Federal wildlife officials will consider re-classifying manatees from a threatened to an endangered species, citing the loss of seagrass that serves as a key food source for the animals.

A coalition of churches has achieved some successes in resisting and mitigating against rent gouging and displacement after Hurricane Ian.

The new coastal restoration projects include revitalization of the Hancock County Fairgrounds, improvements to the Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport, a scenic trail along the Pascagoula River, an artificial reef project and a coastal education program for Mississippi high schools.

Offshore wind power could help power Louisiana economy

New Orleans’ water treatment plant in Algiers is no longer expected to be affected by the saltwater wedge moving up the Mississippi River.

NOAA is awarding $16.8 million to 32 organizations working across 10 projects to conduct collaborative ecosystem science research that will be used by natural resource managers in the Gulf of Mexico.

This municipal fiscal impact assessment of sea-level rise in Florida should be a wake-up call for Pinellas beach towns.

Lee County officials have approved $4.4 million in bed tax funds for beach and shoreline projects.

A program that aims to elevate thousands of homes in southwest Louisiana to heights that would keep them above 100-year flood levels through at least 2075 could begin next May with the first 27 houses.

One million Florida properties are projected to become chronically flooded: properties that today fund nearly 30% of local revenues for more than half of the state’s municipalities, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Cornell and Florida State Universities.

Town to get $8 million for beach renourishment, $5 million in loans

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — Walton County Sheriff’s officials have released a standard operating procedure for enforcing public and private beach accesses.

Funding Supports the Community Improvements for the Gulf South Project to Increase Community Capacity in Participating in DOE Projects and Awards

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - Manatees may become an endangered species again.

Louisiana has received an unexpected $8.89 million windfall of leftover claims money from private damage settlements with Halliburton and Transocean subsidiaries stemming from their roles in the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill, the state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority says.

The decision is the first step toward endangered species protections for manatees.

Raging floods, intensifying drought and rising seas could affect saltwater intrusion

A bipartisan coalition of four Gulf Coast governors are calling on the Biden Administration to reconsider restrictions protecting a critically endangered and elusive whale species.

The Manatee County Commission voted to cut back the government’s environmental protections for local wetlands over the protests of hundreds of residents.

Louisiana has been allowed by the Army Corps of Engineers to count $110 million spent on two major coastal restoration projects in recent years as credits towards the state’s $1.12 billion share of the cost of the $14.6 billion post-Katrina New Orleans area hurricane levee system.

French seismic data specialist CGG has announced the delivery of the eastern phase of its GeoVerse Carbon Storage Gulf of Mexico Study and the start of the westward extension of the study.

WASHINGTON — The Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today that seven scientists have been awarded Early-Career Research Fellowships in the Environmental Protection and Stewardship track.

With its densely built coastline and economic and fiscal reliance on development, Florida is an extreme case of how climate change threatens both the built environment and urban land governance. We conducted one of the first statewide assessments of how sea level rise will affect Florida’s municipal revenues.

In the wake of the damage Hurricane Idalia walloped Florida with, residents in the city of Ocala remain thankful their area remains a relative 'safe haven' through the Sunshine State's stormy weather.

Last week marked one year since Hurricane Ian wreaked havoc on Florida, particularly its coastal communities.