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Property

FL - KBRA: Florida Insurers Got Creative in 2023 but Higher Reinsurance, Storms Coming Florida insurers

Things are looking up in the buffeted Florida market, but reinsurance rates will continue to rise for the next two years, and a 2024 hurricane season could be busy.

Gulf of Mexico
Engineering

LA - Outgoing Gov. Edwards unveils historic coastal protection master plan

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In his final meeting with the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Governor John Bel Edwards presented a draft spending plan aimed at combating land loss in Louisiana.

Gulf of Mexico
Engineering

FL - Cedar Key’s living shorelines show study success after hurricane impact

In the days after Hurricane Idalia made landfall, a brief camera sweep of the Cedar Key landscape gave a glimpse of hope for two viewers of The Weather Channel’s Jim Cantore, watching from their inland evacuation spots.

Gulf of Mexico
Fisheries

GOM - NMFS to pay $160,000 legal fees to settle Gulf charter captains’ lawsuit

The National Marine Fisheries Service must pay attorney fees for Gulf of Mexico charter captains who successfully challenged the agency’s requirement for them to pay for vessel monitoring systems.

Gulf of Mexico
Local

FL - Reel Time: Former county commissioner files wetlands ruling challenge

The decision to reduce local wetland buffers to Florida state minimum standards by the Manatee County Commission has been challenged by former commissioner Joe McClash.

Gulf of Mexico
Science

LA - Executive Director of the Coastal Center at Nicholls State University Named

THIBODAUX, La. – Laci Melancon has been named the executive director of the Coastal Center at Nicholls State University.

Gulf of Mexico
Engineering

LA - Federal infrastructure and coastal restoration aid continues flowing to Louisiana

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.

Gulf of Mexico
Property

FL - New flood maps could discount Longboat homeowners insurance

With the adoption of Sarasota County’s new flood maps, the town of Longboat Key is considering new ordinances to improve its flood management and earn discounts for homeowners on flood insurance.

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

LA - Coast Guard finds new oil sheen in Gulf of Mexico near Plaquemines Parish

WASHINGTON, DC — The US Coast Guard said Dec. 6 that it found a light sheen west of an area in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) where it was leading the cleanup of a million-gallon (liters) oil spill for nearly three weeks, but it could not confirm if the sheen was from that spill.

Southeast
Property

FL - U.S. Senator fears Floridians may be forced to bail out Citizens Property Insurance

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — He’s the man at the center of a probe into Citizens, Florida’s insurer of last resort.U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse says Floridians may have to shell out thousands to bail out the state-backed company.

Gulf of Mexico
Property

FL - Citizens Property Insurance grows by 5000 policies

After seeing a large decrease earlier in the month, the state’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. added more than 5,000 policies during the final week of November.

Gulf of Mexico
Property

FL - Property owners near walkover denying access to Florida Audubon Society

As contested boardwalk goes up next to state critical wildlife area, neighbors send letters to keep conservation organization out

Gulf of Mexico
Property

FL - Islands give opinion on possible bill for Captiva

Island stakeholders voiced support for proposed legislation designating Captiva as a conservation area, while also expressing continued opposition to county-proposed changes that eliminate the island’s current building height and density limitations.

Southeast
Energy

FL - Florida says Duke Energy can collect $92 million from customers to recover costs from Hurricane Idalia

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.

Gulf of Mexico
Energy

TX - Exxon Mobil Rebuffs Criticism Of Carbon Capture Strategy

DUBAI, Dec 2 (Reuters) – 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.

Gulf of Mexico
Advocacy

FL - OPINION: Another Legislative Gift to Developers

Portions of the "Disaster Relief" bill are legislative gifts to developers as provisions of these bills prevent local governments from imposing building moratoriums or amending comprehensive plans or land development regulations associated with damage caused by Hurricanes Ian and Idelia. The Disaster Relief Bill will likely result in reduced building standards for hurricane recovery efforts and set a bad legal precedent for the next legislative session.

Gulf of Mexico
Waterways

USA - The Mississippi River is central to America's story. Why doesn't it get more love?

The Mississippi is one of the world's great rivers — but it seems to carry less reverence than other iconic water bodies across the country. River advocates are finding their own ways to help people connect.

Southeast
Property

FL - U.S. Senate Panel Wants Info on Citizens Insurance

The Senate Budget Committee has questions about Citizens’ exposure. If a storm hits, will the Fla.-run insurer be able to handle it? If not, will it need federal help?

Gulf of Mexico
Property

TX - Climate change, costly disasters sent Texas homeowner insurance rates skyrocketing this year

Texas rates have increased 22% on average so far in 2023, twice the national rate. More billion-dollar disasters have occurred in Texas this year than any other year on record.

Gulf of Mexico
Property

LA - Editorial: Louisiana's 'working coast' withers under climate costs

There are so many huge numbers associated with Louisiana’s climate challenges — billions of tons of emissions, trillions of tons of carbon in the world’s atmosphere.

Gulf of Mexico
Local

TX - Artist Boat Seeks $10M to protect and preserve 1,400 acres of wild lands on West Galveston Island

Help Artist Boat raise $10 million dollars in the next two years to protect and finish the purchase of 1,400 acres of precious wetlands and endangered coastal prairies on the Texas coast. YOU can help finish this effort and Be One In A Million. YOU can help the Coastal Heritage Preserve grow again and save the homes of wildlife.

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