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NC living shoreline project
Photo by Anita Denunzio on Unsplash

NCDOT nears completion on its first living shoreline project

The N.C. Department of Transportation and the nonprofit Coastal Federation have partnered on the agency's first living shoreline project under construction in Swansboro.
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Can restoring mangroves protect Miami from rising seas?
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Can restoring mangroves protect Miami from rising seas?

Living shorelines featuring mangroves can stabilize coasts, limit flooding, and save landowners money.
Politics
building back better coastal resilience
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What does building back better look like?

The United States has tentatively allocated $6-billion to conserve and restore coastal areas and prepare for a changing climate. We asked a range of experts how all that money should be spent.
Good News
oyster recovery Chesapeake Bay watershed

How to plant millions of oysters in a day

Conservationists and community members collaborate on an ambitious project to revive oysters in a Chesapeake Bay tributary.
Impacts
erosion climate biodiversity
grist.org

Living shorelines could help California coasts adapt to rising sea levels

This California scientist is setting out to test an alternative path to protecting coastlines by building living shorelines.
Politics
In Louisiana, an appetite for oysters shields retreating shores

In Louisiana, an appetite for oysters shields retreating shores

In Louisiana, coastal cities have joined an oyster-shell recycling program aiming to help save the state's shrinking shoreline.

ORIGINAL REPORTING
a large group of solar panels on a hillside.

Clean energy startups in Southeast Asia struggle as global funding retreats

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Climate funding frozen by Trump must be released, judge rules in sweeping injunction

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

CLIMATE
View of New York highway along a body of water with the city in the background.

New tolls cut traffic by 82,000 cars a day as New York fights federal order to stop congestion pricing

Three round silos with green grass in the foreground.

Texas bill would require drillers to notify landowners before burying toxic waste