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NY - Oyster Bay Offers Environmental Volunteer Opportunity for Students, Groups and Individuals

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

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NY - New York will demolish and elevate a waterfront park to fight floods, angering some neighbors

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.

Mid-Atlantic
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NC - Living shoreling initiative taking on Eastern Carolina’s eroding coastline

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

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NC - Albemarle-Pamlico resilience gets $27.25 million boost

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

Gulf of Mexico
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FL - Pinellas courts new ally in beach erosion battle: the White House

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

International
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World - TMC the metals company Enters into MOU with Leading Nickel Processor PAMCO to Evaluate the Processing of Polymetallic Nodules into Battery Metal Feedstocks

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.

Mid-Atlantic
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NC - North Carolina's Outer Banks beach struggles with lost home — as mysterious item appears on shore

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.

Southeast
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SC - Rising seas could cause septic system failures in Beaufort County, South Carolina

Residents face contamination and sanitation problems as groundwater levels increase.

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RI - Long-Serving Member Resigns from R.I.’s Coastal Agency

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.

Gulf of Mexico
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FL - Pensacola eyes $46 million in Hurricane Sally recovery funding

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.

Southeast
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FL - Unique hybrid reefs deployed off Miami Beach

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.

International
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Wales - The battle to stop Swansea being taken over by sand

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

Great Lakes
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Great Lakes - Small coastal towns love the water but ‘don’t want to be Traverse City’

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.

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LA - The Resurrection Swamp

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.

Mid-Atlantic
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NC - Paid parking season arrives: Here’s what it will cost and what beach towns gain

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.

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FL - Town progresses toward replacement of sewer line under Sarasota Bay

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

Northeast
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NJ - Jersey Shore town fined $12.8M for replenishing beaches without state approval (with bonus episode of the American Shoreline Podcast featuring North Wildwood Mayor Patrick Rosenello)

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.

Southeast
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SC - Marsh restoration project builds coastal resilience and community

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

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TX - Visitors can soon watch sea turtles, other coastal wildlife receive care at Texas rescue center

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.

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NY - Power, Not the Merits of Its Exercise - Court Rules Against Activists Seeking Pause on Wagner Park Resiliency Project

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.

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FL - With nourishment stalled, North Redington Beach mayor says beach groins could be answer

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.

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CA - ‘Managed retreat is on the table’: City discusses West Cliff’s future, will explore expanding one-way

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.

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NJ - Perhaps a deal could end North Wildwood-DEP dune fight (with Mayor Patrick Rosenello interview on ASP)

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