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USA - US lawmakers legislate to prevent Chinese firms ‘ripping off’ ports

The Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act aims to streamline port logistics, reduce disruption, and address the influence of Chinese companies on shippers’ operations.

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CA - At the Port of LA, a new project will harness energy from ocean waves

Eco Wave Power is one of a small group of startups racing to prove that the ocean can help meet renewable energy goals.

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IL - State Legislature Unanimously Passes Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act

In a story that went little noticed by media but was welcomed by port and waterways advocates, both houses of the Illinois Legislature recently unanimously passed the Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act.

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US Supreme Court rules against EPA in wetlands regulation challenge (with news compilation)

WASHINGTON, May 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday put another dent in the regulatory reach of the Environmental Protection Agency, embracing a stringent new test for declaring wetlands protected under a landmark federal anti-pollution law in a ruling favoring an Idaho couple who challenged the agency.

International
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India - A mega port in India threatens the survival of the largest turtles on Earth

The Indian government recently granted key approvals for an international container port on the Great Nicobar Island, which may prevent leatherback turtles from reaching their nesting sites

Hawaii & Alaska
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AK - What's Causing the Toxic Algae Blooms in Alaska?

Most people probably associate algal blooms with red tides in Florida that can lead to skin irritation, burning eyes and rashes in exposed individuals.

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USA - Confronting the Public Health Threat of Septic Tanks

As climate change amplifies the risks of septic tanks, lawmakers must act to protect their communities.

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AK - The foul chartreuse sea: Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria.

Dead fish were everywhere, speckling the beach near town and extending onto the surrounding coastline. The sheer magnitude of the October 2021 die-off, when hundreds, possibly thousands, of herring washed up, is what sticks in the minds of the residents of Kotzebue, Alaska. Fish were “literally all over the beaches,” says Bob Schaeffer, a fisherman and elder from the Qikiqtaġruŋmiut tribe.

International
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World - Shipping Giant Maersk Drops Deep Sea Mining Investment

Shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk is selling its stake in deep-sea mining firm The Metals Company, even as the legal process to allow seabed mining approaches its final stages.

Northeast
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NY - The sail freight movement charts a course beyond the Hudson - A centuries-old form of logistics is back but it must navigate modern challenges to grow.

The schooner Apollonia is the only working sail freighter in the U.S. Over its first three seasons shipping up and down the Hudson River, it has moved around 110,000 pounds of cargo and burned fewer than 10 gallons of diesel fuel.

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MD - USDA: $18.3M to protect Chesapeake, Delaware River

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Under Secretary Xochitl Torres Small joined Sen. Tom Carper and environmental partners to announce $18.3 million in investments to protect and preserve the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Delaware River Basin.

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USA - What a pending Supreme Court ruling could mean for Biden’s new clean water protections

The fate of millions of acres of wetlands hinges on five vague words in the Clean Water Act.

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AK - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announces Pebble Mine Permit Appeal Decision

FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII — Today, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pacific Ocean Division (POD) announced its decision to remand the Alaska District’s November 25, 2020 permit application denial of Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) proposed mining operations in the Bristol Bay watershed in southwestern Alaska.

International
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USA - New tsunami warning system uses artificial intelligence

The killer waves came with little warning. One of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded human history – a tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people in Asia in 2004 – took most victims by complete surprise. Closer to home, large tsunamis have occurred in the U.S. and will undoubtedly occur again, the U.S. Geological Survey warned.

Great Lakes
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WI - Senator Baldwin Helps Secure $2.5 Million for Great Lakes Resiliency in Wisconsin

Madison, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA) Secretary Kathy Blumenfeld announced that Wisconsin is set to receive a total of $2.5 million as part of a climate resilience investment from the Biden Administration’s Investing In America initiative, funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.

Hawaii & Alaska
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HI - Surfrider’s water quality monitoring expands; reports ongoing pollution in Wailuku River

Surfrider Foundation’s Blue Water Task Force program released its annual Maui water quality report for 2022.

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CA -The Bay Area’s economy of mud: Dredging concerns threaten jobs, $100 billion in assets

With 99% of the goods that go to Northern California in the balance, shallow San Francisco Bay tries to make way for newer, bigger ships

International
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SK - Milestone: Maersk launches methanol-powered feeder in bold move toward carbon neutrality

(South Korea) - Container shipping heavyweight Maersk has achieved a major milestone in its efforts to reduce carbon emissions with the successful launching of its first methanol-powered feeder vessel at the Hyundai Mipo Dockyard.

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USA - Federal judge blocks water rule in Arkansas, 23 other states

WASHINGTON -- A federal judge ruled Wednesday in favor of states seeking an injunction blocking a federal regulation affecting bodies of water, including navigable waterways, lakes and streams.

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CA - Inside California's Klamath River dam removal project, the largest in US history

Northern California river advocates and tribal groups have been fighting for more than two decades for the removal of four dams on the Klamath River. Their victory late last year set the stage for the removal project to become the largest of its kind in U.S. history.

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NC - North Carolina's wetlands emit lots of climate-warming methane gas. Is that bad?

When Duke Energy unveiled its plans to meet North Carolina's aggressive carbon-cutting goals, attention quickly focused on the utility giant's plan to replace much of the energy produced by its pollution-spewing coal-fired power plants with new natural gas-powered facilities.

International
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IL - The science behind the parting of the Red Sea

Tradition regards the biblical account of the Red Sea split as an accurate retelling of events, but scientists have tried to explain it in terns of nature.

West Coast
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CA - The Bay Area’s economy of mud: Dredging concerns threaten jobs, $100 billion in assets

With 99% of the goods that go to Northern California in the balance, shallow San Francisco Bay tries to make way for newer, bigger ships

Gulf of Mexico
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FL - High amount of prescription drugs found in redfish in Florida’s most important estuaries, new study finds By

TAMPA, Fla. - A newly completed study from Florida International University found high amounts of opioids, heart medication and other prescription drugs in redfish throughout the state’s most important estuaries, with Tampa Bay ranked second highest for contaminants in the fish.