A year after Hurricane Ian ripped through southwest Florida, wealthy risk-takers are transforming one beach town.

Nov 2 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday postponed a Nov. 8 sale of offshore drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico pending the outcome of a lawsuit over oil and gas development and federal protection of an endangered species of whale.

Tulane University and Louisiana State University will lead the Mississippi River Delta Transition Initiative – working with researchers from the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program, six HBCUs, four Southern universities and two Louisiana marine-focused nonprofits – to ‘navigate the challenges of sea-level rise, erosion and shifting river dynamics’

The U.S. state of Mississippi is set to dole out USD 6.6 million (EUR 6.2 million) in financial relief to commercial fishermen, seafood dealers, aquaculture harvesters, and live-bait fisheries impacted by the 2019 Mississippi Bonnet Carré Spillway disaster.

Increased funding assistance announced by President Joe Biden for Hurricane Ian recovery efforts will save the Town of Fort Myers Beach approximately $2.2 million.

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has awarded $22 million to fund a transformative new research consortium focused on advancing understanding of the future sustainability of the lowermost Mississippi River Delta, known as the Bird’s Foot Delta.

An innovative laser bird control technology is being successfully deployed in Mississippi, in response to the threat that white egrets pose to the state's fish farms.

Olympus Insurance Company, a Florida homeowners specialist underwriter, has adopted new rules for property underwritten on the coast of the state, as it looks to align its inwards business more closely with the reinsurance models used.

When word got around that Orange Beach boat "Best Trait" was headed to Orange Beach Marina with a huge blue marlin on board, a crowd quickly gathered at the marina to watch the weigh-in.

Rice’s whales are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act and listed as endangered by the federal government

NEW ORLEANS — The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance’s water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area’s longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday designated four tracts of federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts for development of wind energy.

Oct 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Thursday temporarily paused a federal judge's order last month that had required the Biden administration to expand a planned offshore oil and gas auction in the Gulf of Mexico by 6 million acres.

BP, Shell and Hilcorp oil companies have asked U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. to block the start of a state court lawsuit filed by Cameron Parish seeking compensation for coastal damages, arguing that parish jurors are likely to be swayed by the $7 billion being sought.

Three large local government agencies in South Alabama are getting $3 million to assess the remaining damages and unmet needs from two hurricanes that struck coastal Alabama three years ago.

A Louisiana wildlife preserve that is eroding due to oil pipelines is asking BP, Chevron and others to restore the land and get their pipelines off it.

Sanibel saw more than 200 visitors a day before Hurricane Ian, but almost 13 months later, less than 50 are showing up daily.

The 66,000 parcels cited by the county as impacted by local wetland buffer requirements include developed subdivision parcels, mobile home and RV parks, FPL-owned land, mining industry parcels, and even publicly owned lands.

The 27 homes are included in a pilot program run by the Army Corps of Engineers and the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. They are among 3,462 homes targeted by the larger elevation plans.

Dredging, 'beach nourishment' project set to expand shore 100 ft. into the water.

The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System Fall Meeting also included science and data updates from researchers around the Gulf

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — For Texas couple, Jay and Chrissy Kleberg, their version of long romantic walks on the beach turned into a 20-day journey ending in the Coastal Bend.

Although the Mississippi River remains extremely low, flows below Baton Rouge, along with mitigation efforts by the New Orleans Engineer District, continue to hold at bay salt water intruding up the river from the Gulf of Mexico.

As the Clean Water Act turns 51 today, environmental advocates scramble to understand a new judicial interpretation that leaves more than half of the country’s 118 million acres of wetlands unprotected, including the swamps of Acadiana and key waterfowl habitat.

The reef has set the world record for being the World’s largest artificial reef, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.