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Working together, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality continue to coordinate with local, state and federal officials to address the human health and environmental impacts of Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath, especially the water systems in the affected areas. The TCEQ has approximately 500 people and EPA has 263 people assisting in response to this natural disaster.
A few weeks ago Frank Tibbo received a call from Captain Robert Grant of the United States Coast Guard. Captain Grant wanted to know if he was the one who wrote the book Charlie Baker George about the 1946 crash of the Sabena OOCBG.
Seth Meyers launches last night's "A Closer Look" with the response to Hurricane Irma, taking a look at the reporters who covered the storm by standing out in the middle of it and telling people that they shouldn't be out in it. " You shouldn't be out in it," said Meyers.
We applaud your editorial “ Navy pauses to go over the basics ,” , and Congressman Joe Courtney's call for hearings on the recent U.S. Navy accidents.  As parents of a junior officer serving aboard a Destroyer, the same class of vessel as the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain, we know firsthand she is not getting sufficient ship-handling and watch-standing training. The reasons are spelled out in the editorial.  We understand what training is required as we both served as Coast Guard officers.
Lingering and potential threats from hurricanes off the southern U.S. coast are testing everything from gasoline supplies to oil production, analysis finds. Hurricane Irma is a Category 4 storm expected to make landfall on southern Florida by Saturday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Agency says a 2,500-gallon oil spill at an Oklahoma company's Houston-area facility has been cleaned up. EPA spokeswoman Liz Bowman said the agency had closely coordinated with the U.S. Coast Guard, which reported the cleanup was completed Tuesday.
Authorities say one of three kayakers from Pennsylvania who went missing during an outing off Lake Ontario's New York shore has been found dead in the water. The other two made it to shore safely.
Area beaches will be packed today as many enjoy this last unoffical day of Summer, but a Beach Hazard Statement will make conditions unpleasant. The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a Beach Hazard Statement along the lakeshore from St. Joseph to Manistee through Monday evening.
Ships enter the Port of Corpus Christi after the Coast Guard reopened the port following Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. in this August 31, 2017 handout photo. Photo - U.S. Coast Guard/Handout via Reuters Ships enter the Port of Corpus Christi after the Coast Guard reopened the port following Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. in this August 31, 2017 handout photo.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced Sunday that a search for two missing Gaston County fishermen has been suspended, one week after they were reported missing.
All eyes were on Houston this week, and Connecticut hearts went out to the thousands of Texans displaced by Hurricane Harvey. The "Flying Yankees," otherwise known as the 103rd Airlift Wing, took off for Texas in a C-130 Hercules cargo plane to help bring emergency supplies, and the U.S. Coast Guard sent a dozen reservists from the Long Island Sound sector to help.
Watch video footage provided by the U.S. Coast Guard that shows parts of the Houston area flooded and also rescues made by the chopper crew. Watch video footage provided by the U.S. Coast Guard that shows parts of the Houston area flooded and also rescues made by the chopper crew.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said that as of 5 p.m. on Sunday, Houston police and fire departments had received nearly 6,000 calls for rescues and had rescued more than 1,000 people. Many of these rescues were of people trapped on their roofs or in their attics.
The U.S. Coast Guard partnered with Illinois officials to police charter operations on Lake Michigan and the Illinois River, ending voyages for 22 vessels. The Coast Guard and Illinois Department of Natural Resources undertook the effort over the last two weeks.
Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas, on August 26, 2017. Photo - U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/Handout via Reuters Housing surrounded by flood waters caused by Hurricane Harvey is seen from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter during an overflight from Port Aransas to Port O'Connor, Texas, on August 26, 2017.
The U.S. Coast Guard has stationed rescue boats and planes at several locations around parts of Southeast Texas affected by Tropical Storm Harvey. The Coast Guard's Houston-Galveston sector protects the coastline near the nation's fourth-largest city, a region home to a critical port and major oil refineries.
That was the tack of Russian-American oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, who reportedly anchored his 370-foot vessel, "Le Grand Bleu," next to Lady Liberty for weeks at a time between April and June. No sooner did he leave Liberty Bay than Swiss-Italian scion Ernesto Bertarelli parked his 318-foot "Vava II" in the same waters, followed by German billionaire Reinhold Wurth in his relatively modest, 280-foot "Vibrant Curiosity" this month, according to reports.
The U.S. Coast Guard says Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan A. Guzman was sentenced in Seattle Friday to confinement for four years, a reduction in rank, forfeiture of all pay and a dishonorable discharge. The Coast Guard says Guzman was convicted of committing a sexual assault in Port Angeles, Washington in May 2014, and then lying to Coast Guard Investigative Service agents about it in July 2015.
Nearly one month after announcing via Twitter he'd ban transgender people from U.S. military, President Trump made good on his promise in a memo to the Pentagon Friday enacting a ban on their service -- although the fate of transgender people currently in the armed forces remains to be seen. In a memo dated Aug. 25 to the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security, Trump asserts the Obama administration "failed to identify a sufficient basis" to end the ban on transgender military service in June 2016 and directs the U.S. military to put the prohibition back in place.
Billionaires park their yachts in front of the Statue of Liberty and people aren't happy The rich-guy antics have obstructed views of the iconic monument and left tourists fuming Check out this story on jconline.com: https://usat.ly/2wFphbt That was the tact of Russian-American oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler, who reportedly anchored his 370-foot vessel, "Le Grand Bleu," next to Lady Liberty for weeks at a time between April and June. No sooner did he leave Liberty Bay than Swiss-Italian scion Ernesto Bertarelli parked his 318-foot "Vava II" in the same waters, followed by German billionaire Reinhold WA1 4rth in his relatively modest, 280-foot "Vibrant Curiosity" earlier this month, according to reports.