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EPA Is One Step Closer to New Ship Emissions Standards

goingcoastal wrote 23 hours ago: U.S. EPA moved closer yesterday to finalizing new engine and fuel standards for the largest ocean-bo … more →

Tags: maritime

Fix the pipes, save the river

goingcoastal wrote 5 days ago: There’s the Champlain Bridge and its vital link between New York’s North Country and Ver … more →

Tags: Natural Waterfront, Public Waterfront, Hudson River, Infrastructure, New York State, sewage overflow, sewer systems, water pollution

"No Discharge Zone" Designation for the South Shore Estuary

goingcoastal wrote 5 days ago: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today hailed … more →

Tags: Natural Waterfront, Region, boating, DEC, Environment, Long Island, no discharge zone, pumpout, south Shore Estuary

Legislation To Create a Free One-Time Registration Program To Replace License

goingcoastal wrote 1 week ago: New York State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I-Sag Harbor) introduced two legislative initiatives relatin … more →

Tags: Public Waterfront, Region, angler, Fishing, New York State, saltwater fishing license

NYC Buys 7 Acres of Coney Island

goingcoastal wrote 1 week ago: The city is now set to buy nearly seven acres of land at Coney Island from a Manhattan development f … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, Go Coastal, Public Waterfront, Amusement Park, Coney Island, Joe Sitt, NYC

Parks' recycling is out with the trash

goingcoastal wrote 1 week ago: Big Apple parks are anything but green. A Post investigation found there’s little recycling go … more →

Tags: Public Waterfront, dump, green spaces, landfills, NYC Parks & Recreation, Parks, recycle, recycling

Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash

goingcoastal wrote 1 week ago: ABOARD THE ALGUITA, 1,000 miles northeast of Hawaii — In this remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hun … more →

Tags: Natural Waterfront, water pollution, Marine debris, Oceans, plastics, fish consumption, garbage patch, oceanographer, Whirpool

Long Island Fishing License Comes With a Colonial Catch

goingcoastal wrote 1 week ago: Stuart Vorpahl has waged a lonely battle since 1984 against the state of New York over his right to … more →

Tags: Natural Waterfront, Region, Long Island, commercial fishing license, Dongan Patent

More than $1 Million for Projects to Improve the Health of Long Island Sound1 comment

goingcoastal wrote 2 weeks ago: Gathering together on the shores of Long Island Sound, top federal and state environmental officials … more →

Tags: Bronx, Queens, Natural Waterfront, Long Island Sound, going coastal, Cleanup

A Battery Park Bargain

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: AS two of the officials who helped carry out Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller’s 1967 mandate to build a Lo … more →

Tags: Manhattan, Go Coastal, Public Waterfront, New York harbor, Waterfront development, landfill, Lower Manhattan, Battery Park City

Future Dangers for a Maritime City

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: From its description Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront, a six-month research progr … more →

Tags: Natural Waterfront, Region, New York harbor, Waterfront development, Urban, storm surge, Museum of Modern Art, waterfront design, Rising Currents: Projects for New York’s Waterfront

Historic ship in Oyster Bay sold to Boston group

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: After deteriorating for more than six years at the Waterfront Center in Oyster Bay, the historic Nan … more →

Tags: maritime, Region, Nantucket lightship, National Lighthouse Museum, historic landmark, HMS Rose Foundation, United States Lightship Museum

Fish Regs Fight Goes Federal

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) asked the U.S. Department of Commerce and the New York State Depart … more →

Tags: Public Waterfront, Region, Long Island, Fish, DEC, angler, Fishermen, saltwater fishing license

Mobbed Up Dockworkers

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: The New York Shipping Association is trying to regain control of port labor in a move critics claim … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, Staten Island, Working Waterfront, Docks, longshoremen, dockworkers, mob, Mafia, Port of New York and New Jersey

Vision of a Riverfront Lined With Ferry Docks

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: The Hudson River may no longer be the major economic and transportation artery it once was, but it i … more →

Tags: Public Waterfront, Region, Hudson River, Docks, Waterfront development, ferry dock, quadracentennial, landings

A curious manatee from Key West is lost in New York

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: Call him a bohemian behemoth. There he was, a warm-water loving South Florida manatee, some, 1,300 m … more →

Tags: Natural Waterfront, Region, New York harbor, manatee, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Key West

Eric Sanderson pictures New York -- before the City

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahat … more →

Tags: Manhattan, Natural Waterfront

Biologists fight erosion in Jamaica Bay1 comment

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: The whipping winds of Jamaica Bay sway the chest-high grasses of Elder’s Point East, a salt ma … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, Queens, Natural Waterfront, Brooklyn, Queens, New York City, Environment, Pollution, jamaica bay

$150 Million Price Tag Put on Gowanus Effort

goingcoastal wrote 1 month ago: A new $150 million project to substantially improve water quality in the Gowanus Canal and reduce it … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, Working Waterfront, Brooklyn, water pollution, Gowanus Canal, Cleanup, wastewater, canal, Pumping Station


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