#gulfcoast — Public Fediverse posts
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Featured story: If #Houston’s problem were only who sat in the mayor’s office, a well-experienced and well-connected pol would be well positioned to reverse the city’s fortunes.
So why has the current office holder been so ineffective? https://www.texasobserver.org/john-whitmire-houston-mayor-state-city-government/
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“During these drought conditions, residents and small businesses, who are all facing rising costs and stagnant wages, were required to conserve or face fines and surcharges for misuse, while the city allows exempted industrial users to avoid drought surcharges and even some conservation requirements. Fundamentally, that’s unfair.” https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-election-texas-house-district-34/
#water #drought #CorpusChristi #environment #news #GulfCoast
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New from Justin Doud: Water is one of many issues at the forefront of Texas politics this election cycle, no place more so than in Corpus Christi. Both candidates for this key House race have made it a central point in their campaigns. https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-election-texas-house-district-34/
#midterms #water #drought #CorpusChristi #environment #news #GulfCoast
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🐦 NEW: Myrtle #warblers banded in #Alaska carried Tic Tac-sized geolocator backpacks that logged light and air pressure for a year.
The #data from recaptured #birds showed an eastward loop across Canadian boreal #forest to the #GulfCoast, a nearly 11,000 km (6,800 mi) round-trip likely tracing an ancient post-glacial expansion.
#migration #geolocation #ornithology #science #conservation #tracking #nature #biology #animals #birdwatching #birding #wildlife
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Sizzle Dining 2026: C Level Bar and Restaurant in Bonita Springs https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/20818/ #BonitaSprings #CLevelBar #download #entertainment #event #GulfCoast #LateNews #OngoingCoverage #part #preview #Restaurant #Restaurants #SchoolYear #SizzleDining #Sport #weather
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New restaurant in Montrose blends Texas Gulf Coast with French cuisine | Heights – River Oaks – Montrose
A new restaurant opened Jan. 16 in Montrose’s newest hotel, Hotel Saint Augustine, according to the restaurant’s Jan. 16 social med…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Frenchappetizers #appetizers #francais #france #French #gulfcoast #montrose #newrestaurant
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New restaurant in Montrose blends Texas Gulf Coast with French cuisine | Heights – River Oaks – Montrose https://www.diningandcooking.com/2797175/new-restaurant-in-montrose-blends-texas-gulf-coast-with-french-cuisine-heights-river-oaks-montrose/ #appetizers #francais #france #French #FrenchAppetizers #GulfCoast #montrose #NewRestaurant
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Mostly dry Tuesday with hot, muggy conditions
SCOTT, ROBERT SCHIMMEL GULF COAST NEWS. >> GULF COAST WEATHER CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE. WE LIKE NEVER GET TO…
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Mostly dry Tuesday with hot, muggy conditions
SCOTT, ROBERT SCHIMMEL GULF COAST NEWS. >> GULF COAST WEATHER CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE. WE LIKE NEVER GET TO…
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Good thing I have NO PLANS to go to the beach any time soon... Ugh! 🤢
Taking a dip #LaborDay weekend? Swimmers face fecal contamination at beaches along US coastline
By PATRICK WHITTLE and MINGSON LAU
Updated 10:15 AM EDT, August 30, 2025OGUNQUIT, Maine (AP) — "Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches will caution against swimming because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination.
"Beaches from #CrystalRiverFL, to #OgunquitME, have been under advisories warning about water quality this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause gastrointestinal illness, rashes and nausea.
"There have been closures this week at some of the country’s most popular beach destinations, including Keyes Memorial Beach in the #CapeCod village of Hyannis in Barnstable, Massachusetts; Benjamin’s Beach on #LongIsland in Bay Shore, New York; and a portion of the Imperial Beach shoreline near #SanDiego. Even on the pristine, white sand beaches of Hawaii, the Hawaii State Department of Health is warning of a high bacteria count at #KahaluuBeachPark on the #BigIsland.
"It’s a longstanding and widespread problem. Nearly two-thirds of beaches tested nationwide in 2024 experienced at least one day in which indicators of fecal contamination reached potentially unsafe levels, conservation group Environment America said in a report issued this summer.
