The Big River Coalition today praised the efforts of the Chairman of the influential House Energy and Water Development Appropriations … (maritime-executive) Source: maritime-executive, February 23, 2011;
Louisiana officials are temporarily scaling back their ambitions for a massive dredging program that was designed to block oil from hitting… By Jeffrey Ball (wsj) Source: wsj, October 6, 2010;
A new report released today on the 100th day of the BP oil disaster details short- and long-term strategies for the Obama administration to make coastal Louisiana less vulnerable to future oil spills and hurricanes, including negotiating with BP for a $5 billion down payment on expected payments for natural resource damages. The report by [...]
Louisiana National Guardsmen with the 225th Engineer Brigade collected 28 bags or approximately 700 pounds of oily debris on the state built E-4 berm at the Chandeleur Island chain. This comes on the heals of another 500 pounds of oily debris that was previously discovered, totaling 1,200 pounds of oiled debris removed to date. The [...]
The approval this afternoon of President Obama’s budget request to begin funding coastal Louisiana restoration construction projects by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development is “a down payment in what must be a long-term commitment to restoring and protecting coastal Louisiana,” according to five local and national conservation groups. The Subcommittee’s approval [...]
Conservation groups today urged the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to pass President Obama’s budget proposal to begin funding Coastal Louisiana restoration projects when it marks up the spending bill for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other public agencies for Fiscal Year 2011. Last week, the House Energy & Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee did [...]
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation – reported today that four of its dredging vessels, including three hopper dredges and one cutter suction dredge, along with other ancillary equipment, are currently working on the construction of sand berms off the Louisiana Coast in response to the oil spill caused by the Deepwater Horizon incident. Two [...]
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) today praised the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for… Source: earthtimes, June 25, 2010;
The Shaw Group Inc. is working to pry loose and draw in a large portion of the nation’s dredging fleet―potentially seven cutterheads, five… Source: enr.ecnext, June 18, 2010;
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation reported today that it has been engaged as a subcontractor to Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Group (“Shaw”) to provide dredging services relating to the construction of sand berms off the Louisiana coast. Shaw has been retained by the State of Louisiana to construct the berms. The sand berms are [...]
