Note: This is the third of three articles on the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority’s plans for freshwater diversion channels in southern Louisiana. Previous articles appeared in the February… Read More
Environment
The National Weather Service issued an updated flood outlook for the Mississippi River basin and its sub-basins March 10 that showed little change from its previous flood outlook estimate. The… Read More
A strong cold front stretching from the Gulf of Mexico up to Tennessee passed through southeast Louisiana in the evening hours March 22. The same storm had already generated tornadoes… Read More
The Panama Canal will begin classifying and charging vessels according to their emission levels. The canal authority’s regular newsletter, Canal Connection, announced that “on the heels of COP26 [the recently… Read More
The Corps of Engineers announced on November 12 that hydrologic conditions would likely not support a test flow from Fort Peck Dam to support the pallid sturgeon. Col. Geoff Van… Read More
Barge transportation is already the cleanest and greenest mode of transportation compared to other modes, for those who can take advantage of it. But the industry, like many others, is… Read More
In March, hunting and conservation group Ducks Unlimited (DU) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative (MRCTI), made up of the mayors of more… Read More
Repowering the existing towboat fleet with greener, less carbon-intensive fuels is the most promising and cost-effective path toward reducing carbon emissions on the inland waterways. That’s a key conclusion of… Read More
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled September 13 in two separate cases that his court did not have the authority to order the Corps of Engineers to conduct an environmental… Read More
More than 150 maritime industry leaders and organizations signed an industry-led call for world leaders to commit to decarbonizing international shipping by 2050, support industrial-scale zero-emission shipping projects through national… Read More
