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LA - Louisiana’s Landmark Climate Adaptation Program Is Running Out of Time

“We can rebuild a piece of marsh, but in 30 years, that may be the only piece of marsh there.”

Mid-Atlantic
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VA - FEMA, VDEM Approve Plan to Make Virginia Stronger Against Disasters with a Goal of Expanding Equity

The Commonwealth of Virginia adopts its updated Hazard Mitigation Plan with new goals and actions for the next five years.

Hawaii & Alaska
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AK - Alaska university group receives philanthropic grant to aid erosion-affected coastal communities

A University of Alaska Fairbanks coastal organization has received a $590,000 philanthropic grant to map rapidly changing watersheds of the Chignik region on the Alaska Peninsula.

International
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NZ - Maps reveal NZ's hot spots for extreme coastal flooding

Just-released maps have revealed which areas of the country may be hit hardest by extreme coastal flooding.

Gulf of Mexico
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FL - 300 dump trucks traverse Florida neighborhood each day to restore dunes decimated by Hurricane Ian

Its is a race against time for Barefoot Beach, Florida, as they rush to restore protective sand dunes that were destroyed by Hurricane Ian before the 2023 hurricane season begins.

Northeast
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NJ - Building a stronger, more resilient Jersey Shore community

Ten years ago this past fall, Superstorm Sandy devastated the community of Union Beach in Monmouth County. You may remember the iconic photo, shared nationwide, of a yellow Union Beach home torn literally in half by the tempest. The storm impacted everything, from the community’s picturesque shorelines to local businesses, and destroyed or damaged more than 20% of the borough’s total housing stock.

Southeast
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FL - Restoring a barrier island forest may be key to protecting Miami from storm surge

After months of using weed-killers, saws, shovels and hand-yanking invasive latherleaf fern out of a tropical forest on Virginia Key Beach Park, City of Miami parks naturalist Gloria Alejandra Antia was finally able to begin the process of rebuilding.

Southeast
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SC - PAWLEYS ISLAND Ruling lets beach suits move ahead, but with limits

A suit over the Pawleys Island beach renourishment project can continue, but a Circuit Court judge dismissed four claims in suits brought by neighboring property owners, including one that would have allowed them to seek triple damages.

Northeast
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NY - New York City Is Sinking. It’s Far From Alone

The Big Apple is subsiding under its own weight. But other coastal cities are also dramatically descending, just as seas are rising.

Northeast
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NJ - US town fights to save beaches from coastal erosion

A New Jersey shore town has been allowed to carry out emergency beach repairs amid a bitter fight with the state over how to protect its coastline from erosion.

Northeast
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RI - New NOAA-funded project will restore habitats near Port of Providence

PROVIDENCE – A federal grant awarded to the city not only aims to restore habitats near the Port of Providence but also to empower residents with more of a voice in projects that would enhance the shoreline and help protect it from rising seas and storm surges.

International
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World - The Spaceport Company demonstrates offshore launch operations

WASHINGTON — Two companies have demonstrated the ability to conduct launches from a floating platform in U.S. territorial waters, a concept that could help address congestion at terrestrial launch sites.

Northeast
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DE - Rehoboth Beach sand is ready for Memorial Day beachgoers. See the replenished beach

Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed sand replenishment efforts in Rehoboth Beach.

Northeast
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NJ - Beach work complete in Avalon, set to start in Stone Harbor

AVALON — With hopes high for the summer tourist economy in 2023, the borough is going to have a wide, new beach for visitors to enjoy.Other communities will not be in as good a shape.

Gulf of Mexico
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USA - Coastal Protection Is Too Important Not To Experiment With

To realize a future in which we thrive with water in a place as precarious as New Orleans, we need to tinker–to experiment with strong inference and learn from success and failure. A very controversial wetland construction project underway in Louisiana presents a prime opportunity to demonstrate that this approach—intentional investments in clinical trials for planetary health—can catalyze progress. Should we tinker with it?

Gulf of Mexico
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LA - Editorial: Louisiana marks another milestone in coastal restoration

Champions of restoring Louisiana’s coastal wetlands recently celebrated another milestone when they marked the rebuilding of a natural ridge in Spanish Pass, west of Venice in southern Plaquemines Parish. The Spanish Pass project comprises nearly 1,700 acres of freshly formed land extending about six miles into Yellow Cotton Bay.

Gulf of Mexico
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TX - Rusted metal, concrete came with $6.8M worth of beach sand, islander asserts

An islander is urging officials to investigate why jagged and rusted metal, chunks of concrete, lumps of clay and sharp seashells are emerging at the site of a recently completed $6.8 million beach remediation project in the West End.

Mid-Atlantic
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SC - Editorial: Charleston peninsula needs protection but in a creative way

Writing often can be improved after the writer leaves a draft alone for a time and returns to it with fresh eyes. Designing a $1 billion-plus barrier to protect peninsular Charleston from future storms and rising seas likely will benefit from the same deliberate approach.

Hawaii & Alaska
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HI - State Inches Closer To Restoring Access To Big Island Boat Ramp 5 Years After Eruption

Fishermen and residents say it's time to reopen the Pohoiki Bay boat ramp to subsistence fishing, cultural practices, recreation and other uses.

Northeast
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MA - Salisbury Beach Staircases Remain Closed After Winter Erosion A December 2022 storm damaged three access points on Salisbury beach

In Salisbury, miles of beach sit empty now. With crowds set to swell in the coming weeks, there is a wave of worry."It becomes very dangerous for children playing here because these dunes can collapse," said Tom Saab, a Salisbury resident.

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LA - Louisiana's $50 billion coastal plan heads toward approval

Louisiana’s most recent plan to restore and protect its coast at a cost of $50 billion advanced Wednesday through the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment.

Southeast
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FL - Federal Judge Signs Order Releasing Flagler County Dunes Easement It Sought for 3 Years

“I am thrilled, Al, that our joint efforts made this result possible and that a major hurdle to beach protection has now been eliminated,” Scott Spradley wrote County Attorney Al Hadeed in an email this afternoon, announcing the resolution of a three-year case. Spradley, elected to the Flagler Beach City Commission in March, had been hired the previous December to craft the strategy that led to the resolution.

Gulf of Mexico
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FL - New normal? Lack of dunes, vegetation has water creeping closer

Waves pounded on shore sending streams of water up to the houses on Bonita Beach. Water crept toward the beach access parking lots and formed large pools beside and under homes. It wasn’t a hurricane or even a tropical storm. It was simply a recent stormy afternoon during high tide that sent the water far beyond its usual high tide line.

Mid-Atlantic
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NC - Combining economic development & climate resilience? That's goal of multi NC university-led initiative

DURHAM — Researchers at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Pratt School of Engineering are co-leading a new National Science Foundation-funded project that aims to boost economic development and climate resilience in coastal North Carolina through nature-based scientific and technological innovations.