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Best Practices for Coastal Louisiana Manual not just for Louisiana

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 strategies for creating sustainable and resilient coastal communities based on "geotypes" (pick from chenier, »read more

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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 called for by Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8 and was signed by the Secretary of Homeland Security on September, »read more

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New Bedford Hurricane Barrier Maintenance to Start Next Month

The hurricane barrier protecting New Bedford will be pulled off-line for routine maintenance from October 24 to November 21 and then again next spring from April 30 to July 2. SouthCoastToday.com has the details. Image: City of New, »read more

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Rolling Easements: Finally, a Long-Term Approach for Rising Seas and Coastal Erosion?

It's not hard to get overwhelmed when considering your community's current flood and erosion problems. Add in projections for what future climates will bring and it's enough to make you want to just stay at home (at least until the sea comes into your home). Unfortunately, nobody has found a silver bullet to save coastal development from future sea levels, »read more

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New England Climate Change: What’s Happening and What You Can Do

Our southern neighbors at the 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 for New England communities, and what steps your community can take to prepare for it. In addition to a brief overview of current expectations for future climates, it, »read more

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Another Radio Show on Massachusetts’s Rising Sea Levels

This time, from WGBH: Rising Sea Levels Threaten Massachusetts Coast, Sea Walls There’s no question about it. Sea levels are rising. 65 acres of Massachusetts coastline is taken back by the sea each year. Over the last century, ocean waters have crept up a full foot along the New England coast and new research shows that rate will only increase, with, »read more

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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" option is now a standard part of these discussions. Could we be seeing the start of a, »read more

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“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, »read more

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Winthrop Struggles with Failing Seawall

The Boston Globe reports on the continuing struggle Winthrop has with its aging and failing seawall along Winthrop Beach. While funding has been secured to rebuild the beach, concerns over the effects of gathering sediment from off-shore has stymied that approach, and the alternative—trucking sand in—would mean a huge influx of traffic (an estimated, »read more

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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), and Spartanburg (SC). You can download the case study from EPA's, »read more

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