The Center for Planning Excellence (CPEX) and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) recently released the Best Practices Manual for Development in Coastal Louisiana website. What’s novel about this site is that it provides…
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FEMA Releases First Edition of the National Preparedness Goal
From a FEMA press-release: We are pleased to announce the release of the first edition of the National Preparedness Goal, which is available for download at http://www.fema.gov/PPD8. The National Preparedness Goal is the first deliverable…
Rhode Island Climate Change: What’s Happening and What You Can Do
The University of Rhode Island Climate Change Collaborative and Rhode Island Sea Grant have just released a short new brochure on what climate change could mean to your community, and what steps your community can…
Radio Show Clip on Sea Level Rise in New England
From WBUR.org: “Many Worry About Rising Sea Levels In The Northeast“ (Click on the “listen now” button, then skip to 4:15.) Not a lot of good news here, but interesting to see how the “retreat”…
“Not everything we love can be saved’’
Hard truths from a local official facing sea level rise in his community. “Fighting a losing battle with the sea” The Boston Globe
Four New Case Studies on Climate Change Adaptation for Water Utilities
Tying in with their Climate Ready Water Utilities program, the EPA has released four case studies looking at specific adaptation steps communities are taking. The communities are East Bay (CA), New York City, Seattle (WA),…
EPA Launches Climate Ready Water Utilities
EPA has released another set of tools to help communities adapt to climate change: this time they’re focusing on water and wastewater utilities. If you only have a moment, start with the Climate Ready Water…
Sea Level Rise and Beaches: Not a Pretty Combination
Orrin Pilkey, always a lightening-rod for coastal climate change issues, has written a gloomy forecast for the world’s beaches, and has the photos to justify his positions. He acknowledges that predicting the effects of sea…
New Research on the Benefits and Detriments of Coastal Armoring
A new paper looking structural shore protection in Massachusetts and Hawaii finds a few things to like, and a lot to cause consternation. Among the benefits: Stabilizes the upland Protects infrastructure Maintains property values for…
Do Sea Walls Cause more Harm than Good? More Evidence Suggests Yes
A new article reiterates that seawalls may increase erosion rates of beaches, so while they (temporarily) protect what’s behind them, it’s at the expense of the beach in front of them. “We thought we could…
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