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USA - Biden-Harris Administration makes $240 million available for habitat restoration and coastal resilience

Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience Grants - $240 million in funding is available for transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.

Great Lakes
Federal

MI - New federal money is the start of an effort to make Great Lakes coasts more resilient

Michigan is getting some federal money to help preserve coastlines in this era of climate change. Federal money can be used to restore wetlands, buy property to use as a buffer, and invest in nature-based infrastructure.

Coastwide
Federal

USA - NOAA now projects 'above-normal' Atlantic hurricane season in update

Despite the current lull in the Atlantic hurricane season, we shouldn't let our guards down as forecasters are still anticipating a higher number of storms than usual this year.

Gulf of Mexico
Federal

USA - DOE Picks Two Direct-Air Carbon Removal Projects For $1.1B Funding

Occidental Petroleum Corp. has started work to build a direct air carbon capture plant in the Texas Permian Basin, above in rendering, it says can remove 500,000 tons per year, with Worley as EPC contractor. The firm also is tapped to build the first of what could be 30 units of a larger version to located in southern Texas that has gained about $500M in new DOE funding.

Coastwide
Federal

USA - Congressional Leaders Urge President Biden and the Department of Defense to Consider Polymetallic Nodules for U.S. Critical Mineral Supplies and National Security

In a letter to President Biden and the Pentagon, nine members of Congress urged the Administration to “keep all options on the table, including deep-sea opportunities, in assessing polymetallic nodules as a viable resource to secure critical minerals and close national security vulnerabilities.”

Northeast
Federal

MA - New Bedford coalition supports NOAA coming here

NEW BEDFORD - Is there a better place to site the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast operations than New Bedford? Mayor Jon Mitchell doesn't think so.

West Coast
Federal

CA - After decades, a tribe's vision for a new marine sanctuary could be coming true

The central California coast, with its rugged beaches and kelp forests, draws a lot of visitors for its scenic beauty. For the Chumash people, the coastline means a lot more.

Gulf of Mexico
Federal

FL - House subcommittee holds field hearing on Hurricane Ian response

Over 10 months after Hurricane Ian, federal response is being evaulated. Subcommittee aims to identify and improve disaster response in the future. Resident: “This is a significant undertaking for us”

West Coast
Federal

CA - Northern Chumash Tribal Council Chairwoman selected to federal ocean research advisory panel (with previous American Shoreline Podcast interview)

SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – Chairwoman of the Northern Chumash Tribal Council, Violet Sage Walker, was appointed to the federal Ocean Research Advisory Panel on Aug. 1.

Coastwide
Federal

USA - $500K NOAA grant to fund oceanography, STEM outreach

As climate change makes storms stronger and sunny-day flooding more prevalent, educating the next generation of coastal zone managers becomes even more important.

Northeast
Federal

MD - NOAA Investing $5 Million To Design A New Visitor Center For Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary

NANJEMOY, Md. – NOAA will invest $5 million from the Inflation Reduction Act in Mallows Bay-Potomac River National Marine Sanctuary to support pre-construction and design requirements for a sanctuary visitor center in Charles County, Maryland.

Coastwide
Federal

USA - Biden-Harris Administration announces $454 million in Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works investments for emergency repairs, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and navigation projects

WASHINGTON – The Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works announced today additional U.S. Army Corps of Engineers studies and projects funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (DRSAA) of 2022, and the DRSAA of 2023. These actions invest over $454 million to help communities reduce their flood risks from coastal storms and to restore delicate aquatic ecosystems.

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USA - Department of Energy makes available $1.2M for high-impact water power research for minority-serving institutions

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) and the Minority-Serving Institutions STEM Research and Development Consortium (MSRDC) have opened a $1.2 million funding opportunity to support promising, potentially high-impact water power research ideas from minority-serving colleges and universities.

Coastwide
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USA - White House to agencies: Tally projects’ financial damage to ecosystems

Federal agencies would be required to do a full accounting of how their decisions affect ecosystems the public depends on under a draft guidance that the White House will release Tuesday.

Coastwide
Federal

USA - United States invests $60M in accelerator program for blue economy startups and concepts

The US Department of Commerce and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have launched the Ocean-Based Climate Resilience Accelerators program, designed to support blue economy startups and concepts.

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USA - Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Building Resilience Conference

Hello everyone. I’m so pleased to be here at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to engage with you all about how the Department of Commerce is leveraging its resources to build a more resilient economy.

Caribbean
Federal

PR - FEMA Allocates Funds for the Preservation of Manatees

San Juan, Puerto Rico – In Puerto Rico, accidents with manatees are mostly caused by collisions with jet skis or motor and propeller boats, according to the director of the Manatee Conservation Center, Antonio Mignucci.

Gulf of Mexico
Federal

LA - Kennedy: GOMESA cap unfairly targets Louisiana - Press releases ...

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today raised questions about the fairness of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act’s (GOMESA) limits on revenue that Louisiana can receive.

Coastwide
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USA - High-Resolution Coastal Land Cover Data Will Be Available

Nationally standardized, raster-based inventories of U.S. coastal land cover data are derived from the analysis of multiple dates of remotely sensed imagery. Two types of files are available: individual dates of land cover that supply a wall-to-wall map for each area, and change files that compare one date to another.

Southeast
Federal

USA - NOAA, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service propose new critical habitat for green sea turtles

Florida - Saturday July 22, 2023: NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have proposed to designate new areas of critical habitat to protect threatened and endangered green sea turtles.

Coastwide
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USA - NOAA seeks public comment to inform more equitable climate service delivery

Input from across sectors will build on existing efforts to make NOAA’s climate data, information, science and tools more accessible and inclusive

Coastwide
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USA - Chairman Carper's Opening Statement: Hearing on WRDA 2024 Development

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 20, 2023, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing to consider stakeholder views for the development of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024.

Arctic & Antarctica
Federal

AK - As climate change transforms the Arctic, Homeland Security must adapt, official says

Science and technology portrayed during undersecretary’s Alaska visit as essential to meeting challenges of public safety and emergency response

Coastwide
Federal

USA - NOAA launches new hurricane forecast model as Atlantic season starts strong

NOAA’s National Hurricane Center — a division of the National Weather Service — has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) was put into operations on June 27 and will run alongside existing models for the 2023 season before replacing them as NOAA’s premier hurricane forecasting model.