"The group reviewed beaches on the coasts and #GreatLakes and found that 84% of #GulfCoast beaches exceeded the standard at least once. The number was 79% for #WestCoast beaches, 54% for #EastCoast beaches and 71% for #GreatLakes beaches."The report also said more than 450 beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least 25 percent of the days tested. A key reason is outdated water and #SewerSystems that allows contamination from #sewage to reach the places where people swim, said John Rumpler, clean water director and senior attorney with #EnvironmentAmerica.
" 'These beaches are a treasure for families across New England and across the country. They are a shared resource,' said Rumpler, who is based in Boston. 'We need to make the investment to make sure that literally our own #HumanWaste doesn’t wind up in the places where we are swimming.'
"Other factors have also played a role in contaminating beaches, including increasingly #SevereWeather that overwhelms sewage systems, and suburban sprawl that paves over natural areas and reduces the #ecosystem’s ability to absorb #stormwater, Rumpler said."
https://apnews.com/article/beaches-labor-day-fecal-swimming-b0141df7f40ad2914d4e2cd31182e9af
#OceansAreLife #WaterIsLife #WaterContamination #Sewage #Pollution #HumanWaste
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#Louisiana cancels $3 billion #coastal #restoration project funded by #OilSpill settlement
By JACK BROOK
Updated 9:17 PM EDT, July 17, 2025NEW ORLEANS (AP) — "Louisiana on Thursday canceled a $3 billion repair of disappearing Gulf coastline, funded by the 2010 #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill settlement, scrapping what #conservationists called an urgent response to #ClimateChange but Gov. #JeffLandry viewed as a threat to the state’s way of life. [??!!! Like pollution from BP isn't a threat?!!!]
"Despite years of studies and reviews, the project at the center of Louisiana’s coastal protection plans grew increasingly imperiled after Landry, a Republican, took office last year. Its collapse means that the state could lose out on more than $1.5 billion in unspent funds and may even have to repay the $618 million it already used to begin building.
"The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, a mix of federal agencies overseeing the settlement funds, said that 'unused project funds will be available for future Deepwater Horizon restoration activities' but would require review and approval.
"The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project aimed to rebuild upward of 20 square miles (32 kilometers) of land over a 50-year period in southeast Louisiana to combat sea level rise and erosion on the Gulf Coast. When construction stalled last year because of lawsuits, trustees warned that the state would have to return the hundreds of millions of dollars it had already spent if the project did not move forward.
"Former Louisiana Rep. #GarretGraves, a Republican who once led the state’s coastal restoration agency, said that killing the project was 'a boneheaded decision' not rooted in science.
" 'It is going to result in one of the largest setbacks for our coast and the protection of our communities in decades,' Graves said. 'I don’t know what chiropractor or palm reader they got advice from on this, but — baffling that someone thought this was a good idea.'
"Project supporters stressed that it would have provided a data-driven, large-scale solution to mitigate the worst effects of an eroding coastline in a state where a football field of land is lost every 100 minutes and more than 2,000 square miles (5,180 square kilometers) of land have vanished over the past century, according to the U.S. Geological Survey."
#UltraDeepwater #WaterIsLife #CoastalRestoration #BPIsNotSorry #GulfCoast #GulfStates #DeepwaterHorizonOilSpill #Stupidity #ClimateCatastrophe
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Lisa's essay for us is in response to @delger Erdenesanaa's feature story from the most recent issue of our magazine, Dow's River, about the toll the petro-giant's had over the historic #Brazos river: https://www.texasobserver.org/dow-brazos-river-pollution-nurdles/
#news #politics #USPol #rivers #water #environment #OilAndGas #Energy #GulfCoast #ClimateChange
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”Unfortunately, some Texans instead continue to ignore foreseeable flood impacts and create avoidable future destruction.”
Lisa Gossett, chair of the environmental management program at the University of #Houston-Clear Lake, has some very personal thoughts on the future of the #Brazos in the hands of Dow Chemical: https://www.texasobserver.org/brazos-flood-dow-reservoir/
#Essays #news #politics #USPol #rivers #water #environment #flood #disaster #safety #OilAndGas #Energy #GulfCoast #ClimateChange