More California Communities File Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies

Photograph: © SAF – Coastal Care.
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The city and county of Santa Cruz have filed lawsuits against 29 fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, and Shell, holding them responsible for the impacts of climate change, the news site …
Living Shorelines

California cliffs at risk of collapse identified

Severe coastal erosion, Isla Vista, California. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Danger — Unstable Cliffs — Stay Back: The yellow warning signs that pepper coastal cliffs from northern California to the US-Mexico border may seem overly dramatic to …
Bahamas sand to fill in Florida beaches? Congress gave OK for study but no funding

Sand barges in the Carribean waters, Grenadines. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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The 2016 Water Resources Development Act authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to study using foreign sand, such as from the Bahamas, to widen shorelines without …