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The Town recently joined with local environmental groups to unveil new floating litter trap technology – known as Collec’Thor – at Tappen Marina.

Wagner Park, a cherished waterfront greenspace in Battery Park City that boasts unobstructed views of the Statue of Liberty, will be demolished and rebuilt soon.

SWANSBORO, N.C. (WITN) - On the Eastern Carolina coastline, a project creating defenses against erosion is happening Thursday.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced funding for the agency’s National Wildlife Refuge System for Albemarle-Pamlico restoration initiatives.

Amid a stalemate with the Army Corps of Engineers over a policy delaying beach renourishment, local officials got a West Wing engagement.

TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or the “Company”), an explorer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped source of critical battery metals, today announced that it has entered into a non-binding MOU with Pacific Metals Co Ltd (PAMCO) of Japan, to evaluate the toll treatment of an initial quantity of 1.3 million tonnes of wet polymetallic nodules per year at PAMCO’s Hachinohe smelting facility starting in 2025, consistent with the commencement of TMC’s planned first commercial production by end of 2024.

On Monday, a mystery item was found on the beach north of Rodanthe Pier, reports say. The orange vessel was 16 feet long and was believed to be a part of a home that washed away the same day. It later turned out to belong to the US Navy, but disappeared before it could be recovered by the military.

Residents face contamination and sanitation problems as groundwater levels increase.

PROVIDENCE — For years the board that oversees the Ocean State’s coastal regulations has been operating with vacancies, and last month it lost a long-serving member.

Pensacola is pursuing $46 million from a new Hurricane Sally recovery grant program to fund three projects in the city, including the long-planned Hollice T. Williams Stormwater Park project.

The first piece of a series of concrete structures was lowered into the water off the coast of Miami Beach on Wednesday morning, a massive crane on the deck of a floating barge hoisting the unit into the air and sinking it to the seabed.

Old tree trunks, fences and physically moving the sand about are being used in a 'constant battle with nature'

MARQUETTE — The relationship between residents of coastal communities and their local water heritage can advance restoration efforts, create recreational opportunities and promote tourism and economic growth, a new study says.

A wetland contaminated by industrial waste is slowly coming back to life. Nature’s tenacity found a powerful ally in a kayak tours operator and her many volunteers.

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — Many coastal communities from Pender to Brunswick counties will begin their paid-parking programs starting March 1, with a few slated to kick off in April.

The town of Longboat Key has obtained permits to dig up the underwater bed of the bay and install the pipe.

While North Wildwood looks to recoup $21 million in beach replenishment costs from the state as part of ongoing litigation, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has fined the city for work it has already done over the years, officials confirmed Thursday.

Coastal residents want dredging but hope county doesn’t tap just them to pay.

More than 4,000 feet of the heavily developed Charleston coastline are better protected from flooding thanks to an unlikely hero: smooth cordgrass.

Next month, the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi will unveil what will be the largest coastal wildlife rescue facility in the Lone Star State – and one of the biggest in the country.

A local councillor claimed the sand was being stolen from the beach late at night.

Local opponents of the plan to demolish and rebuild Wagner Park, with the aim of creating resiliency measures designed to protect against flooding, were dealt a setback on Friday, when New York State Supreme Court judge Sabrina Kraus denied their request for an injunction and restraining order that would have prevented the Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) from commencing demolition work.

NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — The Army Corps of Engineers is refusing to fund the Sand Key Beach nourishment project, which entailed restoring sand on the beaches from Clearwater to North Redington Beach.

Santa Cruzans could soon see West Cliff Drive become a one-way street all the way from Bay Street to Woodrow Avenue as city officials begin to seriously consider implementing a managed retreat strategy for the iconic stretch of coastal road.

The long mismatched fight between North Wildwood and the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection might be in its final rounds.