By Jim Kearns and Chris Ulfers What happens when the policy objectives of federal programs collide? This is being played out in real time as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
Environment
While hurricanes Helene and Milton inundated parts of the Ohio, Tennessee and Cumberland river basins with rain, low-water conditions caused groundings on the Illinois River and threatened the Upper Mississippi. Read More
The devastating high winds and torrential rainfalls of Hurricane Helene slammed into southeastern states, leaving more than 200 dead in six states reported so far. Helene made landfall September 26… Read More
The upper Plains have been drenched with rainfall that is causing high water in the upper reaches of both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. The Missouri River was expected to… Read More
The Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) Maritime Environmental and Technical Assistance (META) program announced a request for proposals (RFP) June 14 to establish a United States Center for Maritime Innovation. The center… Read More
With little to no remaining upriver storage, it will take rain, and plenty of it, for the river to rise, but long-range forecasts offer hope. Randy Chamness, co-chairman of the… Read More
Vanderbilt University’s Climate Change Initiative is working with the Blue Sky Maritime Coalition and others to study how to make barge transportation even more environmentally friendly. In a presentation titled… Read More
Clean Fuels Alliance America and 75 industry stakeholders delivered a letter on June 8 to President Joe Biden, urging him to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency substantially increases the… Read More
Chip Kline has resigned as director for coastal activities and chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards named Bren Haase to serve… Read More
The pieces are falling into place for construction to begin this year on Louisiana’s massive Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, planned for the west bank of the Mississippi River near the town… Read More
