not man-made global warming sea level rise)
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Prickly venomous fireworms washing up on beaches of Corpus Christi, Texas – reproduce asexually so do not try to kill one by cutting it in half
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Greek oil tanker MV Sounion attacked by Houthi rebels with 150,000 tones of crude oil still burning onboard in Red Sea – anticipating environmental disaster
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Concerns for welfare of feral horses on barrier island in Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia
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Floods in Bangladesh in monsoon season
·?????? https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/twenty-dead-52-mln-affected-bangladesh-floods-2024-08-25/
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New Jersey proposing new rules that would include creating “inundation risk zones” – open for public comment
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US Army COE to re-evaluate site permit for Hyundai EV Metaplant in Georgia regarding impacts on groundwater – response to threatened lawsuit
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On-going efforts to protect coastal martens in Oregon
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China prioritizes border, coastal and air defense to respond to an attempted invasion
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Federal grant funding process has become obstacle to climate adaptation for Northwest Coastal Tribes
·?????? Report:? https://cig.uw.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/Adaptation-Barriers-NW-Coastal-Tribes_2024.pdf
NOAA proposes $45M for coastal habitat restoration & resilience project for tribes as part of Biden-Harris agenda
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New coastal rules in Maui County, Hawaii, are full of loopholes – “categorical exemptions” render coastal regulations ineffective”
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·?????? Rule update:? https://www.mauicounty.gov/2799/Maui-Island-Shoreline-Rule-Update-2024
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Coastal cities efforts at adaptation are not taking certain risk factors into account
·?????? Paper:? https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00106-9
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Coastal Tango – twirling waterspouts caught on camera along Palm Beach coast
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Swim warning remain in effect for portions of coastal areas of Cape Hatteras National Seashore
·?????? https://coastalreview.org/2024/08/swim-warnings-remain-in-effect-for-handful-of-coastal-areas/
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$25B+ Great Man-Made River in Libya to convey high-quality freshwater from aquifers beneath Sahara Desert to coastal regions – about 70% complete in 2011 but now facilities are in disrepair & new phases are stalled
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100+ tons of dead fish at port of Volos in central Greece – attempting the cleanup
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US Army COE will construct yet another sill to attempt to block salt water intrusion in the lower Mississippi River – problem caused by seasonal low river flows, deepening of channel for shipping, erosion of previous sills (1988, 1999, 2012, 2022, 2023) – FEMA to give $6.9M to Plaquemines Parish for some saltwater intrusion expenses
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San Diego Air Pollution Control District considering seeking abatement order against International Boundary & Water Commission
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New environmental standards for fuel contamination spill cleanup in sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island environments – would have been very beneficial during Exxon Valdez spill cleanup that devastated subarctic environment
·?????? Paper:? https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ieam.4989
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Perspective:? “Clean energy” disaster looms off our coasts – a single offshore wind turbine blade weighs more than a 737 airplane – Biden-Harris pushing for more offshore wind energy facilities – need “realistic commonsense analysis”
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Growing environmental concerns of impact of US natural gas exportation
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Waterways in Georgia may be “de-authorized” so US Army COE need no longer consider maintaining them